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George. Thank you. That's all so it's goodbye from me and on

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Welcome to Thursday's Look North. Our top stories tonight...

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The head teacher and founder of one of Yorkshire's flagship free schools

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is arrested over allegations of fraud.

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It's part of a criminal investigation about the misuse of

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funds. Also tonight...

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The Deputy Prime Minister is in West Yorkshire as 300 new jobs are

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announced. But are small businesses losing out? We'll ask him.

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And it's the purr`fect ending for Cookie the lost kitten, who turned

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up 300 miles from home. The sky has brightened up nicely,

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this was Bradfield near Sheffield this afternoon. The forecast follows

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shortly. Welcome to the programme. First

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tonight, a dramatic development in the police investigation into

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alleged fraud at one of Yorkshire's most high profile schools. The

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King's Academy in Bradford was one of the first new 'free schools' to

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open after the last general election. The Prime Minister even

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paid it a visit in 2012. But last year it was forced to repay almost

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?77,000 to the government when a grant was misused.

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Now detectives have arrested its head teacher and founder, Sajid

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Raza. From Bradford, Spencer Stokes. It was one of the first free schools

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in the country, opening in September 2011. A flagship for the coalition

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policy of allowing beach `` teachers, parents and community

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groups to set up their own schools. It received funding from a

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vice`chairman of the Conservative Party and in 2012 Prime Minister

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visited. Last year it was revealed the school claimed tens of thousands

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of pounds in public money which was not used for its intended purposes.

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Today, an arrest was made. Police have confirmed they have questioned

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a 41`year`old man as part of their investigation.

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Wigan North understands that is Sajid Raza, the headteacher. He

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played a key role in setting the school up, applying for funding and

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employing staff. Lycee this afternoon he has been bailed. Ice

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police say this afternoon. Sajid Raza was at the Prime Minister

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buzz macro side when you visited, but since then King's Academy has

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become something of an embarrassment for the government. `` was at the

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Prime Minister's side when he visited. Today, one MP welcomed his

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arrest. The disgraced behind this is that it has taken so long to arrive

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at this position. I believe that special protection

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was given to these people out of the school because it was a free school.

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Ice has not commented, but in a previous statement it said the

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candidate is now being monitored and challenged by an effective

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government body and there are strong financial control systems in place.

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Parents picking children up this afternoon seemed unconcerned.

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I cannot fault it, at all, I am so happy how he is doing education

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wise. I dread what will happen to our kids. I hope this allegation is

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not real. I can't believe it, you was such a

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good teacher, I don't know. The Prime Minister's spokesman said he

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could not comment on the arrest but it seems unlikely David Cameron will

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be paying a return visit to this free school any time soon.

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Spencer's with us now. You met Sajid Raza before he set up the school.

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What did he tell you? That was back in 2011, Amy.

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He said at that time he wanted it to be a different kind of school,

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having a much longer school day open from 8am through to five o'clock in

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the evening and children would be allowed to stay later if they wanted

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to. You also had an idea of teachers teaching and having a separate team

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of people to mark Brooks, so that teachers could concentrate on

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planning outstanding lessons and not spending lots of time trawling

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through books. He basically wanted this to be best

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to school in Bradford with his new ideas.

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The nicest way to put this ` it has been a difficult few months for the

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school, what next? That investigation will continue

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into financial mismanagement at the school and we have heard from the

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depart for education who have said they are now trying to reclaim some

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of the funds the school has received and in some cases has already spent.

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Also tonight, hundreds of new jobs are being created in West Yorkshire

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following a multi million pound Government investment. The Deputy

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Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, was in Leeds and Normanton today visiting

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two factories which will take on nearly 300 people between them.

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He also came here to answer some of your questions, and our questions.

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More of that in a moment, but first our business correspondent, Danni

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Hewson, reports on the businesses which have benefited from the

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grants, and some which have not. They might make a little boxes, but

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they have great big ideas, ideas they told the Deputy Prime Minister

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will create nearly 200 new jobs. The expansion comes partly because of a

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pledge of ?1 million of government cash which will bolster their own

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investment. The more money we have, the more we can spend, so the more

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money we can support the growth of the business with, so definitely

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without the Regional Growth Fund's money we would not be investing as

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much money as we have done already. So far, ?310 million of Regional

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Growth Fund money has been earmarked for Yorkshire. That is cash the

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government will create 56,000 new jobs. Because companies like bed

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manufacturer Harrison Spinks have to secure Private money to run

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alongside taxpayer's money it will help generate nearly ?200 million of

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further investment. Despite the big smiles today there has been

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criticism of the fund here in Yorkshire.

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Some say the application process is too complicated, others that it

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takes too long for the money to get to the companies and that it favours

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bigger, more established businesses. The Regional Growth Fund has been

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beset by delays. 50 projects have been kept waiting,

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given up, withdrawn altogether. This is a hollow promise this afternoon.

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And for small businesses, particularly new ones, there seems

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no reason to even apply. When we submit applications, the

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problems we have are things like, you don't make enough profit or

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don't have enough turnover. Any business in its start`up years

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is never going to be making a huge profit because there are that much

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investment needed to begin with. When it works, it really works, but

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it is far from perfect. Their beauty by `` Deputy premised,

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welcome. We had from Andy Peacock who says small businesses are put

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off from this rant because of red tape.

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What is your reaction? When this was first set up it had a few problems.

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If you speak to the companies now, I spoke to a few today in West

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Yorkshire and they say they think the paperwork is reasonable. Of

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course, you have to have checks, you cannot just throw taxpayers' money

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at companies. Businesses say they have to apply

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that matter employ someone to apply and businesses cannot afford that.

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Why are you giving money to Harry Ball, who are market leaders two you

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give 6.24 million to them, why not give that to small businesses just

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down the road? I went to the Really Useful

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Products, a family company who make us tick boxes. They are taking ?1

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million. I went to bed manufacturer, a family company that

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has been around since 1840 in the Leeds area, they are taking just ?2

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million. They are more than matching that with their own money and they

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are creating more and more jobs. The difference with the Regional Growth

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Fund is because you are making a contribution to a private sector

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company that wants to expand anyway... But would they not have

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expanded anyway without the government money?

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With these big companies, there will be a decision taken in a boardroom

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in Washington or Latin America about where to invest in new factories to

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create jobs. If, through the Regional Growth

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Fund, we can make a modest addition and say with this extra help will

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you invest in Britain? That is taxpayer's money well spent. It is

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much more successful than previous schemes which depended on the

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largess of Whitehall. At the moment, Whitehall turned the jobs that

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matter when I told her that haps of the jobs disappear. `` when

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Whitehall turn that haps off the jobs disappear.

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This question came from one of our viewers. We need something different

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to engage the community, where the problems are.

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You have not told me what you will do differently to engage the

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community. Unless government provides more money to those

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children, particularly those from the most difficult backgrounds, so

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you can have smaller backgrounds and one`to`one tuition, politicians can

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talk all they like, but our school system will not improve.

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Bradford will claim they have too many classes, over 30.

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That presumably means you have failed. Interestingly enough, if you

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look back at what I said then, which is what we need `` we need to find

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?2.5 billion through the pupil premium.

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I mentioned more one`to`one tuition and education to help those children

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from those disadvantaged backgrounds to progress. It was on the front

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page of the Liberal Democrat manifesto, it is being delivered in

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full. Where class sizes are too large, of course we need to do

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something about that. That is why we have said aside ?5 billion `` set

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aside ?5 billion to address those problems where they arise. I think

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it is unfair on your viewers to suggest we are not delivering

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something I happen working on for years, which is an additional pupil

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premium to address the educational disadvantages of children from the

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deprived backgrounds Bradford and elsewhere. We are delivering on

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that, as I said we would. We have had some e`mails, several people

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have asked, if you expect to be re`elected to your Sheffield seat.

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Of course I do. It is a huge privilege to be an MP for Sheffield.

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I take real pride in my work as a constituency MP. We have great

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pictures of you before the last election, people out in the streets,

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a lot of students there, I agree with Nick.

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You think they will agree with you this tanking macro of course it is

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going to be different `` do you think they will agree with you this

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time? Of course it will be different, it

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is different this time. Do you think you will win two of

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course I will will. `` of course I will win. The

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election had not happened yet but I am determined I will.

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Later on Look North... A museum dedicated to the flashing

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blue light. From Luke North tonight, somewhere

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really, really exciting. Sheffield. And if you like police

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cars, fire engines and ambulances this is the place to be.

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In other news around Yorkshire, a father and his two teenage daughters

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have been seriously injured after they were hit by a car in Sheffield.

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This is the vehicle which is believed to have hit the three

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pedestrians. The 52`year`old father has life threatening injuries, while

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his daughters suffered pelvic injuries. Abbeydale Road was closed

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for several hours this morning, causing major disruption. Chief

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Inspector Stuart Walne described what happened.

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You can see by the crossing in that vicinity three people have been

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crossing the road and the Redcar has actually struck the pedestrians

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while they are on the road. The pedestrians are all in hospital now.

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There have been serious injuries. The car driver is with police

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officers at the moment. Police are investigating after a man

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was found lying dead in the road near Skipton last night. The

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47`year`old man, who is from the area, was found with head injuries

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on the A65 at Draughton at around 7pm. He was pronounced dead at the

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scene. North Yorkshire Police said one car hit the man as he was lying

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in the road and several other drivers had to swerve to avoid him.

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Witnesses are being urged to come forward.

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White male, aged 47 years old wearing jeans, boots and a dark

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jacket. He did have a colleague dog with him on league, so possibly

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quite noticeable. He may have been with some friends or in a local pub

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in the area walking alongside the road, so my appeal would be if

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anyone was on that road and can provide us with any information,

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please get in contact with us. The Bradford`based supermarket

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Morrisons has reported a drop in sales over Christmas. Like`for`like

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sales in the six weeks running up to the 4th of January were down by

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5.6%. Morrisons described the performance as disappointing and

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said it was due to difficult market conditions and discounts by rivals.

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It has warned its full`year profits will be at the lower end of

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expectations. Plans to partly demolish and rebuild

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a listed Victorian flood defence near Huddersfield have been

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rejected. The Butterley spillway acts as an overflow to prevent the

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reservoir in Marsden bursting its banks. Yorkshire Water says the

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structure needs updating to help protect the village. But today

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planners rejected the plans. Yorkshire Water says it is likely to

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appeal the decision. ?3.2 million is to be pumped into

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medical research at the University of Leeds. The government money will

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pay for 50 PhD students to work on new space age treatments including

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growing human tissue like bone and cartilage. Cathy Killick reports.

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It is called a vascular bioreactor. Don't let that put you off, this

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device can grow living blood vessels. It was invented in the

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engineering Department of Leeds University but it is the biology

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department using it. It is a perfect example of white Leeds has been

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chosen to lead the research of this this `` this new area of medicine.

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If you have at a dodgy knee, this is the future.

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This is a meniscus, developed in the lab that can be implanted in your

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need to save the John `` joint. Researchers have already managed to

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make heart valves that grow in the body so is the next step in tyre

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audience? Perhaps not audience.

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`` is the next step in tyre organs? Perhaps not organs. We are looking

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at specific issues like cartilage, bone, ligaments and tendons and

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portions of the heart, like the valves and things like that.

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Over ?50 million of investment in the region in the last four years

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has been derived from our research, investment in the private sector

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creating new jobs. The new funding will help pay for

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young biologists to study engineering and for engineers to

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learn biology, hopefully making Leeds a centre for medical

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innovation that will prove invaluable to patients and the

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emerging scientific economy in Yorkshire.

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Amazing what they can do now, isn't it?

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Before 7pm... Moxon's musings ` Yorkshire calls on

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England to back Jonny Bairstow and let him play more cricket.

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And fortune smiles on Cookie the hotel kitten after an epic 300 mile

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journey. We will have that story and a couple

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of whiskers. One of Yorkshire's museums as a new name for the New

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Year. Sheffield's Fire and Police Museum has become the National

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Emergency Services Museum by broadening its collection to include

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the history of the UK's Ambulance Service and other rescue

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organisations. Visitor numbers are on the increase,

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but money and space for the growing collection is tight. Ian White has

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been for a look around. Just a quick warning, there are some flashing

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lights at the start of this report. When I was at school, I wanted to be

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an ambulance driver, but there is a problem ` I don't like blood and

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sick, so I don't think it was the right career choice.

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Madame, how are you? She is not well!

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These old ambulances have joined vintage fire engines and police cars

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as Sheffield's fire and police Museum becomes the first in the UK

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dedicated to all of the emergency services.

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It started in 1983 as the South Yorkshire Fire Museum. Ten years

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later the police side (30 years on the ambulance side, the mountain

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rescue side, all the other emergency services opened.

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My favourite would be the American fire engine, amazing to think that

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was on the streets in the 50s. We have quite a few things from

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South Yorkshire, as well and all over the world. We have Sheffield's

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first ever fire engine. This is a new experience, hopefully the only

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time I end up in the back of a police van.

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That is it, lock him up! Take him away as far as you possibly can.

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Some sport now, and some breaking news about the Tour de France and

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its possible legacy. We have not even had the race but

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they are already talking about bringing another top level race to

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Yorkshire. The Tour de France organisers have been blown away by

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Yorkshire and the organisation and are talking about bringing a

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three`day race to the county. The places that will benefit are those

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that have missed out on the Tour de France, because they were

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particularly taken with the East course but it did not fit in with

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this year's tour. They are talking about a three`day race coming to

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Yorkshire but if it is backed, the organisers organise a lot of the

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top`level races and you will be talking about the top`level teams.

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You will not get Chris Froome or Bradley Wiggins but top`level riders

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and the top teams. Fingers crossed, we already have a cycling legacy

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from a race that has not even happen.

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Watch this space. In football, never mind the

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speculation ` at last we have some definite transfer news to report. It

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appears that Leeds United are already beginning to benefit from

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fresh investment. Today they have confirmed the signing of winger

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Cameron Stewart from Premier League Hull City. He trained with his new

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team`mates this morning. Manager Brian McDermott has also said today

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that he is close to signing Crystal Palace winger Jimmy Kebby.

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Delighted to get it done and start a new chapter in my career, I am

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delighted it is done and it has probably been with me for awhile, I

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am glad it is finally signed and done and I can get out there and my

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football again. Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday's caretaker manager,

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Stuart Gray, says a decision on his future is now set to be made after

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Saturday's game against Leeds. And we will be looking ahead to that

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match on tomorrow's programme. Yorkshire's director of cricket,

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Martyn Moxon, says England haven't allowed Jonny Bairstow to play

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enough over the last 12 months. He has also called on the national side

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to decide where they want Joe Root to bat and let him get on with it.

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He has backed both players to come back from their Ashes

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disappointment, and for Bairstow in particular to prove a few people

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wrong. I don't get it. I don't get all of

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the criticism he is copying at the moment. People need to look at the

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circumstances behind him not performing as well as we know he

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can. He needs to play regular cricket. Jonny Bairstow has spent a

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lot of time with England in the past year or two but not nearly enough

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playing. Like many, he came in for criticism

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during the Ashes, but Martyn Moxon feels the solution is simple. They

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need to sit down and say, we want you to work on your keeping.

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This is why you are going to Sri Lanka on the Lions tour as keeper

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batsmen. You are going to play for Yorkshire come if you are not going

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to play in the one`day international team you can play for Yorkshire and

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play some cricket. That is what he needs to stay in form and regain his

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form, you have to be playing. You cannot be sat watching. As for Joe

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Root, who signed himself dropped for the final test down under, again

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decisions need to be made. Find the right place for him to

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bat. For me hopefully that would be

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opening, because that is what he does, but he needs to be given time

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to be adapted to that position, not being shifted up and down the

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order. The comments, as the Yorkshire boys are back in training.

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Putting them through their coaches as they are caught, former

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Australian international Jason Gillespie.

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He came back in this morning beaming all over his face.

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We will just have to keep knocking him down and ignoring them, that is

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the best way to deal with it. Is it fair to say he is gloating a little

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bit? Yes. Apparently he came in chanting

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a five ` zero, 5`0. Jonny Bairstow deserves a run, Joe

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Root should be up in the leanings, those are my feelings.

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To criticise Jonny Bairstow about his wicketkeeping, he has been

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running around carrying drink bottles for 12 months.

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He is also a very good fielder, he should be in the one`day side.

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They have sent him off to Sri Lanka, as Martyn Moxon alluded to.

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Hopefully he can show them what he can do because he is in and out and

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Yorkshire do not need a player they have to pick up and rebuild, which

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they have had to do in the past. We hope they get a run, but we are a

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bit biased. When Cookie the kitten went missing

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from home, her owners tried all the usual things to find her ` they

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searched the local area and put up leaflets nearby.

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Little did they know they were looking in completely the wrong

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place. Cookie went missing from her home in Swansea in South Wales, but

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finally turned up ten days later ` 300 miles away, here in Yorkshire.

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Olivia Richwald has the story. Meet Cookie, eight month,

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affectionate, a seasoned traveller and Hotel freeloader. She arrived at

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this hotel on Tuesday. Staff took to the vet who scanned a microchip

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under her skin. It revealed she belonged a family from Swansea. She

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disappeared under similar 29th. Nine days later she turned up almost 300

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miles away. I could not believe it and it is the perfect example to get

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your pet chipped. I would hate to think that my animal

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would get this kind of distance away. She has had two nights free in

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one of the best hotels in Yorkshire and not many people can say that!

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As well as free board and lodgings, Cookie has enjoyed the finest food

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and plenty of attention, but her choice of transport remains a

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mystery. One theory is she travelled up to

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the Hotel from a linen supplier in Cardiff. Today, her owners took a

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ten hour, 600 mile round trip to pick her up. Hello! She has been our

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top guest in the Hotel, 5`star VIP treatment.

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Every day since the 29th of December we have not stopped looking for

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her. We have walked the streets day after day until we could see every

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good find her. Christmas has not been the same. It

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hasn't, and our efforts were read `` futile, really, because she was in

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Leeds and I was in the back lane of the house!

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Cookie's exploits were not a catastrophe this time but her owners

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say her travels have to stop now. Next time the ending may not be

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quite this purr`fect. A good story, that. Would Jess ever

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do a runner like that away from the Hudsons, Paul?

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With any luck. She keeps me awake all night long.

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It is definitely postman Pat's cat, we wanted to call her something

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different but she definitely is. I am bet you're glad of that

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information! Can you get on with the weather?

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A few pictures first and we weather?

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A few pictures first and will talk about the potential cold that may or

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may not come next week. The second picture that came in,

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that is a long shot from Wharfedale. That is a sunrise in Scarborough

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from Freddie Drabble. Keep them coming in. The headline

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for tomorrow, sunny spells at first, it will cloud over with patchy rain

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later in the day courtesy of this weather front.

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Once that is out of the way it is a fine weekend with clear periods and

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frost. Showers have run through search `` South Yorkshire this

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afternoon and have been coming into the North, some sharp ones towards

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Skip on. They will continue, eventually it becomes dry with clear

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periods. There is a chance of seeing the northern lights tonight between

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9pm and 1am. The best clear gaps will be further east with a

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widespread ground frost. Some icy patches especially over high levels,

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temperatures between one and three Celsius. The sun will rise in the

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morning at 8:27am. The high water times...

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Make the most of the nice morning, isolated showers over the Pennines

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otherwise fine with good spells of sunshine. Through the afternoon the

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cloud will thicken with patchy rain coming to western areas, eastern

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areas staying dry until tomorrow evening. Top temperatures close to

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normal for the middle of January, seven Celsius, 45 Fahrenheit. The

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wind picks up later so it will feel chilly. The further outlook is

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interesting, Friday night looks wet, the weekend looks very pleasant

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indeed, mainly sunny on Saturday, frosty Saturday night, fine Sunday,

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Monday looks dry with sunshine and we have a 50`50 chance of cold

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whether developing. 50`50 chance, second have of next

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week. In other words, he has not got a clue.

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That is about as far as we go, I will be back with the late news and

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Paul will be with us tomorrow. I will be back next week, good

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night. TOM: # And if there's

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anybody left in here # That doesn't want

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to be out there... #

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