22/01/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Sunday. Make the most of Saturday because Sunday

Welcome to Look North. Richard HS2 take a different route through

Yorkshire? We will investigate whether more tunnels could reduce

damage to the landscape. If Yorkshire set for another

record`breaking Olympics? The British team for the games include

more competitive than ever before from this region. Later join me in

Sheffield where we will be exploring an argument that answers, what do

you have on your chips? It was a threatening looking sky earlier

today and there unsettled weather to come over the next few days. A

detailed forecast follows shortly. Good evening. Welcome to the

programme. First tonight. The campaigners who say the proposed

High Speed Rail link from London to Leeds should take a different route

through Yorkshire. Residents living near the proposed HS2 route in Leeds

took their idea to Downing Street today. They say their plans which

include more tunneling are more environmentally friendly. In a

moment we'll ask if this is simply a case of not in my backyard but in

yours. First Phil Bodmer has the details. Campaigners in London and

over suggestions for alternative route for the proposed high`speed

rail line. Currently HS2's preferred option follows a northerly

trajectory between Wakefield and Normanton. Kevin West and onto

Stourton and then tunnels into Leeds. The alternative route curves

West by Stanley and Lofthouse towards the M1. It then follows the

motorway north and into Leeds. Campaigners claim the alternative

route will be quicker into Leeds, and say it will also be out of sight

of residential properties. But they acknowledge following the line up to

Stourton will add to the overall cost of the project. The line along

the motorway would need tunnelling, and it claimed this would remove the

need for 360 foot high viaduct. We are appealing to the Prime Minister

himself and have various proposals which are being discussed and until

we can get some traction, on HS2, on compensation issues and the

alternative route, we are really struggling. HS2 say their opening

two alternatives but will need to look at costs. It's at an

engineering, feasible, cost issues, things to look at, but the point

is, getting alternatives on the table is a good thing. The council

had given the suggestions are broad support the people we spoke to today

seem split on the issue. It's exciting. I've lived here all my

life, I've heard all these complaints. This is to be a great

big quarry. Either way, it's going to infringe on people 's homes,

obviously wildlife, through the canal. I think they should scrap it.

All views on HS2 will be considered by an independent analyst the for

any changes are announced later this year. Well joining me now from

Westminster is the Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell Alec

Shelbrooke. Aren't you just moving the problem to someone else's back

yard? It's actually stay in my backyard, it goes through my

constituency. The important thing, what we have done here is we have

taken the idea of HS2, something very important for the city of

Leeds, and said that we must have this project but it can't be built

on the back of hard`working people losing their property values, so by

going for an alternative route, the route which I have suggested takes a

tunnel through the valley and comes out in the areas which already have

industry in them. Therefore avoiding the rule areas, so trying to be a

positive move forward rather than a note not in my backyard thing.

There's already concerns over the cost of HS2. Who is going to cover

these changes? I don't care what it costs. This needs to be built and

needs to be built to a standard which doesn't blight people 's

lives, and if that means more money has to be spent to get that right,

I'm happy for that. However, I believe, because of the geological

issues we have in the area, I think it could turn out to be a better

value for money building this tunnel. Do you think the route will

change? On the 19th of July, I had the directors of HS2 come to the

area and we did a five`hour fieldwork trip with people from the

local community. At the end of that tour, the director said I fully

understand we have got to have another think about what we do in

this part of the route. Thank you. And on tomorrow's Look North we'll

be reporting from Kent where Britain's first high speed railway

line was built. We'll look at the effect it's had on residents there

and some of the benefits to its economy. Later on Look North.

There's no`one quite like Grandma. Why this young lad had his hair cut

off by his idol. Huddersfield Giants' Earl Crabtree. 1000 people

filled Barkers Pool in Sheffield today for a homecoming parade by

soldiers from The Chestnut Troop ` the first regiment of the Royal

Horse Artillery. They have recently returned from a tour of duty in

Helmand Province. The Lord Mayor said it was an honour to have them

in the city. Tom Ingall was there. The sound of a homecoming. A signal

for many in the city to stand and applaud.

The Chestnut Troop, part of the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

regularly exercise their freedom of Sheffield. For some, today's parade

took them down familiar streets. A proud moment for ourselves and

Sheffield as we have strong ties with the city. We have got the

freedom of Sheffield in 2002 and ever since, we have come back to the

city and paraded for the people of Sheffield. Two teams of six horses

pulled replica guns through the streets. The opening shots of the

First World War were fired by the Chestnut tree. We finished a century

on from where the trip originally fought with distinction. The

soldiers were presented with air campaign medals by the Lord Mayor of

Sheffield. As the Lord Mayor, I speak for all citizens of Sheffield

when I say how proud we are to welcome you back to Sheffield today.

It's a fantastic event to see all these troops lined up. They have

graced us with their presence, really. I'm just so honoured to be

part of it. A good turnout from the home crowd, wasn't it? Absolutely,

that's what's good about Sheffield. People are proud of the troops.

Having been in the forces 60 years ago, it's nice to see the

present`day troops on parade. And I'm proud of them and I'm proud for

what they do in Afghanistan. They need all the help they can get and

all the praise. I don't think they get enough praise for what they do.

With families and veterans looking on, this was a proud day for many.

And a chance for the city to share its gratitude. Sheffield's wonderful

black form `` welcome for The Chestnut Troop. In the rest of the

day's news. There's been a fall in the number of unemployed in

Yorkshire and the Humber, in line with the national trend. Figures for

the three`month period between September and November show there

were 235,000 people without a job. That's 8,000 fewer than the previous

quarter. The regional unemployment rate is now 8.4%, the second highest

in Britain. ?17 million of lottery money is being given to Sheffield

and Leeds to help young people get off benefits and into jobs. In South

Yorkshire, the money will be distributed by the charity Sheffield

Futures. It's part of a nation`wide scheme aimed at helping 18 to

24`year`olds to get on the career ladder. They say they don't feel

they have confidence, they don't how to respond to jobs, they don't feel

like they have a direction. They don't really know how to approach

employers or how to get past recruitment agencies, for example.

We are here to give them work experience, paid work experience,

paid job opportunities, as well as an opportunity to explore the

entrepreneurial side. A murder investigation has begun in Sheffield

after an elderly woman's body was found this morning. South Yorkshire

Police say a woman in her 50s has been arrested on suspicion of murder

after the body of a 93`year`old was found at a house on Crimicar Lane in

Fulwood just after nine o'clock. Villagers are campaigning for safety

improvements to a North Yorkshire road where three people died last

year. Two men and a woman were killed in November on the B1248 at

Wharram Le Street after their car crashed head on into a van. They

were on their way to work at the Malton bacon factory. Three B in

North Yorkshire have made it into the world's top ten, as voted for in

the Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Awards. The All Seasons Guest House,

in Filey, took second place. Saxon Villa in Robin Hoods Bay came

fourth, and Millgate B in Masam is ranked ninth. No hotels in the

county made it onto the international list, but Harrogate's

Rudding Park has been named the second best hotel in the UK. And

congratulations to Quayside of Whitby who have today been named the

Independent Take Away fish and chip shop of the year at the National

Fish and Chip Awards in London. Have you tried them? I have indeed. They

are wonderful. Well done. Having pride in your grandchildren isn't

unusual, but one Bradford woman is especially proud. Margaret Pollard

was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago and says her grandchildren

helped her survive the ordeal. We'll be hearing from Margaret in a

moment, but first Olivia Richwald went to meet 10`year`old Bryan

Usher, who made the biggest sacrifice he could imagine to help

his grandma's charity. Huddersfield giant Bill Crabtree. Six foot six,

18 stone, long blonde hair. The John Smith's stadium is as battlefield

and it is here today a sacrifice is about to be made. Ten`year`old Brian

has been growing his here since he was six. He wants to be just like

his hero Earl Crabtree, but is about to find out the prop forward is

actually going to be his barber. How are you? Don't be shy. All right? I

heard them somebody around him with better here than me and I thought,

that can't be true. Brian offered to shave his head to supporters

grandmother Margaret who was diagnosed with breast cancer a year

ago. And, as his 14 inch ponytail is about to head the dressing room

floor, he has just two words. Quite nervous. Here we go. This bit first.

I was his favourite player until today. I feel really guilty. Why

would he want to thank me? I'm slightly scared, you know. In a few

years, you're going to come back and say, do you remember you cut my hair

and ruined my life? The ponytail which took four years to grow, has

gone in just ten minutes. But Brian plans to grow it back. For Margaret,

to date the had given a giant a gesture she will never forget.

Fantastic. I'm pleased to say Margaret is in the studio with us

now, along with grandsons Bryan and Tony. Brian, you are sporting a new

hairdo full soap powders are sporting a new hairdo full sub how

does it feel? It feels emotional. How does it feel to have shorter?

Strange. It has taken years after, Brian. Today was a surprise for you,

wasn't it? Yeah. What was it like to meet your idol? I felt like the

luckiest boy at that point. I'm sure grandmother felt the luckiest

grandmother in the world. What is the last year been like for you? It

has been hard at times. But I kept optimistic, kept going, even when my

prognosis was quite bad. It's a matter of looking forward, keeping

going, you can't give in. What does this lady mean to you? A lot,

because when I found out, I was very upset, and I want to help as much as

I could. You haven't got hair like the young man next to you. Did you

play rugby? Yes. I would've thought it said its advantage to have long

hair because they could yank you back. They can't do that now, can

they? What position do you play? Wing. You can score lots of tries

now. Your grandmother has sported several hairdos. Over the last 12

months. Here are some pictures of you. Oh dear, glamorous granny. A

rainbow coloured there. I hope of the positive twist on things,

Margaret. Yes, you have got to keep positive. I think people are afraid

of the word cancer. If I said I had got something else, nothing, but

when you say you have got cancer, you have got to be positive. You

have got to think you can make it. But you need help from family. Yes,

definitely. My grandchildren... You are in remission now. Yes. You came

here today because he wanted a say something to your chance ``

grandchildren. Thank you for your help, and to Rebecca, my

granddaughter, who can't be here. We do have a surprise for you. Take a

look at this. Hello, grandma. Sorry I couldn't be there in person, due

to school. I have no idea how you managed to keep positive all the

way. I suppose a different coloured wigs helped. You are truly

inspirational. I will always admire you full sub you are so brave, love

you loads, grandma and grandad. How do you feel? That is a shot, that's

not fair. That's my other granddaughter, Rebecca full sub they

are all wonderful. They have raised over ?1000 between them. They have

done fantastic and so have you. Thank you very much for coming in.

Well done, bawdy. What would you do with your hair. I don't know. Put it

in a box. Before 7.00pm. A storm over sauce. Sheffield's Hendersons

Relish put to the test after it's called a Worcester Sauce

impersonator. How dare they! After the incredible achievements of

Yorkshire athletes at London 2012, we're set for another

record`breaking Olympics. Today the British team was announced for the

Sochi Winter Olympics in just over two weeks' time. I have been lucky

enough to cover three winters and it is a wonderful experience, so good

luck to all our Yorkshire competitors. More than ever before.

There will be ten as part of the squad leaving for Russia. To tell us

who we need to be looking out for, here's Ian Bucknell.

Ten is the magic number for Yorkshire in Russia. Number one,

Shelley Rudman. She won Olympic silver in the skeleton bob in 2006.

It is also the reigning world champion and looks our best hope of

having a medal. I know I have done everything possible to just go out

there and perform as well as I can. I would like to walk away from this

Olympics just feeling really proud to be in this position, my third

Olympics, and walk away with a smile on my face knowing I did every thing

possible. She is joined by her partner Christine Bromley and

finally, John Baines from North Yorkshire, who is part of the

bobsleigh team. It's part of my dream to be in the Olympics as a

small child. Thinking back to primary school, thinking, imagine

doing that sport. In freestyle skiing, James Woods, who led that is

learned his trade in Sheffield. He has won a silver medal a year ago.

Katie Summerhays as the earnest member team Yorkshire. She put on a

performance of her life to take silver at the World Cup at the

weekend. Emma Lonsdale from North Yorkshire and James May Chin

complete our freestyle skiing full sub Jamie Nicholson started

snowboarding Madiba seven and frozen self of a man`made cliff for a

living and that's got to be worth a place at the Olympics. It's pretty

crazy, big achievement for me. I never thought when I was growing up,

seven years old, I would be representing my country at the

Olympics. Snowboard cross as a dangerous race to the bottom of the

healthful sub Zoe Billings goes amiss this one and a team is

completed by Dominic Carrington, originated from Leeds in

snowboarding. There is the ten to follow. It's on the BBC starting on

the seventh of debris. `` February. Football now and we only had one

team in action last night but their match produced enough drama for a

full fixture list. It all looked to be going to plan against Rochdale

when Gary Roberts gave the Spirites the lead as half time approached.

Midway through the second half Marc Richards eventually got the ball in

the net after it had pinged around the area, putting them two up. It

stayed like that until injury time. Richards handballed on the line to

give away a penalty and get sent off. It was now 2`1. Then,

catastrophe. Rochdale levelled, and it finished 2`2. Staying with

football and Doncaster Rovers have signed their former striker Billy

Sharp on loan until the end of the season. Before he left in 2012,

Sharp scored 40 goals for Rovers, including this one against

Middlesbrough shortly after the death of his young son. Sharp says

he's delighted and very excited to be returning. We hope to talk to him

tomorrow. And some sad news that the former Yorkshire cricketer, Graham

Stevenson has died at the age of 58. The all`rounder played in 177 first

class matches for the county taking 464 wickets and scoring nearly 4,000

runs. He also played two Tests and four one`day internationals.

Stevenson had endured ill`health in recent years and died in hospital.

Let's move onto something a bit more saucy now! And the row over a

Sheffield spicy relish. Sorry to disappoint you. When a London MP

mocked Henderson's Relish in the Commons, labelling it a Worcester

Sauce impersonator, he unleashed a viral storm. Across the internet

lovers of the 100`year`old Sheffield institution rose up to defend it.

Even the Deputy Prime Minister joined in. Our reporter James

Vincent is in Sheffield now. James, do you know the difference? I

reserve the right to be offended at that question to be honest as does

everybody here. Let me take you to condiment corner. Three bottles of

Henderson's Relish and one bottle of Worcester sauce. Nobody knows the

recipe and no one has been allowed to film inside the factory until

today. We got in and they were fighting their corner. Most

Sheffield people would organise the shape of the bottle. Its distinctive

smell, there's no need for a label at all. This is where Henderson's

happens and they are letting me have a go. They have been making it for

over 100 years. For anybody to get confused with any other sources on

the market, people think it's a bit silly. They are trusting me with us

today. Jim Dowd, a London MP, has not made friend appeared by saying

it's a Worcester sauce knock`off. I didn't know there was such a thing.

It's a spicy sauce, Jim, but not as you know it. Sheffield people are

very proud of their city. And anything made in their city, and

Hendersons is in major over 120 years now, and they like it. And

don't want anybody to say anything naughty about it. We are going to do

a taste test. Will people know the difference between Henderson's and

Worcester sauce? I would put ?1000 on it quite happily. I know people

could tell the difference. Two bottles, but can people in Sheffield

tell the difference? We are in Sheffield market so let's commence.

Relish. It's nice. Do you like it? It's all right. No charge? What do

you make of that one? That's not nice. Which one is Henderson's? The

first one. First or second? The second, the first one is too hot.

That is Henderson's. No doubt. That is no good. Every single person we

spoke to in the market, excuse me a second, knew exactly what

Henderson's Relish was. Marie Dakin says: He hasn't a clue. A pie isn't

a pie without Henderson's. Caron Kolowiecki says: I was born in the

Midlands and raised on Worcester sauce but have lived in Yorkshire

for nearly eight years and have been converted. Doreen Constantine says:

He doesn't know what he's missing but his loss is our gain. Graham

Rowe says: For 50 years my brother`in`law has lived abroad. He

never failed to take back bottles of Henderson's whenever he visited

Sheffield. Janice says Worcester sauce is nothing like Henderson's,

no comparison at all. It is tea`time at the moment and if you don't mind,

I've got some chips to eat. Enjoy, James. I look forward to seeing your

expenses, as well. Time now for a look at the weather. Is it going to

change? There was a risk the middle of next

week might be cold enough for hill snow but blink and you will miss it.

It looks unsettled. Strong winds and heavy rain over the next few days.

Let's look at some pictures you have sent in. The first one, well worth

another look. This was as the rain cleared during the course of this

morning. This is very artistic. The cement works at Castleton.

Absolutely sensational. The third picture you sent me, that was

sunrise yesterday morning in Sheffield. Keep your pictures coming

in. Tomorrow, there will be a short spell of really heavy rain that

could turn wintering over the hills. The skies are soon brightening up.

This is another one which will bring rain through the course on Friday

and then we can look forward to more rain later on Sunday. Things are

turning very much more unsettled. This is the satellite picture. A

bank of cloud, broken cloud this afternoon, with a few showers, so

straightforward forecast evening and overnight. A scattering of showers,

especially in the West, but they will fizzle out ahead of that next

weather front. Onto the Pennines by 6am something like that. Elsewhere,

watch out for icy patches on untreated surfaces. 1`2 Celsius. The

sun will rise in the morning at 8:07am. These are the high water

times. A fast moving weather front bringing heavy rain, turning wintry

over the hills, but look how fast it moves. By 9am, it is merely clear of

the coast and then we have scattered showers and sunshine. A few showers

on the wintry side but eastern areas will become dry. Highs of 6`7dC. Not

far from normal. Rain spreading from the West through the course of the

day. Thank you very much. We are back at

10:25pm. Bye bye. Good night. We all have hopes and fears

for the future and for the lives our children

and grandchildren will lead. I want to build a Britain

where everyone feels secure, so our long-term economic plan

is building a stronger, more competitive economy

and securing our country's future.