:00:00. > :00:08.Australia. More about the weather where you are on-line.
:00:09. > :00:13.Hello. Welcome to Tuesday's Look North:
:00:14. > :00:17.should you have to pay so your child can use an iPad for school work?
:00:18. > :00:21.We'll hear from some parents who say they're coming under unfair pressure
:00:22. > :00:24.to foot the bill. It felt to me like parents were being emotionally
:00:25. > :00:27.blackmailed. We'll ask an education expert whether it's worth the money.
:00:28. > :00:30.Also tonight: Four weeks after the death of Sheffield father Simon
:00:31. > :00:33.Holdsworth, detectives arrest a man on suspicion of his murder.
:00:34. > :00:43.And five foot four but a giant of the game. Football pays tribute to
:00:44. > :00:47.Leeds legend Bobby Collins. This valley will look very different
:00:48. > :00:56.in the morning. Join me for the detailed five day forecast.
:00:57. > :01:00.Good evening and welcome to the programme. Parents at a West
:01:01. > :01:02.Yorkshire school have told Look North they're being emotionally
:01:03. > :01:08.blackmailed into paying for iPads for their children. Prince Henry's
:01:09. > :01:11.Grammar School in Otley has been consulting parents over plans to
:01:12. > :01:18.provide pupils with the tablet computers. They would be expected to
:01:19. > :01:23.pay ten pounds a month per child for the next three years. In a moment
:01:24. > :01:26.we'll hear from an educational expert about the role that tablets
:01:27. > :01:30.can play in enhancing education, but first our reporter has the story.
:01:31. > :01:43.Hallmark is already a high`tech affair. Soon `` for Holly, home work
:01:44. > :01:47.is already high`tech affair. Soon she could be using a tablet
:01:48. > :01:56.instead of a computer. The jury is out on this. I don't want my
:01:57. > :02:03.daughters education to be tested by technology. They have already put
:02:04. > :02:13.the computers through their paces. These students are learning Spanish
:02:14. > :02:19.using their own iPads. Pupils and staff say the devices are working
:02:20. > :02:23.well 18 months on. We have to look at how students learn in the
:02:24. > :02:28.21st`century. There is no substitute for an excellent teacher. What we
:02:29. > :02:32.are trying to do is combine excellent teachers we have here with
:02:33. > :02:37.technology and provide the students with technology to help them learn
:02:38. > :02:43.better. But the devices themselves are only half the controversy. I
:02:44. > :02:49.didn't feel that I had a sufficient say as a parent. Parents criticise
:02:50. > :02:55.the cost of the devices and the way they have been introduced. It felt
:02:56. > :03:04.to me that parents were being emotionally blackmailed. They have
:03:05. > :03:10.put undue pressure on parents. The consultation has failed. There been
:03:11. > :03:17.told this is in their best interests and they should go ahead with this.
:03:18. > :03:18.The school reject that saying three separate consultation events were
:03:19. > :03:35.held. But many feel if iPad hole really
:03:36. > :03:41.are essential educational tools, then it is the school, not parents,
:03:42. > :03:44.who should pay for them. Kevin Burden is from the University
:03:45. > :03:48.of Hull. He has done research looking at the use and impact of
:03:49. > :03:52.tablets in schools and homes in Scotland. We have had a big response
:03:53. > :03:58.to this story. Parents very divided about the idea of being asked to pay
:03:59. > :04:04.to buy tablets. ?360 per child. What are the educational benefits to
:04:05. > :04:08.spending money in this way? Well, the educational benefits from the
:04:09. > :04:12.research we have undertaken across Scotland and the UK indicate that
:04:13. > :04:20.students are more engaged and motivated. Teachers note that there
:04:21. > :04:28.is a far higher degree of creativity and students can use movies and
:04:29. > :04:31.animation. It unleashes different aspects of students capabilities. It
:04:32. > :04:39.begins to bring in more offing take ways of working. New tasks, live
:04:40. > :04:47.data and video capture. They have not been available in the classroom
:04:48. > :04:54.in the past. You can get other tablets for a third of the price.
:04:55. > :05:03.Schools need to look at that. With most technology, the price reflects
:05:04. > :05:11.the capabilities. There must be some disadvantages as well. Are we not
:05:12. > :05:16.losing the ability to teach? We saw that teaching changes. It always has
:05:17. > :05:21.changed. Teachers become more adept and use the technology in different
:05:22. > :05:25.ways. It doesn't replace teachers and it complements what they do and
:05:26. > :05:30.can add value. I did want to emphasise we did not see anything in
:05:31. > :05:33.the research that suggested teachers were being made redundant by this
:05:34. > :05:43.type of technology. Some parents just don't want their students using
:05:44. > :05:49.computers at school because they use them in their free time and they
:05:50. > :05:54.cannot monitor their useful stop that is a real concern. One school
:05:55. > :06:04.in Edinburgh launched a parental contract. Parents and teachers came
:06:05. > :06:08.together to agree what the protocols would be. That dialogue is
:06:09. > :06:19.important. The need to share concerns in order to make this a
:06:20. > :06:24.successful stop thank you. `` successful. Thank you.
:06:25. > :06:28.Prince Henry's is not the first school in our region to ask parents
:06:29. > :06:41.to pay for tablets. And many of you have been getting in touch with us
:06:42. > :06:45.to share your views. Dan Fox says, it seems like a great scheme to me.
:06:46. > :06:48.More and more companies are using them, so it seems logical to use
:06:49. > :06:52.them from an early age. But Tracey Lee says, new technology will always
:06:53. > :06:54.have a place in education, but it shouldn't replace the basics.
:06:55. > :06:58.Expecting parents to buy expensive equipment creates a bigger gap in
:06:59. > :07:01.standards between the rich and poor. Dawn Williams ` who's a learning
:07:02. > :07:04.support assistant in a primary school ` thinks, these devices allow
:07:05. > :07:07.children who struggle to access the curriculum through "normal"
:07:08. > :07:10.channels, freedom to grow and gives them a sense of achievement. Amy
:07:11. > :07:14.Wells got in touch. If the school wants the children to have one than
:07:15. > :07:17.the school should fund it! I couldn't afford it, nor would I want
:07:18. > :07:19.to even try. South Yorkshire Police have
:07:20. > :07:29.confirmed they've arrested a 45`year`old man, on suspicion of the
:07:30. > :07:36.murder of Simon Holdsworth. On 17 December, Simon Holdsworth's
:07:37. > :07:42.body was found in this field. The police began a hunt to try to find
:07:43. > :07:47.the killer who caused head injuries. They wanted to find anyone who had
:07:48. > :07:54.seen him since he left work night before. He would often cross this
:07:55. > :07:57.field. Police began their enquiries and went door`to`door around the
:07:58. > :08:04.house is before Christmas. They ask his fiancee and his mother to make
:08:05. > :08:11.their appeal to the public for information. Simon was a lovely son
:08:12. > :08:16.and person. He was always there if anybody needed help. Always the
:08:17. > :08:27.first on the front line. So loving and caring and was such a bubbly
:08:28. > :08:34.personality. What has happened to Simon has devastated our lives. We
:08:35. > :08:46.are a close family and this has left a huge haul. Simon was an extremely
:08:47. > :08:50.popular man. He was a fan of Sheffield Wednesday. The club paid
:08:51. > :08:56.tribute to him, as did his workplace of 16 years. Many people this
:08:57. > :09:03.afternoon have contacted me to say what a popular man he was. We know
:09:04. > :09:08.the police went door`to`door before Christmas. This weekend, they have
:09:09. > :09:14.been around the community again. Today, news of this armrest. They
:09:15. > :09:22.have not said much more than to confirm a 45`year`old man was
:09:23. > :09:34.arrested. He will be questioned over the next few hours.
:09:35. > :09:37.Later on Look North. It is one of the highest honours in France. But
:09:38. > :09:48.which Yorkshireman has been awarded this was to just medal?
:09:49. > :09:51.Some of Yorkshire's credit unions have reported a huge rise in lending
:09:52. > :09:56.over the three months before Christmas. Millions of pounds have
:09:57. > :09:58.been lent to families in need. It's perhaps not surprising that families
:09:59. > :10:02.have been struggling to pay the bills in the run up to Christmas and
:10:03. > :10:09.have sought help from Credit Unions around our region. Between October
:10:10. > :10:13.and December last year, the Leeds City Credit Union lent nearly ?2
:10:14. > :10:22.million to struggling families. That's a 25% rise on the previous
:10:23. > :10:38.year. The Bradford District Credit Union
:10:39. > :10:47.also saw a rise of about 25%. And the South Yorkshire Credit Union
:10:48. > :10:58.saw an 11% rise on the year before. I could not think straight. It was a
:10:59. > :11:02.cloud over my head. This woman is 82 years old and got into debt after
:11:03. > :11:08.her bank charged her for her overdraft. I got into difficulties
:11:09. > :11:19.paying them back. I felt ill and could not sleep at night. Credit
:11:20. > :11:23.unions encourage people to save what they can and only ball over the can
:11:24. > :11:29.afford. Some pressure might be under pressure because `` some people
:11:30. > :11:34.might be under pressure because of the economy and low wages. It makes
:11:35. > :11:41.sense to come to the credit union to borrow because we can provide
:11:42. > :11:47.affordable credit to people at a much lower rate of interest than
:11:48. > :11:53.payday lenders. There is always money there for me now. My own
:11:54. > :11:57.money. Not money I borrow, but my own money. I love having the
:11:58. > :12:07.security. I should have done it years ago. It was such a relief. It
:12:08. > :12:16.was such a weight off my shoulders. I can go to bed at night and not
:12:17. > :12:19.cry. Police are looking for a 14`year`old
:12:20. > :12:22.girl who's gone missing from Scarborough. Chaenan Bertinelli has
:12:23. > :12:25.relatives in London and it's thought she may have gone to visit them.
:12:26. > :12:31.Officers are concerned for her safety because of her age and the
:12:32. > :12:35.lack of contact with her family. The High Court has today approved a
:12:36. > :12:37.scheme to pay compensation to seven million customers who were mis`sold
:12:38. > :12:40.insurance for their bank and credit cards. The insurance was mis`sold by
:12:41. > :13:00.York`based CPP, which operated through 13 High Street banks and
:13:01. > :13:03.card companies. 98% of customers voted in favour of the compensation
:13:04. > :13:05.package, which will allow policy`holders to claim back
:13:06. > :13:09.between100 and ?300 each. Police have named a man who was
:13:10. > :13:12.found dead on the A65 near Skipton last week. Harry Chamberlain, who
:13:13. > :13:15.was 47 and from Skipton, was found with head injuries on the road at
:13:16. > :13:19.Draughton last Wednesday evening and pronounced dead at the scene. North
:13:20. > :13:23.Yorkshire Police said one car hit him as he was lying in the road and
:13:24. > :13:25.several other drivers had to swerve to avoid him.
:13:26. > :13:28.The Government is promising to investigate why antenatal classes
:13:29. > :13:31.for pregnant women in York have been scrapped. Last year York Hospital
:13:32. > :13:35.became the first in the country to stop providing the traditional
:13:36. > :13:38.face`to`face classes. Some groups, like teenage mothers, are
:13:39. > :13:41.continuing, but other classes have been replaced by online videos. In
:13:42. > :13:47.the Commons today the Health Minister Dan Poulter said he'd look
:13:48. > :13:50.into it. The Yorkshire Wildlife Park has
:13:51. > :13:54.announced it's to create more than 100 new jobs. The attraction near
:13:55. > :13:59.Doncaster currently employs around 100 staff. But it's expanding and is
:14:00. > :14:02.recruiting another 100 to work during the summer season.
:14:03. > :14:05.Construction is already underway on new retail units and a new polar
:14:06. > :14:07.bear reserve. The former chairman of the
:14:08. > :14:10.Co`Operative Bank, Paul Flowers, who's a Methodist minister in
:14:11. > :14:13.Bradford, is being questioned at a police station in Leeds about
:14:14. > :14:16.allegations of buying and using illegal drugs. He was seen leaving
:14:17. > :14:30.the police station in the last few hours. Our Crime Correspondent is
:14:31. > :14:36.outside Stainbeck Police Station. Paul Flowers arrived here at 12:30pm
:14:37. > :14:43.today. He was escorted into the police station. This was the same
:14:44. > :14:49.place he was questioned just before Christmas. He was arrested after a
:14:50. > :14:54.sting by the Mail on Sunday newspaper which claimed to show him
:14:55. > :15:04.buying and using class a drugs including cocaine and vitamin. We
:15:05. > :15:15.don't think he got into top two detectives until 2pm. He left about
:15:16. > :15:19.half an hour ago. He was driven away in a fast car by friends. His
:15:20. > :15:25.solicitor said no charges have been brought against him and his bail has
:15:26. > :15:29.been extended. He will probably return here in the middle of April
:15:30. > :15:34.when they expect there to be some sort of conclusion to this case.
:15:35. > :15:38.This involves a man who until last year was the chairman of the
:15:39. > :15:44.Co`Operative Bank and was chairman and by the House of Commons Treasury
:15:45. > :15:48.committee about why there was a ?1.5 billion gap in the finances of the
:15:49. > :15:54.bank and he resigned a short time afterwards. Several months of
:15:55. > :16:00.problems for Paul Flowers. He will be back here at this police station
:16:01. > :16:10.in the middle of April to further answer bail and see whether any
:16:11. > :16:16.charges will be brought against him. Still to come: North Yorkshire
:16:17. > :16:23.composer Alistair Griffin tells us about the new song he's writing for
:16:24. > :16:28.the Tour de France. Here's one he came up with for one
:16:29. > :16:35.of last year's sporting highlights. If only dreams could live. I would
:16:36. > :16:41.never have to see what F. `` what if.
:16:42. > :16:52.A Yorkshireman has become one of only a handful of Britons to be
:16:53. > :16:55.awarded the French Order of Merit. It's an honour usually reserved for
:16:56. > :16:58.high ranking military and royalty, but Ian Reed, who's the director of
:16:59. > :17:01.the Yorkshire Air Museum, was recommended for the award by the
:17:02. > :17:05.French Ambassador. It follows years of work he's done to commemorate the
:17:06. > :17:07.thousands of French airmen stationed at Elvington near York during the
:17:08. > :17:10.second World War. When Ian Reed opened his post the
:17:11. > :17:15.other day, this letter was a complete surprise to him. From the
:17:16. > :17:20.French ambassador, it was to say he had been ordered the order of merit
:17:21. > :17:26.by the French President. Are very rare and prestigious honour. Was an
:17:27. > :17:36.amazing surprise. Very humbling, actually. The order of merit has
:17:37. > :17:42.been awarded to 2.5 million people including Charles de Gaulle, Marcel
:17:43. > :17:58.Marceau and King Juan Carlos of Spain. As director of the air
:17:59. > :18:02.Museum, he has devoted a decade to research French service men. This
:18:03. > :18:10.base was run exclusively by the French. It is good to tell the story
:18:11. > :18:16.back to the French today. He organised a special service in York
:18:17. > :18:25.Minster in 2011. This impressed the French Ambassador. He was awarded
:18:26. > :18:30.this at the rank of officer which is quite unusual. Not many foreigners
:18:31. > :18:39.get this order of merit. This is very prestigious really. I will
:18:40. > :18:45.carry on being the same person. My real hope is that it will do
:18:46. > :18:52.something to act knowledge of French here. Act knowledge Elvington and
:18:53. > :19:07.Yorkshire, particularly at the time of the the Fonz. `` Tour de France.
:19:08. > :19:16.The French authorities want to honour him for his dedication to
:19:17. > :19:19.history. He was officially five foot three
:19:20. > :19:23.inches tall. He wore size four boots and yet was a giant of a man for
:19:24. > :19:32.Leeds United. Bobby Collins died yesterday after a long illness. He
:19:33. > :19:35.was 82. He played for Scotland and was also manager of Huddersfield
:19:36. > :19:38.Town and Barnsley. Tributes have been pouring in today.
:19:39. > :19:46.Bobby Collins was signed for ?20,000. His team`mate Norman Hunter
:19:47. > :19:55.has no doubts about his place in the `` in Leeds United's history. One of
:19:56. > :20:00.the bravest small men I ever met. He used to get stuck in and with
:20:01. > :20:08.Savacentre is. He was five foot four. The gaffer made some signings,
:20:09. > :20:23.but Bobby Collins was brilliant signing. He was always a great
:20:24. > :20:28.interviewee. I never had the best of luck with my previous managerial
:20:29. > :20:38.roles, but I thought this place could be something good. God bless,
:20:39. > :20:42.it has turned out to be like that. He never thought about losing. We
:20:43. > :20:51.are standing here in front of Billy's statue. If he was here
:20:52. > :20:57.today, he would say he learned everything he learned from Bobby
:20:58. > :21:05.Collins. He was a tremendous character. And immaculate man off
:21:06. > :21:13.the park. He was immaculate all the time you saw him. He had 31 caps for
:21:14. > :21:22.Scotland and played for Leeds in 167 games. His death is also being
:21:23. > :21:26.mourned at Celtic and Everton. I was too young to know him at
:21:27. > :21:33.Leeds, but at Anns way he was a very genial manager. Used to have a cup
:21:34. > :21:41.of tea and toast before interviews. He did a good job at Barnsley. She
:21:42. > :21:49.will be sadly missed. He was a great character and a terrier on the
:21:50. > :21:53.football pitch. Now, you won't have failed to notice
:21:54. > :21:57.that hundreds of cyclists will be on their way to Yorkshire in less than
:21:58. > :22:00.six months' time for a certain global sporting event. And a North
:22:01. > :22:03.Yorkshire musician is hoping to inspire millions of us by writing
:22:04. > :22:06.the official song for the Tour de France in Yorkshire. Alistair
:22:07. > :22:17.Griffin from Whitby has already written sporting sound tracks for
:22:18. > :22:21.Wimbledon and the Olympic Games. As a keen cyclist, Alistair Griffin
:22:22. > :22:30.has described his latest commission as his dream job. Work to compose
:22:31. > :22:34.the official song began in October. Although it remains a closely
:22:35. > :22:38.guarded secret, he hopes it will inspire those not just competing but
:22:39. > :22:44.the 3 million spectators who will be watching. This will be a massive
:22:45. > :22:49.event. This is about pride and the idea it is on our home turf. The
:22:50. > :22:58.themes I will put in the song will reflect that.
:22:59. > :23:03.I was dreaming of the past... His songwriting talents were first
:23:04. > :23:13.noticed 11 years ago. He was a finalist on Fame Academy. Since
:23:14. > :23:20.then, he has composed music for many sporting occasions. His song was
:23:21. > :23:34.used to mark Andy Murray's momentous victory at Wimbledon. He was
:23:35. > :23:41.becoming the ultimate what F man. `` what if man. That is what the song
:23:42. > :23:46.was about, what if. We can reveal that will be at least one
:23:47. > :23:52.distinctive sound. I have done some work with a colliery band. They are
:23:53. > :24:00.a fantastic set of musicians. Proud Yorkshiremen. They will feature on
:24:01. > :24:03.it. The song will have its official launch at the end of March. A
:24:04. > :24:09.stirring soundtrack for what is being billed as Yorkshire's a guest
:24:10. > :24:20.ever sporting event. We wait with bated breath!
:24:21. > :24:23.We know our MPs here in Yorkshire like to dress up as animals. I'm
:24:24. > :24:31.thinking of the moment George Galloway appeared on national
:24:32. > :24:35.television as a cat. Well now, Alec Shelbrooke is getting in on the act.
:24:36. > :24:39.The Elmet and Rothwell MP donned this tiger striped onesie complete
:24:40. > :24:43.with claws and a tail on the Daily Politics Show today. He has promised
:24:44. > :24:48.to wear the outfit to vote in the House of Commons to raise money for
:24:49. > :24:55.the Martin House Children's Hospice. We are hoping to raise ?5,000. If we
:24:56. > :24:59.do, I will vote in the satire. I don't need to ask the speaker
:25:00. > :25:08.because I am not going in the chamber.
:25:09. > :25:15.They are all the rage now! I can see you in Big Brother, Harry!
:25:16. > :25:24.Let me show you some pictures that came in in the last 24 hours. This
:25:25. > :25:37.is beautiful. The missed just beginning to clear. Next, we have
:25:38. > :25:49.some snow, around about 1500 feet. This was Sunday morning. Keep the
:25:50. > :25:54.pictures coming in. A big change coming in the next 24 hours. Milder
:25:55. > :25:58.air spreading in from the south`west. Tomorrow will be grey
:25:59. > :26:04.with patchy rain courtesy of this one front. Mid`morning to
:26:05. > :26:08.mid`afternoon, it should be reasonable with some dry weather.
:26:09. > :26:13.Always a lot of cloud around. You can see the cloud piling into the
:26:14. > :26:20.West. It is beginning to reign over the Pennines. Further east, touch of
:26:21. > :26:28.Frost. After a dry start in eastern areas, the rainbow slowly edging
:26:29. > :26:34.over 400 metres. Rain and drizzle for most of us. Mist and fog over
:26:35. > :26:52.the hills. Temperatures to or three degrees. `` two. A grotty start,
:26:53. > :26:58.cloudy with mist and drizzle. Some showers falling, but a dry period
:26:59. > :27:02.mid morning to mid`afternoon. Later in the day, more patchy outbreaks of
:27:03. > :27:05.rainbow spread north eastwards. Let's look at the top temperatures.
:27:06. > :27:15.The warm front will lift temperatures. Sunspots might get up
:27:16. > :27:20.to 11 Celsius. Very mild for the middle of January. Thursday looks
:27:21. > :27:27.brighter with sunny spells and some showers. A lot of uncertainty for
:27:28. > :27:33.the weekend. Saturday could be quite dreary weather rain or drizzle at
:27:34. > :27:45.times. Perfect weather to wear a onesie.
:27:46. > :27:52.We are back at 10:25pm. Goodbye.