:00:00. > :00:07.the windscreen first thing in the morning. That is all
:00:08. > :00:10.Good evening, welcome to Monday's Look North. On the programme
:00:11. > :00:13.tonight: The York man seeking controversial
:00:14. > :00:17.stem cell treatment abroad in a last`ditch attempt to slow the
:00:18. > :00:21.progress of Parkinson's disease. I just feel that this is his last hope
:00:22. > :00:25.and it is what he wants. We'll be asking a stem cell expert
:00:26. > :00:26.just what the chances of success could be.
:00:27. > :00:29.Also tonight: warnings that fracking in Yorkshire
:00:30. > :00:34.could have disastrous consequences for tourism and farming.
:00:35. > :00:36.And it's all happening in Sheffield tonight. 6,000 Yorkshire
:00:37. > :00:40.schoolchildren at the Sheffield Arena, along with the one and only
:00:41. > :00:46.Stacey Solomon. I will be talking her shortly.
:00:47. > :00:49.What a beautiful day it has been, but note the fog in Hathersage
:00:50. > :00:52.Valley this afternoon, that will become more widespread across the
:00:53. > :01:08.region tonight. Join me for that detailed forecast.
:01:09. > :01:11.A man from York with a form of Parkinson's Disease is planning to
:01:12. > :01:16.travel to Ukraine for a controversial treatment using stem
:01:17. > :01:19.cells. James DeLittle has slurred speech, poor balance and
:01:20. > :01:22.difficulties controlling his limbs and this is his last`ditch attempt
:01:23. > :01:24.to slow down the progress of the disease.
:01:25. > :01:32.The clinic in Kiev hasn't performed clinical trials on its techniques
:01:33. > :01:34.but claims to have good results. Experts here, though, say stem cell
:01:35. > :01:37.science isn't yet sufficiently advanced to treat Parkinson's
:01:38. > :01:40.patients. In a moment, we'll hear from James himself, but first our
:01:41. > :01:44.health correspondent Jamie Coulson reports.
:01:45. > :01:49.49`year`old James DeLittle has a form of Parkinson's disease called
:01:50. > :01:52.Parkinson's`plus. For ten years, it has gradually eaten away at his
:01:53. > :01:57.quality of life, as his movement and speech have become increasingly
:01:58. > :02:10.difficult. You see people with their families and kids and things and...
:02:11. > :02:13.I will never have that. James used to be a soldier in the British Army
:02:14. > :02:18.and a long`distance lorry driver, but now he sometimes struggles to
:02:19. > :02:21.leave the house. His condition is degenerative, so before things get
:02:22. > :02:25.worse, he has decided to embark on a radical and controversial approach
:02:26. > :02:29.to treatment. NARRATOR: Ukraine was the first
:02:30. > :02:34.place where unique methods of human foetal stem cell therapy was
:02:35. > :02:39.invented. James is is planning to travel to a clinic in Kiev in
:02:40. > :02:43.Ukraine for stem cell therapy. For just over ?6,000, doctors there say
:02:44. > :02:46.they will inject him with stem cells harvested from aborted foetuses.
:02:47. > :02:50.They claim to see improvements in 75% of cases, but there have been no
:02:51. > :02:56.clinical trials or published scientific evidence. Stem cells are
:02:57. > :02:59.the building blocks of the human body, and those found in embryos can
:03:00. > :03:03.reproduce themselves and transform into any cell found in the human
:03:04. > :03:11.body, including the heart, lungs and the brain. Those found in adults are
:03:12. > :03:14.more limited, but it is this ability to replace damaged cells that make
:03:15. > :03:19.experts believe they can one day lead to medical breakthroughs. But
:03:20. > :03:23.they also warned that the science isn't yet that advanced for
:03:24. > :03:26.Parkinson's. We don't know enough about how stem cells work and
:03:27. > :03:30.potentially what the problems are, what the side`effects are, to be
:03:31. > :03:35.able to carry out human trials, particularly for Parkinson's. There
:03:36. > :03:37.are some human trials ongoing for conditions such as heart disease,
:03:38. > :03:41.eye disease and even multiple sclerosis, but we really need to
:03:42. > :03:45.find out much more about how stem cells work before we can move on to
:03:46. > :03:49.do some clinical trials for Parkinson's.
:03:50. > :03:52.NARRATOR: The key to our treatment is our cell suspensions. The clinic
:03:53. > :03:56.in Kiev says it is fully licensed and the treatments they offer with
:03:57. > :04:00.foetal stem cells are legal and approved in Ukraine. James, medicine
:04:01. > :04:05.time. James and his family say they are aware of the concerns but feel
:04:06. > :04:09.it is a risk worth taking. Although it is very unknown, this treatment,
:04:10. > :04:18.we have got nothing to lose at this point. So, yes, he is going to go
:04:19. > :04:21.and he will go with my blessing. I dare say there are people who have
:04:22. > :04:24.got their reservations, but they haven't got Parkinson's, they don't
:04:25. > :04:28.know what it is like to live with it. `` there are objections. James
:04:29. > :04:32.will fly out to Ukraine at the end of this month. What is not known is
:04:33. > :04:39.whether his visit will provide anything more than hope.
:04:40. > :04:42.James and his mother Rosemary join us now in the studio. In Ipswich,
:04:43. > :04:49.stem cell expert Professor Brendon Noble.
:04:50. > :04:51.James, there are obvious concerns about this treatment, there have
:04:52. > :04:59.been no clinical trials yet. While you putting yourself through it? I
:05:00. > :05:05.have had Parkinson's ten years now, and the breakthroughs in many cases
:05:06. > :05:14.has been too slow for me, I can't wait another ten years, so it is
:05:15. > :05:20.just frustration, ready. Explain what it is like living with
:05:21. > :05:30.Parkinson's. It is infuriating. My whole body feels like it has got
:05:31. > :05:35.cramp. I balance goes, `` my balance goes, I produce too much saliva and
:05:36. > :05:41.in the last two months, I have broken my thumb, two ribs and my
:05:42. > :05:46.nose. Rosemary, you care for your son James. You get a real sense that
:05:47. > :05:53.this is the last chance, not just for James to have a quality of life,
:05:54. > :05:56.but for you to also have that. Yes. I have watched James deteriorate the
:05:57. > :06:01.last ten years and it is soul destroying and this is what James
:06:02. > :06:07.wants to do and this I want him to have some hope. Let me bring in
:06:08. > :06:14.Professor Noble. Thank you the joining us. Do you appreciate the
:06:15. > :06:19.kind of situation that James and his Mum are in at the moment? You
:06:20. > :06:23.understand why they are trying this? I completely understand why they
:06:24. > :06:29.would wish to consider this sort of thing, not least because, of course,
:06:30. > :06:32.there is a lot of advance in cell therapy and stem cell `based
:06:33. > :06:37.medicine, so I completely understand why they would consider it. Of
:06:38. > :06:40.course, they do also need to take on board that if it has not been
:06:41. > :06:45.tested, that there are concerns, shall we say? We know, obviously,
:06:46. > :06:50.that you need to test these things, not only to see whether they work,
:06:51. > :06:55.whether they do something useful, but also that they are safe. You
:06:56. > :07:00.think there is any likelihood that James could see improvements? I know
:07:01. > :07:03.that as far as you are concerned, you know nothing about the Kiev
:07:04. > :07:09.clinic at all, you don't know whether their claims are even
:07:10. > :07:14.remotely true, is that right? I don't know much about the company, I
:07:15. > :07:18.wouldn't wish to comment to directly. What I do know is it is
:07:19. > :07:23.very important that when you produce cells, from stem cells or elsewhere,
:07:24. > :07:27.that you prove they may actually do something useful, that they are
:07:28. > :07:30.maintained in the body and you know which part of the body you have to
:07:31. > :07:33.put them into, because just squirting them into the blood
:07:34. > :07:38.system, for example, doesn't mean to say they will go to the correct
:07:39. > :07:43.place and do something good. Isn't that the point, Professor Noble? I
:07:44. > :07:48.will put that to you Rosemary, you heard the risks from the expert.
:07:49. > :07:52.Yes, but he hasn't said yet that it will do him any harm. If it doesn't
:07:53. > :07:57.work, well, I don't think we have lost anything. And what if it
:07:58. > :08:02.doesn't work as what is next? We will just keep hoping someone
:08:03. > :08:06.produces something in this country. His consultants did say to him once
:08:07. > :08:09.that they hadn't gone down the surgical route. I don't quite know
:08:10. > :08:14.what that means, but when James next goes to his consultant, I will go
:08:15. > :08:18.with him and seek what else is available. James, the best of luck
:08:19. > :08:31.with it and do come back and let us know how it all goes. I will. And
:08:32. > :08:34.back row one, thank you joining us. The two drivers involved in the M62
:08:35. > :08:38.motorway crash which killed an 18`year`old girl on her way to a hen
:08:39. > :08:41.party have appeared in court charged with causing her death by dangerous
:08:42. > :08:44.driving. James Johnson, from Wyke, near Bradford, and Kevin Ollerhead,
:08:45. > :08:47.from St Helens, will have their cases heard at a Crown Court. Our
:08:48. > :08:49.Crime Correspondent John Cundy reports.
:08:50. > :08:52.The horrific crash on the westbound carriageway of the M62 near
:08:53. > :08:57.Castleford on April 26th last year, in which Beth Jones died. Beth Jones
:08:58. > :09:04.was in a group all in a minibus on the way to a hen party in Liverpool.
:09:05. > :09:08.It was in a collision with a lorry. Nine months on, 63`year`old James
:09:09. > :09:11.Johnson, the minibus driver appeared in court for the first time together
:09:12. > :09:15.with the lorry driver, Kevin Ollerhead. Both are accused of
:09:16. > :09:19.causing Beth Jones's death by dangerous driving. 12 other
:09:20. > :09:25.passengers, including the bride`to`be and the driver himself,
:09:26. > :09:29.were badly injured. Today is the first court hearing since the tragic
:09:30. > :09:32.crash. James Johnson and Kevin Ollerhead appeared for just four
:09:33. > :09:41.minutes at Wakefield Magistrates' Court. They heard that their case
:09:42. > :09:47.can only be heard by a Crown Court, so it will appear at Leeds next
:09:48. > :09:51.month. Neither Mr Johnson nor Mr Ollerhead spoke as they left court
:09:52. > :09:58.with their families and lawyers after the short hearing.
:09:59. > :10:08.Later on Look North: the fans appeared on Look North on Friday and
:10:09. > :10:10.there were Vital wins for Barnsley and Doncaster Rovers in the
:10:11. > :10:13.Championship. And a point apiece for Sheffield
:10:14. > :10:17.United and Bradford in League One's Yorkshire derby.
:10:18. > :10:23.A former police officer from Doncaster who offered to supply
:10:24. > :10:27.cocaine has been spared jail. PC Sarah Greaves, who's 29, offered to
:10:28. > :10:32.supply the Class A drug to a friend in text messages but no drugs were
:10:33. > :10:35.exchanged. She was given a 12`month prison sentence, suspended for two
:10:36. > :10:40.years, and 200 hours of community service. Reporting restrictions
:10:41. > :10:44.prevent us showing any images of her.
:10:45. > :10:47.West Yorkshire Police are being investigated over their handling of
:10:48. > :10:51.the Hamzah Khan case. The body of the four`year`old was found at his
:10:52. > :10:56.home in Bradford in 2011, almost two years after he'd died. Last October,
:10:57. > :10:59.his mother was found guilty of manslaughter and jailed for 15
:11:00. > :11:04.years. Allegations of neglect had been made to police and other
:11:05. > :11:06.agencies before his body was found. The Independent Police Complaints
:11:07. > :11:15.Commission will examine what action the force took and why the case
:11:16. > :11:17.wasn't referred to them in 2011. 35`year`old woman's appeared in
:11:18. > :11:21.court charged with murder. Police were called to a flat at Rosemary
:11:22. > :11:26.Gardens, in the Ollerton area of Bradford, early on Saturday. A
:11:27. > :11:29.41`year`old man was found with serious injuries and died at the
:11:30. > :11:33.scene. Alexia Heckles, who's also from Rosemary Gardens, was remanded
:11:34. > :11:35.in custody. Police have confirmed there were no
:11:36. > :11:47.suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a pensioner whose body
:11:48. > :11:51.was found in Leeds yesterday. Edward Roberts, who was due to turn 90
:11:52. > :11:53.tomorrow, had been missing for a week. His relatives have been asked
:11:54. > :11:57.to come forward. A leading expert on gas and oil
:11:58. > :11:59.exploration is warning any move towards fracking in Yorkshire could
:12:00. > :12:02.have disastrous consequences for tourism and farming.
:12:03. > :12:06.Test drilling has already taken place at one site in North Yorkshire
:12:07. > :12:10.and there have been expressions of interest in other sites near York,
:12:11. > :12:13.and Bawtry, in South Yorkshire. Here's our business correspondent
:12:14. > :12:16.Danni Hewson. It looks innocuous, but this is
:12:17. > :12:19.where Yorkshire has had its first brush with the fracking industry.
:12:20. > :12:23.Samples from deep underground have been taken for further analysis to
:12:24. > :12:28.see if lucrative shale gas can be extracted from this site at Kirby
:12:29. > :12:32.Misperton, near Pickering. It is expected to be the first of many
:12:33. > :12:34.such sites, with the Bowland shale stretching right across the region
:12:35. > :12:38.and the Government offering councils cash incentives in the form of
:12:39. > :12:41.business rates. There has been much resistance to the potential
:12:42. > :12:45.industry, amid fears of water pollution and earthquakes. One oil
:12:46. > :12:49.and gas expert fears it will harm the countryside. If you look at your
:12:50. > :12:53.tourism industry in Yorkshire, and you look at your farming industry in
:12:54. > :12:56.Yorkshire, they could suffer very, very badly as a result of fracking
:12:57. > :12:59.and so, consequently, you are left with a legacy of thousands of Wells
:13:00. > :13:07.abandoned, leaking, agricultural industry destroyed, tourism wrecked,
:13:08. > :13:10.through flaring and through trucks. So what is fracking? Well, it works
:13:11. > :13:14.by drilling deep underground, jetting water, sand and chemicals
:13:15. > :13:20.into the rock and collecting the gas that escapes. We are just beginning
:13:21. > :13:28.to look at the potential value of shale. In America, it has brought
:13:29. > :13:30.down gas prices but there is growing evidence that in some cases,
:13:31. > :13:33.fracking has had major health implications. A situation companies
:13:34. > :13:36.wanting to frack in the UK say couldn't happen here because of
:13:37. > :13:39.tight regulations. There has been evidence of some contamination, but
:13:40. > :13:42.that has been caused because the well has not been constructed
:13:43. > :13:51.properly and there is absolutely no evidence that it has been caused by
:13:52. > :13:54.fracking per se. But companies like IGas will be largely self`regulated
:13:55. > :13:57.and we have discovered that the Health and Safety Executive will not
:13:58. > :14:03.be carrying out site inspections for Wells unless there is a specific
:14:04. > :14:06.cause concern. It is not possible for a health and safety inspector to
:14:07. > :14:09.stand in every single corner of every single factory in this
:14:10. > :14:15.country, or every single chemical plant. The onus of responsibility,
:14:16. > :14:19.rightly, has to be placed on the owner or operator of that site. But
:14:20. > :14:23.even if fracking becomes a reality here, not everyone is convinced it
:14:24. > :14:30.will solve our energy needs. We might be lucky to get 1% out, we
:14:31. > :14:34.might get 0%. We have to be realistic about this. It is quite
:14:35. > :14:37.hard to imagine, you know, a big shale gas industry in the country so
:14:38. > :14:45.densely populated. But companies are lining up to try. Uphill and down
:14:46. > :14:52.dale. Mike Hill is an oil and gas
:14:53. > :14:55.engineer. He joins us in the studio. We should probably start by saying
:14:56. > :14:58.you are not against fracking as a whole, you have worked on oil rigs
:14:59. > :15:04.yourself, but you are against the self`regulation. Yes, I am, that is
:15:05. > :15:07.exactly the case. The companies here are entirely self`regulating, they
:15:08. > :15:10.decide what is important and they tell B Health and Safety Executive,
:15:11. > :15:15.they go away, they drill the Wales and they construct dams themselves,
:15:16. > :15:21.sending a fax to the regulator saying it is OK `` do wells. You
:15:22. > :15:26.have had the year of the Government, they have listened, but they are
:15:27. > :15:32.saying you have saying too much now `` you are saying. Particularly the
:15:33. > :15:35.consequences were tourism and forming. Why are they so serious
:15:36. > :15:43.about this question marks they want to give a big green flag to the
:15:44. > :15:46.operators in the US. There is a suggestion that it is heavily
:15:47. > :15:49.regulated but it is not, the Government has done its best to
:15:50. > :15:54.remove as many regulations as it can, and many other new regulations,
:15:55. > :16:00.as such by the Royal Society... So you are not over egging this? If
:16:01. > :16:06.anything, the opposite. There have been zero inspections in Yorkshire
:16:07. > :16:11.and Lancashire. So what are your objections for Tories and farming?
:16:12. > :16:15.There are a number of dangers. In terms of agriculture, if there are
:16:16. > :16:19.leaks from the wells, which they do if they are not regulated properly,
:16:20. > :16:23.as was said in the piece, that will get into the food chain. Once it is
:16:24. > :16:27.into the food chain, the European Commission told me it would make the
:16:28. > :16:31.BSE crisis we had a few years ago look like kindergarten. We would be
:16:32. > :16:36.looking at widespread bans of UK produce for maybe three decades, not
:16:37. > :16:40.three years. The Government says it is safe, yet you experience some of
:16:41. > :16:45.those potential dangers in Blackpool? Yes, we had to
:16:46. > :16:49.earthquakes in Blackpool. Earthquakes? Proper earthquakes?
:16:50. > :16:55.Proper earthquakes, and the reason to not dismiss them is because those
:16:56. > :16:59.earthquakes damaged that well near Blackpool over a very large
:17:00. > :17:02.interval, they crushed the casing, which means Cuadrilla have had to
:17:03. > :17:06.abandon it. When you crush the casing colour you move it away from
:17:07. > :17:12.cement and methane and radon gas fracking influence can migrate into
:17:13. > :17:14.the agriculture, and studies coming out of the United States,
:17:15. > :17:19.independent studies, are saying that if you are planning to start a
:17:20. > :17:22.family, don't live within 1.5 miles of fracking. You say you are not
:17:23. > :17:28.against it but you're making a very good case against it? It needs
:17:29. > :17:33.regulating, and we do not have that. So if it was regulated, you would be
:17:34. > :17:41.happy? Yes, coupled with strict enforcement, like the Royal Society
:17:42. > :17:43.says, then yes, but in its present form, it damages our unborn
:17:44. > :17:45.children, it increases cancer rate and is extremely dangerous to the
:17:46. > :17:50.general public. And you can see more on this story
:17:51. > :17:52.on Inside Out tonight on BBC One at 7:30pm.
:17:53. > :17:54.Before seven o'clock: We've got your weekend sport
:17:55. > :17:56.highlights plus: Charging forward.
:17:57. > :17:58.We talk to the new Bradford Bulls owner about his plans to keep the
:17:59. > :18:01.club afloat. And why schoolchildren in Sheffield
:18:02. > :18:10.have got the X`Factor tonight, singing live with Stacey Solomon.
:18:11. > :18:15.Football now, and it was a good weekend for both Barnsley and
:18:16. > :18:23.Doncaster Rovers, but both remain in the Championship relegation zone.
:18:24. > :18:26.Doncaster were very impressive. And there was also a hotly contested
:18:27. > :18:30.Yorkshire derby in League One. Shamir Masri can tell you more.
:18:31. > :18:32.There were good results for our lower`placed clubs in the
:18:33. > :18:33.Championship, although Barnsley remain bottom, despite a win against
:18:34. > :18:35.Blackpool. Shamir Masri can tell you more.
:18:36. > :18:39.There were good Chris O'Grady with both goals for Danny Wilson's first
:18:40. > :18:44.win back as manager and their first league win at Oakwell since October.
:18:45. > :18:47.Doncaster Rovers also won, but, like Barnsley, are still in the bottom
:18:48. > :18:51.three due to teams around them also picking up points. Chris Brown
:18:52. > :18:54.scored goals either side of James Coppinger's sneaky effort to record
:18:55. > :19:01.an impressive 3`0 win against Wigan, their first at the Keepmoat
:19:02. > :19:03.since November. After their goal bonanza against
:19:04. > :19:12.Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday fought for a well`earned point away at
:19:13. > :19:19.Burnley. They came from behind. Chris Maguire's goal giving the Owls
:19:20. > :19:23.a well earned 1`1 draw. In the capital, Huddersfield lost
:19:24. > :19:25.2`1 to Queens Park Rangers, but new signing Nakhi Wells scored his
:19:26. > :19:28.second in two games since joining the Terriers from Bradford city.
:19:29. > :19:32.Leeds United, who had conceded ten in the last three league games, were
:19:33. > :19:37.much improved for the visit of Leicester. However, the chances came
:19:38. > :19:43.and went and it allowed the Foxes to snatch a 1`0 win late on at Elland
:19:44. > :19:46.Road. In the Yorkshire derby at Bramall
:19:47. > :19:49.Lane, Sheffield United made the perfect start and goals from Jamie
:19:50. > :19:54.Murphy and Harry Maguire gave the Blades a comfortable lead at
:19:55. > :20:02.half`time. But Bradford launched a second`half fightback. Goals from
:20:03. > :20:04.Gary Jones and the ever`present James Hansen saw it finish level at
:20:05. > :20:08.2`2. If you missed any of the action from
:20:09. > :20:09.the weekend, the Football League Show is now available on the BBC's
:20:10. > :20:21.iPlayer. You were there at the weekend.
:20:22. > :20:25.I was at Doncaster. There was more excitement on off the pitch. One of
:20:26. > :20:28.One Direction was there. Did you know who it was?
:20:29. > :20:31.No. Now, the rugby league season doesn't
:20:32. > :20:34.start until next month but it already looks like being a long and
:20:35. > :20:37.difficult campaign for one of our Super League sides.
:20:38. > :20:40.The chairman and soon`to`be owner of Bradford Bulls says the next few
:20:41. > :20:43.months are vital to the club's future. Mark Moore spoke exclusively
:20:44. > :20:46.to our reporter Ian Bucknell. Gathering for the squad photo,
:20:47. > :20:49.Bradford Bulls were in good spirits today. That is partly relief that
:20:50. > :20:53.the club has got this far. Last month, it was revealed they had to
:20:54. > :20:56.make savings of ?400,000, and, when a takeover deal fell through, the
:20:57. > :20:59.chairman and two directors resigned. That takeover has now been agreed,
:21:00. > :21:04.but there are still tough times ahead. We are not out of the woods
:21:05. > :21:08.yet, there is still a lot that we have to deal with and all I would
:21:09. > :21:12.say is just be patient for the next three to six months. We are hoping
:21:13. > :21:16.that with the plans we have in place, that within the next three
:21:17. > :21:20.months, we will be in a much better place than we are now. As I say, we
:21:21. > :21:23.are still in the woods. Last season, the Bulls finished outside
:21:24. > :21:26.the play`offs. They will do well to better that this time around. I
:21:27. > :21:30.don't think the club is in a position to bring anyone in. I'm
:21:31. > :21:33.really happy that we have got to the photoshoot with the squad that we
:21:34. > :21:38.had before Christmas, because it was looking like we were going to lose
:21:39. > :21:41.players, so that is a big relief. So the short`term aim is survival but,
:21:42. > :21:45.in the long`term, Moore wants to bring the glory days back to the
:21:46. > :21:49.Bulls. That will take time, it will be a tough year, but we are now
:21:50. > :21:53.starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, which a few months
:21:54. > :21:57.ago, we didn't know we could get a light. At the start of the season,
:21:58. > :22:00.the Bulls are here and raring to go. If they are talking about
:22:01. > :22:06.performances and not financial problems by the end of it, that
:22:07. > :22:10.would count as a success. Now there are some very giddy
:22:11. > :22:13.youngsters in Sheffield tonight. In fact, 24,000 of them will fill the
:22:14. > :22:20.Motorpoint Arena over the next few days as part of the nationwide Young
:22:21. > :22:23.Voices tour. Young Voices is the world's largest
:22:24. > :22:27.children's choir and is led by X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon. And
:22:28. > :22:28.we've sent our very own songbird Ian White to Sheffield to tread the
:22:29. > :22:45.boards. # We're halfway there.
:22:46. > :22:49.# Living on a prayer. # Take my hand, will make it I
:22:50. > :22:57.swear. # World, living on a prayer.
:22:58. > :23:03.I have found the star of the show, Stacey Solomon. Welcome to
:23:04. > :23:08.Yorkshire. Thank you by having me! What is a girl like you doing in a
:23:09. > :23:11.place like this crash and Mark singing with thousands of children.
:23:12. > :23:17.You have children of your own, so this must be so exciting for them.
:23:18. > :23:21.They are so excited, thinking of my kids and me as a child, I would have
:23:22. > :23:25.loved to have done this, said to be a part of it is incredible. What are
:23:26. > :23:28.you doing in the show? I'm singing some tracks from a new album, which
:23:29. > :23:35.I am excited about, and a couple of covers for the parents, and just
:23:36. > :23:40.having fun. # The only man who could ever reach
:23:41. > :23:46.me. # Was the son of a preacher man.
:23:47. > :23:49.The only boy who could ever reach me.
:23:50. > :23:56.# Was the son of a preacher man. # Oh, yes he was. We did a song, and
:23:57. > :23:59.a bitter dancing, and then Stacey Solomon came on stage. Have you been
:24:00. > :24:15.singing with Stacey Solomon? # Oh, he was.
:24:16. > :24:23.# What an incredible atmosphere. Come on, sing us a song!
:24:24. > :24:27.This is what it is like right now, live in Sheffield. Look at the
:24:28. > :24:31.kids, they are so excited, they are from all over Yorkshire, in and
:24:32. > :24:35.around Yorkshire, they have been here all day rehearsing and, behind
:24:36. > :24:38.us, all of the mums and dads, who are waiting. They are really
:24:39. > :24:44.excited. Let's talk to the guy behind this, something that gets
:24:45. > :24:49.bigger and better. Absolutely, we have over 100,000 children taking
:24:50. > :24:54.part and here tonight, we have 5,000, who have been practising for
:24:55. > :24:58.for months and you can see they are pretty excited. What do they get out
:24:59. > :25:04.of it? So much confidence and self belief, the chance to perform in a
:25:05. > :25:06.major arena in front of their parents with incredible artists like
:25:07. > :25:10.Stacey Solomon and the others we have with us. It is a pretty big
:25:11. > :25:13.deal for them. We hope it goes really well, thank you for having
:25:14. > :25:18.us, and Stacey Solomon will be on this very stage very, very soon.
:25:19. > :25:22.We would have loved more on that but we are pushed the time.
:25:23. > :25:25.Get on with it. A few pictures which are beautiful, the first when you
:25:26. > :25:30.saw at the top of the programme, it gives you a hint of what is in store
:25:31. > :25:33.for tomorrow. The next picture, this was taken last night, this is just
:25:34. > :25:37.outside Huddersfield and we will quickly move on to the next one,
:25:38. > :25:42.this was a very frosty looking adding, and the last one, my
:25:43. > :25:45.favourite, not biased, of course, the outskirts of Howarth, looking
:25:46. > :25:52.down on a beautifully clear valley. Keep the pictures coming in. Right,
:25:53. > :25:55.the warning of fog will become fairly widespread by dawn tomorrow
:25:56. > :25:59.morning and any sunshine will probably be restricted to the coast
:26:00. > :26:04.and over the tops of the hills and then this weather front will bring
:26:05. > :26:08.rain, perhaps a short spell of snow, about above 1,000 feet over the
:26:09. > :26:12.Pennines, it won't cause any problems. This afternoon, it was
:26:13. > :26:15.lovely, we had eight degrees at Bingley, 800 feet up in the Pennines
:26:16. > :26:19.and as we had through this evening and overnight, mist and fog
:26:20. > :26:23.gradually developing. Before the end to the night, make a note that under
:26:24. > :26:25.widespread frost, temperatures in room rolled areas as low as minus
:26:26. > :26:34.three Celsius. `` rue role. So with the exception of the coast
:26:35. > :26:39.and the top of the hills, it is a grotty start. That fog is quite
:26:40. > :26:43.dense in places, particularly the Vale of York and the Trent Valley,
:26:44. > :26:46.lifting but only into low cloud, so the many others, a different feel to
:26:47. > :26:50.the weather tomorrow and then rain comes in through tomorrow evening
:26:51. > :26:54.and tomorrow night, a short spell of sleet and snow over the highest
:26:55. > :26:58.ground of our region. The top temperatures, the average is seven,
:26:59. > :27:05.so it will feel pretty chilly, particularly well fog persists, four
:27:06. > :27:09.or five Celsius if you are lucky. 41 Fahrenheit. A wet Tuesday night,
:27:10. > :27:13.Wednesday looks cloudy with rain at first, slowly clearing. Thursday
:27:14. > :27:16.improves, Friday looks fine, but rain after dark again and a bit of
:27:17. > :27:21.snow right above the tops. Thank you, it has been lovely today.
:27:22. > :27:25.A very nice winter's day. That is it from us, I will be back at 10:25pm,
:27:26. > :27:27.alongside Paul. Good night.