:00:00. > :00:00.from the BBC News at Six. So it's goodbye from me. On BBC One we now
:00:00. > :00:12.join the BBC's news teams Welcome to Wednesday's Look North:
:00:13. > :00:17.Tonight, anger over cuts to libraries. Demonstrations in
:00:18. > :00:22.Sheffield over plans to close more than half of the libraries in just
:00:23. > :00:26.two years. We'll hear from campaigners and from the council.
:00:27. > :00:30.Also tonight: Decision day looms for a piece of Pennine history.
:00:31. > :00:32.Residents say plans to demolish and rebuild this listed Victorian
:00:33. > :00:45.structure near Huddersfield will destroy our Victorian heritage.
:00:46. > :00:50.We've been finding out how they've been finding out how the trees here
:00:51. > :00:54.at Beningborough Hall are just champion.
:00:55. > :00:58.It turned out to be a lovely day. Lots of sunshine on the canal here
:00:59. > :01:05.but join me later for the detailed forecast.
:01:06. > :01:11.First tonight, though, an update on our main story yesterday. Police are
:01:12. > :01:15.carrying out extra patrols in the Parsons Cross area of Sheffield
:01:16. > :01:19.after a house where a vulnerable man was forced to live like a slave was
:01:20. > :01:23.vandalised. Craig Kinsella was regularly beaten,
:01:24. > :01:26.made to live in a garage and left to scavenge for food. His attackers
:01:27. > :01:30.David and Donna Rooke and their son Jamie have been jailed. Today, an
:01:31. > :01:34.advisor to the Home Secretary has called on people to be nosier about
:01:35. > :01:39.their neighbours to stop such abuse. Our crime correspondent, John Cundy,
:01:40. > :01:46.is in Sheffield. What more can you tell us?
:01:47. > :01:52.What I can say is the notoriety of this case, locally and nationally,
:01:53. > :01:56.has been swift indeed since the jailing 24 hours ago of the three
:01:57. > :02:01.members of the Rooke family. Overnight, police were called to
:02:02. > :02:06.this house where it happened at around quarter to nine. There were
:02:07. > :02:10.reports of criminal damage at the property. All the front windows were
:02:11. > :02:19.smashed and they have now been boarded up. There was also a report
:02:20. > :02:28.that one of the ice cream vans, the business was ice cream selling, that
:02:29. > :02:33.has been targeted. This was a terrible story. Can you
:02:34. > :02:39.remind us of the details? Yes, we will show you in a moment
:02:40. > :02:46.some of the CCTV footage released by the police, also shown in court. I
:02:47. > :02:52.must warn people they mind `` may find some scenes disturbing. We see
:02:53. > :03:00.David Rooke carrying out assaults on the victim, Craig Kinsella. Shortly
:03:01. > :03:04.after, we see a scene of his wife also attacking Craig Kinsella and
:03:05. > :03:11.she was jailed for four months for battery. Latterly, we see Jamie
:03:12. > :03:15.Rooke, this son of the family, carrying out a further attack on
:03:16. > :03:21.Craig Kinsella who was in a very distressed state. It was all
:03:22. > :03:26.captured on the family CCTV. Whether the family realised it was running
:03:27. > :03:30.or not, the police were able to seize it. The judge described this
:03:31. > :03:34.case as staggering and that this sort of thing could be going on in
:03:35. > :03:39.our community. He said he feared there were similar cases out there
:03:40. > :03:43.and that has been underlined by several anti`slavery groups today
:03:44. > :03:46.who say it is becoming a modern and very serious crime. This is the
:03:47. > :03:48.scene where it happened and this is what happened to the property
:03:49. > :03:51.overnight. Thank you.
:03:52. > :03:54.Also tonight: There's been a fresh attempt to save more than half of
:03:55. > :03:58.Sheffield's libraries from closure. The council wants to continue to run
:03:59. > :04:14.just 12 out of 28 libraries in order to save ?16 million. `` one 6p.
:04:15. > :04:25.`` one 6p. `` just over one and a half million
:04:26. > :04:28.pounds. The others would only stay open if
:04:29. > :04:32.volunteers come forward. A consultation on the issue is due to
:04:33. > :04:39.end on Friday. Today, dozens of protestors took to the streets, as
:04:40. > :04:44.Kate Bradbrook reports. If libraries are closed now, a lot
:04:45. > :04:51.of people will be excluded from accessing butts, mother and toddler
:04:52. > :05:00.groups and arts activities and getting together `` accessing books.
:05:01. > :05:03.The council plans to fund five more libraries as community libraries
:05:04. > :05:08.over the next few years but the rest could be forced to close and less
:05:09. > :05:12.volunteers can come forward to run independently. That is something
:05:13. > :05:18.many campaigners say could have been avoided. The council can use is
:05:19. > :05:21.reserves, hundreds of millions of pounds. It could raise the local
:05:22. > :05:28.business tax or do short`term measures. The cuts will come and
:05:29. > :05:34.come. It is a huge injustice. Sheffield Council says it is due to
:05:35. > :05:38.government cuts and by 2015, it would have lost half of its
:05:39. > :05:43.government funding. It says like many other councils it has no other
:05:44. > :05:48.choice but it hopes as many libraries as possible will stay
:05:49. > :05:52.open. Community groups hoping to take over their local libraries have
:05:53. > :05:56.now been given extra time to submit their business plans. The public
:05:57. > :06:01.consultation on the issue ends on Friday.
:06:02. > :06:02.Later on Look North: How dealing with stray horses in Bradford has
:06:03. > :06:14.cost the council more than ?200,000. One of Yorkshire's biggest hospitals
:06:15. > :06:17.has been told to improve after failing to meet safety standards.
:06:18. > :06:20.The Care Quality Commission issued a formal warning after inspectors
:06:21. > :06:22.identified staffing shortages on a number of wards, including Accident
:06:23. > :06:28.and Emergency, at Bradford Royal Infirmary.
:06:29. > :06:31.Their report said when the hospital was inspected it didn't have enough
:06:32. > :06:40.staff to provide "safe and effective care". Here's our health
:06:41. > :06:43.correspondent, Jamie Coulson. Bradford Royal Infirmary was issued
:06:44. > :06:48.with a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission after unannounced
:06:49. > :06:53.visits in September and October last year. The inspections found a number
:06:54. > :06:59.of wards had failed to make national standards relating to quality and
:07:00. > :07:03.safety, including accident and emergency. Inspectors raised
:07:04. > :07:09.concerns about staffing on four wards, raising concerns it could
:07:10. > :07:13.impact on patient care. The `` they identified delays in assessing and
:07:14. > :07:16.prioritising patients in accident and emergency due to insufficient
:07:17. > :07:23.staff. There was a shortage of senior medical staff, especially in
:07:24. > :07:29.the early hours and care records were inadequate on one elderly care
:07:30. > :07:34.ward. Today, the trust said action had been taken to resolve the
:07:35. > :07:40.issues. We have taken note of the findings and put the right methods
:07:41. > :07:44.in place. We will work with the government and health watch and
:07:45. > :07:49.patients should know we have taken it very seriously and put steps in
:07:50. > :07:51.place. Inspectors will return at a later date to check that
:07:52. > :07:57.improvements have been made. The owners of Yorkshire's tallest
:07:58. > :08:00.building have announced a public consultation on how they plan to
:08:01. > :08:03.reduce wind speeds around Bridgewater Place in Leeds.
:08:04. > :08:09.One man was crushed to death when a heavy goods vehicle was blown on top
:08:10. > :08:11.of him in 2011 and three have been seriously injured.
:08:12. > :08:14.Last month, Leeds City Council started closing roads around the
:08:15. > :08:19.skyscraper during high winds after a coroner said action was needed. Ian
:08:20. > :08:29.White's there for us. How are they going to solve it?
:08:30. > :08:34.Harry, it is wet rather than windy here tonight but it is the wind that
:08:35. > :08:38.causes the problem. When gusts reached 45 miles an hour, Leeds City
:08:39. > :08:43.Council have to close the roads around here, one of the main routes
:08:44. > :08:47.in the area. Now the owners think they have come up with a plan to
:08:48. > :08:51.make things better for everyone and it follows a coroner 's
:08:52. > :08:55.recommendations. Doctor Edward Slaney was killed when
:08:56. > :09:03.a lorry was blown on top of him outside Bridgwater plays in 2011. At
:09:04. > :09:09.his inquest, the coroner roads closed `` suggested roads should be
:09:10. > :09:16.closed. Plans will be shown to councillors in the next few days.
:09:17. > :09:19.The owners would not show images of the plans before then, but we know
:09:20. > :09:26.there will be major changes. For buffers will slow down the wind
:09:27. > :09:30.speeds and should be hung across Broadwater Lane. There will be
:09:31. > :09:34.screens on one of the corners and a massive glass canopy which will
:09:35. > :09:38.cover a big part of the building. Janet Heaton works next to
:09:39. > :09:41.Bridgwater plays and suffered serious head injuries when she was
:09:42. > :09:46.blown over in a gust of wind a few weeks ago. These are big measures
:09:47. > :09:53.which will not be in place tomorrow. So, what other plans in the
:09:54. > :09:59.meantime? We will have several windy days between now and then and what
:10:00. > :10:03.is being to protect people between now and then? It is situated on one
:10:04. > :10:07.of the main routes into Leeds and closing roads around it causes major
:10:08. > :10:13.disruption said the council needs a quick solution. If the proposals do
:10:14. > :10:18.not give us the solution we ask for we will not accept them. We won
:10:19. > :10:22.something which gives us public safety and at the same time is
:10:23. > :10:26.visually acceptable. We will look carefully at what is being put
:10:27. > :10:30.forward to make sure it does absolutely what is required and
:10:31. > :10:35.there will be no more injuries or deaths. This isn't a formal planning
:10:36. > :10:40.application. More testing needs to take place before that, but victims
:10:41. > :10:44.agree it is a start. The changes are dramatic and they
:10:45. > :10:48.will not be cheap. The main cost will be felt by the owners of
:10:49. > :10:53.Bridgewater Place. People who live and walk `` work in the area will be
:10:54. > :10:58.able to see the plans in the next few weeks. In the meantime, when it
:10:59. > :11:02.is windy, the main roads around here will remain closed to pedestrians
:11:03. > :11:06.and vehicles. A man from Doncaster has been found
:11:07. > :11:09.guilty of defacing a portrait of the Queen. Tim Haries, seen here in a
:11:10. > :11:13.T`shirt and leather jacket, smuggled a can of paint into Westminster
:11:14. > :11:18.Abbey last June and caused ?7,000 worth of damage. Haries was a
:11:19. > :11:22.campaigner for the group Fathers For Justice. He'll be sentenced next
:11:23. > :11:25.month. A traveller's site on a historic
:11:26. > :11:28.North Yorkshire battlefield will be forced to close after Selby Council
:11:29. > :11:32.rejected an application for a permanent site. A gypsy family had
:11:33. > :11:38.applied to settle on the edge of the site of the Battle of Towton. They'd
:11:39. > :11:41.been living on the strip of land between Towton village and the
:11:42. > :11:46.battlefield for the past five years. More than 100 people had objected to
:11:47. > :11:50.the application on green belt land. The Yorkshire museum is trying to
:11:51. > :11:54.raise ?56,000 to keep a hoard of Viking gold and silver in York. The
:11:55. > :11:58.collection of bracelets, rings, silver ingots and a gold sword
:11:59. > :12:01.pommel was found by a person with a metal detector near Bedale in north
:12:02. > :12:15.Yorkshire. Archaeologists believe it is from the late ninth or early
:12:16. > :12:21.tenth century. It is incredible. Most silver but a couple of bits of
:12:22. > :12:27.gold and most is jewellery and it has an incredible iron sword pommel
:12:28. > :12:29.covered in gold. It is beautiful, or it will be when we have cleaned it
:12:30. > :12:33.up! David Cameron says he'll look
:12:34. > :12:37.closely at improving the A64. The future of the route which links
:12:38. > :12:39.Leeds, York and Scarborough was raised in today's Prime Minister's
:12:40. > :12:42.Questions. Anne MacIntosh, the Conservative MP for Thirsk and
:12:43. > :12:49.Malton, said easing congestion is crucial to North Yorkshires economy.
:12:50. > :12:53.The quality and capacity of the road system in Yorkshire has been and is
:12:54. > :12:57.a major issue. The government has taken important steps to help but I
:12:58. > :13:00.know there is more work to be done. The Chancellor is living ``
:13:01. > :13:04.listening carefully. That's the Prime Minister. Tomorrow
:13:05. > :13:08.on Look North we'll be speaking to his Deputy, the Sheffield MP Nick
:13:09. > :13:11.Clegg. If you'd like to suggest a question we should ask him do get in
:13:12. > :13:29.touch. The bill for dealing with tethered
:13:30. > :13:38.and roaming horses in Bradford has cost taxpayers ?214,000 since 2011,
:13:39. > :13:41.the council has revealed. New figures show that of 146 stray
:13:42. > :13:46.horses seized by Bradford Council in the past three years, only three
:13:47. > :13:49.were reclaimed by their owners. The council pays to keep impounded
:13:50. > :14:01.horses for 14 days before they are either sold, re`homed or put down.
:14:02. > :14:04.The dangers are plain to see. A loose horse on land near a
:14:05. > :14:10.children's playground in Bradford. The owner did not enjoy being filmed
:14:11. > :14:16.and evaded police on horseback. We filmed these pictures three years
:14:17. > :14:20.ago and since then, almost a animals have been impounded in a crackdown.
:14:21. > :14:28.During the first year of the scheme, 39 horses were removed at a
:14:29. > :14:32.cost of over ?78,000. In 2012, 51 animals were removed and this year
:14:33. > :14:37.already, 56 horses have been impounded. It looks like being the
:14:38. > :14:47.most expensive year yet and the total bill is almost ?215,000. Every
:14:48. > :14:51.time a stray or tethered horses rounded up a cost Bradford Council
:14:52. > :14:57.?1500 and in three years just three horses have been reclaimed by their
:14:58. > :15:03.owners. It is indicative of the irresponsible nature of the owners.
:15:04. > :15:07.It is not something we want to spend time and effort on, but we have to
:15:08. > :15:11.protect the public from the danger and nuisance caused by these owners
:15:12. > :15:14.and we have to remember that we did have two children who were seriously
:15:15. > :15:20.injured a couple of years ago and we want to make sure it doesn't happen
:15:21. > :15:25.again. Horses are still a problem on Bradford 's housing estate. Today we
:15:26. > :15:30.filmed two. The council says they are not grazing legitimately and
:15:31. > :15:34.this one wasn't even tied up. This causes on this land recently
:15:35. > :15:39.trampled on people 's gardens and got onto the roads. Mabel `` may be
:15:40. > :15:44.the council needs to look at other areas to see how they counteract the
:15:45. > :15:49.problem and they should maybe prosecute the owners if that can be
:15:50. > :15:53.done. Bradford Council says the crackdown is expensive, but until
:15:54. > :15:59.the owners change their behaviour it is simply too dangerous to stop.
:16:00. > :16:03.A final decision is expected tomorrow on plans to partly demolish
:16:04. > :16:09.and rebuild a listed Victorian spillway near Huddersfield. The
:16:10. > :16:14.spillway acts as an overflow to prevent Butterley Reservoir in
:16:15. > :16:17.Marsden bursting its banks. Now the structure needs updating to help
:16:18. > :16:20.protect the village of Marsden. But campaigners say the plans by
:16:21. > :16:29.Yorkshire Water would harm the Victorian heritage. Emma Glasbey
:16:30. > :16:36.reports. Built more than a century ago, this
:16:37. > :16:40.is the work of one of the most significant Victoria `` Victorian
:16:41. > :16:44.design engineers. It is the only listed spillway in the UK and its
:16:45. > :16:51.future is created a lot of debate. It needs changing so it can take a
:16:52. > :17:00.larger volume of water from utterly reservoir and help protect Marsden.
:17:01. > :17:04.`` Butterley Reservoir. It is a conspicuous structure and enjoys
:17:05. > :17:09.hillside views. Many people in Marsden say the plans would be
:17:10. > :17:16.extremely damaging to the Victorian heritage. Emotionally, it would be a
:17:17. > :17:23.massive blow to the residents. Economically, we believe it would be
:17:24. > :17:28.a very dangerous precedent to set for the systematic destruction of
:17:29. > :17:34.heritage assets in the village which represent a massive economic
:17:35. > :17:40.potential for this area. Water is already being diverted away from the
:17:41. > :17:44.spillway ahead of any changes. Campaigners argue alternative plans
:17:45. > :17:49.need to be looked at in more detail, but Yorkshire water says this is the
:17:50. > :17:53.best option. We have listened to local residents because we
:17:54. > :17:58.absolutely understand the heritage concerns. It is a beautiful
:17:59. > :18:02.structure so our proposal balances the heritage concerns of the local
:18:03. > :18:08.community whilst ensuring the spillway is safe. The weather is so
:18:09. > :18:12.volatile. We are talking about flooding and climate change and the
:18:13. > :18:19.requirements are changing. The work has to keep pace with that. The
:18:20. > :18:24.Victorian Society says if the plans are approved they will refer the
:18:25. > :18:31.matter to the secretary of state. The final decision is expected to be
:18:32. > :18:38.made tomorrow. Fighting anti`social behaviour. Why
:18:39. > :18:40.a Sheffield Moss is `` mosque is leading the way by offering boxing
:18:41. > :18:45.classes. We discover why Yorkshire is
:18:46. > :18:52.breaking records with the size of its trees.
:18:53. > :18:56.According to the government, by 2015 we will all be driving electric
:18:57. > :19:06.cars. Will we? Well, one part of Yorkshire
:19:07. > :19:12.is forging ahead with encouraging drivers to go electric. It is the
:19:13. > :19:17.first council in the country to employ a low emissions officer.
:19:18. > :19:22.This car is the most popular vehicle in the city of York Council 's
:19:23. > :19:29.fleet. It is electric. Start the car, press the button. And there is
:19:30. > :19:35.the first surprise. Complete silence. My driver is the owner of
:19:36. > :19:40.an electric car and the only low emission officer in the country. He
:19:41. > :19:49.works for York Council which is leading the way in electric vehicles
:19:50. > :19:53.use. With electric cars, you need to have charging points. By about the
:19:54. > :19:58.end of next year, there will probably be more charging points at
:19:59. > :20:01.petrol stations, believe it or not. You have to have the infrastructure
:20:02. > :20:07.first to give people confidence to Jews electric rather than petrol all
:20:08. > :20:13.diesel. The council is also investing in electric buses. To
:20:14. > :20:18.boost Private electric car use, the council has funding for seven rapid
:20:19. > :20:24.charges that can fully charge a car in 20 minutes. A full charge gives
:20:25. > :20:29.you about 100 miles so long journeys need planning, but they are cheaper
:20:30. > :20:39.than petrol all diesel. How cheap? To London and back, it was less than
:20:40. > :20:45.?2. Wow! Sitting behind the wheel itself was a revelation. I suppose I
:20:46. > :20:54.had expected it to feel like a milk float or dodgem or something, but it
:20:55. > :20:59.is really, really nice. Very smooth. Pleasant. Will the mix be enough to
:21:00. > :21:05.persuade motorists to go electric for the sake of its air. York hope
:21:06. > :21:10.so. I love the way she drove so very
:21:11. > :21:14.carefully. Smooth and pleasant. We should all
:21:15. > :21:18.try it. How old will you be in 2050? I will
:21:19. > :21:26.be 100. Move on!
:21:27. > :21:29.A new gym has opened in Sheffield to try to help with anti`social
:21:30. > :21:35.behaviour. Many boxing centres serve a similar
:21:36. > :21:38.person `` purpose but one centre is said to be the first gym in the
:21:39. > :21:42.country to open in the grounds of a mosque.
:21:43. > :21:46.This boxing gym is said to be the first of its kind to open within the
:21:47. > :21:52.grounds of a mosque, but it is not just for Muslims. This community
:21:53. > :21:56.Centre Welsh `` welcomes all people from this part of the city and its
:21:57. > :22:04.aim is to reduce levels of anti`social behaviour in the area.
:22:05. > :22:16.In July 2012, there were anti`social behaviours in this area, 126. In
:22:17. > :22:23.June, they reduced and in the summer they went back up to a hundred. We
:22:24. > :22:28.need a bit of funding and help. Some who have taken up the sport were
:22:29. > :22:31.treated to a special visit from a former world champion boxer who
:22:32. > :22:38.feels the sport instilled discipline in young people. To walk into a
:22:39. > :22:42.gym, you have to show manners to your trainer and respect to each
:22:43. > :22:46.other. You have to think about different races, gender and the
:22:47. > :22:53.community coming together. It teaches you a lot. And about
:22:54. > :22:58.yourself. Despite being behind the gates of the Moss, it welcomes
:22:59. > :23:02.people from all backgrounds. We welcome people from all different
:23:03. > :23:08.backgrounds, race or religion. We all just get along and it is like a
:23:09. > :23:13.family. It is hoped the work done here will further reduce nuisance
:23:14. > :23:22.behaviour and crime in the area. Who knows? It could even produce its own
:23:23. > :23:26.boxing champion. Yorkshire has had many champions in
:23:27. > :23:34.many fields but there is a register of champion trees.
:23:35. > :23:38.One place in Yorkshire has suddenly discovered that it has more than
:23:39. > :23:44.just one entry in its list. Here is our very own tree hugger.
:23:45. > :23:50.Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. That is why doing a bit
:23:51. > :23:56.of pruning at Beningborough Hall led to an exciting discovery. An
:23:57. > :24:03.unusually large beech tree which set this gardener thinking. It turns out
:24:04. > :24:08.to have the greatest girth of any similar beach in Yorkshire. That
:24:09. > :24:16.qualifies it in the tree world as a Yorkshire champion and it turns out
:24:17. > :24:20.to not be alone. The tree measurer like a Mac to measure it officially
:24:21. > :24:25.and it is a Yorkshire champion. We walked around the Guardian `` garden
:24:26. > :24:32.and discovered quite a few more champions in our midst that we never
:24:33. > :24:38.knew about. This variegated oak was planted by the last Duke of
:24:39. > :24:46.Cambridge in a team 98. It is also the widest of its kind `` 1898. And
:24:47. > :24:52.this is one giant laurel tree. It is many hundreds of years old. Not,
:24:53. > :24:57.technically, a Yorkshire champion, but pretty special. And this white
:24:58. > :25:02.mulberry is only one of three recorded in the whole of Yorkshire,
:25:03. > :25:07.but most people walk past without even noticing. Here amongst the
:25:08. > :25:17.slide `` slides and swings, a Tibetan whitebeam, the tallest of
:25:18. > :25:22.its kind in Yorkshire. Champion! He loves a good tree.
:25:23. > :25:30.On this programme a few days ago, it was said there was no chance of slow
:25:31. > :25:35.for a beast `` for at least two weeks `` no chance of snow.
:25:36. > :25:38.There is a hint that we could see the first snow `` cold spell of
:25:39. > :25:46.winter developing. The levels on the river issues are
:25:47. > :26:12.slowly dropping. `` River Ouse. If you are interested in the
:26:13. > :26:19.potential cold next week, it is on the blog. Headlines that tomorrow:
:26:20. > :26:23.Unsettled. It will improve later on and that is because we will get rid
:26:24. > :26:30.of the next area of low pressure which will bring a lot of rain
:26:31. > :26:35.tonight. For the weekend, looking nice, colder and frost at night but
:26:36. > :26:40.a lot of dry weather with sunshine. The next system is already pushing
:26:41. > :26:46.in from the south`west and it is already wet across some parts of our
:26:47. > :26:50.region. It will be across all parts of Yorkshire so a miserable evening
:26:51. > :26:55.with outbreaks of locally heavy persistent rain. It right over the
:26:56. > :27:00.tops of the Yorkshire Dales and the zero `` North York Moors there could
:27:01. > :27:08.be some wet snow. Not amounting to a great deal.
:27:09. > :27:15.Rather cloudy in the morning with showery outbreaks of rain with
:27:16. > :27:20.wintry stuff right on the tops of the hills. These showers slink away
:27:21. > :27:25.through the morning and the afternoon is drier and brighter but
:27:26. > :27:33.with the risk of one or two showers. A windy day.
:27:34. > :27:39.A bright morning on Friday but patchy rain later. A fine but cold
:27:40. > :27:49.weekend with the risk of Frost at night.
:27:50. > :27:51.I will be back at 10:25pm. From all of us here, good night.