:00:00. > :00:09.feel fresh in the breeze. More rain on Thursday night.
:00:10. > :00:14.Welcome to Monday's Look North. On the programme tonight ` Mac is back.
:00:15. > :00:17.After a weekend of turmoil at Leeds United, Brian McDermott returns as
:00:18. > :00:34.manager with a warning for anyone who wants to take the club over.
:00:35. > :00:38.Those people first and foremost in their minds. Nothing else matters.
:00:39. > :00:41.There are new developments tonight. We'll hear more from McDermott, fans
:00:42. > :00:50.and the current owners to try and find out where the club goes from
:00:51. > :00:52.here. Also tonight. The pupils excluded from school for wearing
:00:53. > :00:55.cancer charity badges on their uniforms. And we get up close and
:00:56. > :01:05.personal with West Yorkshire's police horses on one of their most
:01:06. > :01:08.challenging days. And this is a great looking Castle Hill earlier.
:01:09. > :01:18.They should be some brightness around. The forecast follows
:01:19. > :01:23.shortly. First, the ongoing saga at Leeds United. After 72 hours of
:01:24. > :01:27.chaos and confusion, the club still has no clear owner. On Thursday last
:01:28. > :01:32.week, managing director David Haigh failed in a bid to buy the club with
:01:33. > :01:35.a consortium called Sport Capital. The following day the reasons for
:01:36. > :01:38.that became clear as it was revealed that Italian businessman Massimo
:01:39. > :01:43.Cellino had agreed a deal to takeover Leeds. Later that day, on
:01:44. > :01:49.the eve of a Yorkshire derby, word spread that Cellino had sacked
:01:50. > :01:52.manager Brian McDermott. That didn't stop Leeds thrashing Huddersfield
:01:53. > :01:56.5`1. But minutes after the final whistle, a statement on the club
:01:57. > :02:02.website said McDermott had not been sacked. Today, the BBC learned an
:02:03. > :02:07.11th`hour rival takeover bid was made by a local consortium,
:02:08. > :02:10.including Sport Capital. So it seems the future ownership of Leeds United
:02:11. > :02:22.is still up for grabs. Something Brian McDermott says needs sorting
:02:23. > :02:28.out, as Ian Bucknell reports. One part of the picture became clearer.
:02:29. > :02:32.Brian McDermott, for now, at least, is the Leeds United manager. He
:02:33. > :02:38.explained why he was back after being sacked. The reason I am
:02:39. > :02:43.sitting here, this is Leeds United, I want to be Leeds United manager. I
:02:44. > :02:48.have spoken to people in the game, important people, who said you
:02:49. > :02:54.should not go back. But if you saw the support the team got, the staff
:02:55. > :03:00.got, and the personal support I got, it was incredible. Some Leeds United
:03:01. > :03:06.fans had gathered to protest against the sacking before the game. The
:03:07. > :03:10.last week has been the latest round of familiar embarrassment and
:03:11. > :03:15.disappointment. We get managers being sacked, the company sold. We
:03:16. > :03:20.want the truth. If there is no money, let us know, we are sick of
:03:21. > :03:25.the lies and cannot take any more. Despite the turmoil off the pitch,
:03:26. > :03:30.the players on it held their nerve, none more so than Ross MacCormack,
:03:31. > :03:36.who scored a hat`trick against Huddersfield. The most important
:03:37. > :03:42.thing is what happens on the pitch and we put everything to the back of
:03:43. > :03:47.our head and put on a good show. An investment bank became owners just
:03:48. > :03:54.every year ago and directors, including David Haigh, celebrated.
:03:55. > :04:00.Yesterday Mr Patel told the BBC he had no regrets. We are proud of what
:04:01. > :04:06.we achieved and have grown to love Leeds United. But they have been the
:04:07. > :04:09.king to sell a majority share and has reached an agreement in
:04:10. > :04:15.principle with an Italian businessman, Massimo Cellino. As a
:04:16. > :04:22.convicted fraudster he is not certain to pass tests. News today of
:04:23. > :04:27.two other bidders joining forces to make an offer. They want to get
:04:28. > :04:33.involved to take a majority share and they believe that's the Italian
:04:34. > :04:38.businessman is the right man. These troubles date back to over a decade,
:04:39. > :04:49.after being in the Premier League. After a battling week, the nightmare
:04:50. > :04:51.continues. We've been made aware of some developments tonight. Tanya's
:04:52. > :04:54.here along with Leeds United supporter Michael Michaelson. In
:04:55. > :04:58.London, we have Italian football pundit Mina Razuki. What has been
:04:59. > :05:04.happening? The lawyer acting for Massimo
:05:05. > :05:08.Cellino made the phone call to Brian McDermott that led to the sacking.
:05:09. > :05:12.He was marched off the premises at Elland Road this afternoon and said
:05:13. > :05:16.he would not be back unless the Italian took over. An e`mail was
:05:17. > :05:25.issued to staff by the chairman stressing that GSH capital remains
:05:26. > :05:28.in ownership and said that no instructions or direction should be
:05:29. > :05:37.taken from anyone outside the existing management structure. The
:05:38. > :05:41.Leeds city councillor Keith Wakefield implored them to vet
:05:42. > :05:46.properly any potential new owners and they talk about the fit and
:05:47. > :05:50.proper person test. You might think that's the Italian businessman, with
:05:51. > :05:57.charges of fraud, would he felt that? But the two convictions are
:05:58. > :06:02.more than ten years old. The rehabilitation act, I understand,
:06:03. > :06:07.makes them spent convictions. As for the existing charge over him, you
:06:08. > :06:15.are innocent until proven guilty. We can speak to an Italian football
:06:16. > :06:24.pundit. Just who is Massimo Cellino? He is one of the most
:06:25. > :06:36.beloved characters in Italian football. He inspires a lot of fans
:06:37. > :06:40.to love him. He believes in improving. A lot of the reasons his
:06:41. > :06:44.team has been in trouble is because he wanted them to have a better
:06:45. > :06:48.stadium and that is when he got into trouble for it. They have been
:06:49. > :06:54.playing and training in different stadiums and they are back to where
:06:55. > :06:58.they started. He is a character with the past. Some of the players love
:06:59. > :07:07.him, some of them despise him. You only have two ask one goalkeeper who
:07:08. > :07:16.was put on the bench after asking to leave. Would he be good for Leeds
:07:17. > :07:23.United? He would bring character and he would bring investment. But he
:07:24. > :07:27.might get tired of it if it does not go his way. He has character, he
:07:28. > :07:33.would be all right believed united, if he money? He might get tired of
:07:34. > :07:41.it. We are all tired of it. We have had enough. But for too long it has
:07:42. > :07:49.been in the wrong hands. We are in a complete mess. The club is in a
:07:50. > :07:54.terrible position. Something needs to be done. Is Massimo Cellino the
:07:55. > :07:59.right man? It is a gamble. He can bring money, but will he put the
:08:00. > :08:03.right infrastructure in? Will he be the right man long term this
:08:04. > :08:09.wonderful club? What is the next move if he is not the right man?
:08:10. > :08:13.There is a great possibility of administration, you would have to
:08:14. > :08:18.think. The local consortia might be good and have good intentions, but
:08:19. > :08:23.if they do not have the money, I say to you, gentle men, do not come to
:08:24. > :08:28.the club, we do not need a million here and a millionaire. We have had
:08:29. > :08:33.that. We need new people with investment, patient, who care about
:08:34. > :08:36.the club. They have to love and care about the club because it is a
:08:37. > :08:43.wonderful club. Thanks for joining us.
:08:44. > :08:46.Next, the school pupils from North Nottinghamshire, suspended for
:08:47. > :08:48.wearing charity badges on their uniforms. The 14`year`olds have both
:08:49. > :08:51.recently lost family members to cancer. The school, Outwood Academy
:08:52. > :08:55.Portland, in Worksop, says they are free to wear the badges on their
:08:56. > :08:58.bags and outdoor coats, but not on their blazers. But because the girls
:08:59. > :09:07.have refused to remove them, they have been temporarily excluded. Kate
:09:08. > :09:11.Bradbrook has this exclusive report. These 14`year`old friends should be
:09:12. > :09:16.at school, but instead they are working from home after being
:09:17. > :09:22.suspended for wearing charity badges on their blazer. We were asked to
:09:23. > :09:28.take the Cancer research badges. We said no, it is show `` to show
:09:29. > :09:40.respect to those who have lost their lives to cancel. Caley wears hers in
:09:41. > :09:45.honour of her auntie. I have what it for a year, since we found out what
:09:46. > :09:50.was happening with my auntie's cancer and my grandad got cancer.
:09:51. > :09:56.The trust said a statement saying the school has a proud track record
:09:57. > :10:02.of supporting charity, but some were wearing five or six badges at one
:10:03. > :10:08.time. It said it is happy for students to wear the badges on their
:10:09. > :10:15.bags or outside Coates. I understand the school has rules and regulations
:10:16. > :10:19.but I have never heard of this. They've... It is like they woke up
:10:20. > :10:24.and did not want to see them any more and they take them off. The
:10:25. > :10:28.families now have to decide whether to back down and remove the badges,
:10:29. > :10:37.or, to find another school with not such strict rules.
:10:38. > :10:39.Later on Look North: Remember Parkinson's disease sufferer James
:10:40. > :10:45.DeLittle? We catch up with him following his controversial stem
:10:46. > :10:48.cell treatment in the Ukraine. Now for a planning battle worthy of a
:10:49. > :10:52.detective novel. When Brian McNeil bought his dream retirement home on
:10:53. > :10:57.the North York Moors 17 years ago, it was a return to the farm where he
:10:58. > :11:00.had worked as a boy. But what Brian, himself a retired detective, didn't
:11:01. > :11:03.realise was the work he carried out to restore the place was in fact
:11:04. > :11:06.illegal. He removed a dilapidated spiral staircase when he moved in,
:11:07. > :11:11.which planning officials said he should have replaced. He has now
:11:12. > :11:19.lost his case in court and faces losing his home. Michelle Lyons
:11:20. > :11:26.reports. Hundreds of correspondence filed,
:11:27. > :11:29.documenting a 17 year battle with the North York Moors National Park
:11:30. > :11:34.authority. The grade two listed farmhouse near Whitby has been
:11:35. > :11:39.restored by Brian McNeil. But the couple's life has been blighted with
:11:40. > :11:44.an ongoing argument over a staircase. They bought the place in
:11:45. > :11:49.1996 and the house was derelict. Brian McNeil and his brother
:11:50. > :11:55.renovated the property following a brief conversation with a planning
:11:56. > :12:01.officer. They had inspected the exterior and were quite happy with
:12:02. > :12:04.the work. She was adamant that the national parks were not interested
:12:05. > :12:10.in the interior. Nothing was confirmed in writing and when Brian
:12:11. > :12:18.ripped out a rotten staircase and replaced it, his nightmare began. It
:12:19. > :12:24.was impossible to use it. In fact, there was a notice, posted at the
:12:25. > :12:32.side, handwritten, as I recall, which warned people as to its
:12:33. > :12:34.dangerous condition. The house has been rebuilt around the new
:12:35. > :12:45.staircase and so when Brian was asked to replace it with a spiral
:12:46. > :12:49.one, . Now the National park authorities say they welcome the
:12:50. > :12:51.latest ruling pointing out that independent officials are found in
:12:52. > :12:54.their favour. independent officials are found in
:12:55. > :13:02.their While legal action is a last resort, ignoring the matter could
:13:03. > :13:06.set a dangerous precedent, it said. This was a lovely place. I was
:13:07. > :13:16.looking forward to living around here but this has blighted my life.
:13:17. > :13:21.It is really depressing. It was a dream, it is a nightmare now. The
:13:22. > :13:24.couple had hoped to see out their days in this house but now they fear
:13:25. > :13:33.they will have to sell up to pay legal bills. The mother of missing
:13:34. > :13:36.York student Megan Roberts has said the disappearance of her daughter
:13:37. > :13:40.appears to be the result of a tragic run of events with no`one to blame.
:13:41. > :13:44.Megan, who is 20, was last seen near Lendal Bridge more than a week ago.
:13:45. > :13:48.Police say it is most likely she fell into the river after drinking
:13:49. > :13:51.with friends. In a Facebook message, Megan's mother Jackie thanked people
:13:52. > :13:54.for their support and said she would remain hopeful until it was certain
:13:55. > :14:01.her daughter had ended up in the water.
:14:02. > :14:04.Senior councillors in York have outlined how they plan to make
:14:05. > :14:08.millions of pounds worth of savings. Over two years, 240 posts need to be
:14:09. > :14:11.cut and ?23 million needs to be saved. Council tax is due to rise
:14:12. > :14:16.1.9%, just below the amount the council thinks could trigger a
:14:17. > :14:19.referendum. Transport Secretary Patrick
:14:20. > :14:23.McLoughlin has been in Yorkshire to see improvements at two of our
:14:24. > :14:26.railway stations. He visited the southern entrance to Leeds station,
:14:27. > :14:30.which is due to undergo a ?17 million revamp, so that commuters
:14:31. > :14:32.will have direct access to the station from the riverside. He also
:14:33. > :14:41.officially opened Wakefield Westgate, which has recently been
:14:42. > :14:44.refurbished. A man from York with a form of
:14:45. > :14:47.Parkinson's disease is back in the UK after undergoing controversial
:14:48. > :14:50.stem cell therapy in Ukraine. James DeLittle opted to have the treatment
:14:51. > :14:54.after seeing his mobility and speech deteriorate over the past ten years.
:14:55. > :14:57.The clinic claims to have good results but experts in UK say stem
:14:58. > :15:10.cell science is not yet that advanced to treat Parkinson's
:15:11. > :15:16.patients. Jamie Coulson reports. James DeLittle is home after going
:15:17. > :15:20.in search of a miracle cure. The 49`year`old has a form of
:15:21. > :15:23.Parkinson's disease that affects movement and speech. Last week he
:15:24. > :15:30.went to Ukraine to undergo controversial treatment using stem
:15:31. > :15:38.cells. I needed something for myself. Ten years of feeling rotten,
:15:39. > :15:43.I need to feel better. Until ten years ago, James was fit and active.
:15:44. > :15:50.Now he sometimes struggles to even get dressed. Last week he travels to
:15:51. > :15:56.Ukraine, where, the ?6,000, he was injected with stem cells harvested
:15:57. > :16:00.from aborted foetuses. The clinic claims to see improvements in 75% of
:16:01. > :16:10.cases. There have been no trials or published evidence.
:16:11. > :16:18.Stem cells are the building blocks of the body and, depending on where
:16:19. > :16:23.they come from, have the ability to transform into almost any other type
:16:24. > :16:29.of cell. Experts believe the regenerative power of stem cells
:16:30. > :16:34.could lead to medical breakthroughs one day, but they also warned that
:16:35. > :16:39.the science is not yet advanced the patients with Parkinson's disease.
:16:40. > :16:44.These have not been tested and we do not know if they are safe, if they
:16:45. > :16:50.work. There may be risks attached to having this treatment. Since
:16:51. > :16:54.returning home, James believes he has seen an improvement in balance.
:16:55. > :17:06.He understands why some people might be sceptical. I know plenty of
:17:07. > :17:11.people say it is the placebo effect. I do feel better. James is convinced
:17:12. > :17:18.the risk was worth it and all he can do now is wait and hope.
:17:19. > :17:27.Before seven o'clock: Behind the scenes with the horses helping to
:17:28. > :17:31.keep the peace. And we have been given exclusive
:17:32. > :17:34.access to the mounted section of West Yorkshire Police to see how
:17:35. > :17:38.they police a football game. And high drama on the pitch. Three
:17:39. > :17:45.sendings off in the South Yorkshire derby, plus the rest of the weekend
:17:46. > :17:50.action. Two teenagers from Barnsley have set up their own business
:17:51. > :17:53.making artisan ice cream. Even though they only went into
:17:54. > :17:55.production last November, they are already selling double the amount
:17:56. > :17:59.they predicted, direct to their customers' doors. They have been
:18:00. > :18:07.helped to get going by the Rotherham Young Enterprise Scheme, as Tom
:18:08. > :18:11.Ingall has been finding out. Meet the kitchen hands,
:18:12. > :18:17.manufacturers, delivery boys, and chief executives of the latest
:18:18. > :18:23.Artisan food start`up in Yorkshire. These brothers do it all. And so
:18:24. > :18:29.far, they seem to be doing it rather well. We have always corrupted home
:18:30. > :18:34.and enjoyed doing it. We started off making ice cream at home and we have
:18:35. > :18:39.ended up in this factory. We cannot make it quick enough. We make a 21
:18:40. > :18:47.flavours from vanilla, to Mango, and we have a signature flavour. We are
:18:48. > :18:51.selling 120 litres a week and we cannot make the ice cream fast
:18:52. > :18:56.enough. We make it one day and the next it will be gone. This is the
:18:57. > :19:00.archetypal start`up business with equipment funded from the family,
:19:01. > :19:04.this is where they make it, they freeze it there and it goes through
:19:05. > :19:09.the doors to the waiting world. What's the premises might lack in
:19:10. > :19:13.size, then make up for in terms of affordability. For the first six
:19:14. > :19:18.months, they can stay here rent`free. They pay for electricity.
:19:19. > :19:35.It is part of the rather run youth enterprise scheme. `` rather run we
:19:36. > :19:39.have a good survival rate with many people trading. Their flavours are
:19:40. > :19:44.currently delivered direct to customers doorsteps. They will soon
:19:45. > :19:51.supply local cafes directly. Even so, their van is set to be joined by
:19:52. > :20:04.mopeds so they can go door`to`door before demand belts away.
:20:05. > :20:06.`` melts. Onto football now and we've already shown you the
:20:07. > :20:09.highlights from the Leeds and Huddersfield game.
:20:10. > :20:13.But elsewhere, there were goals and red cards aplenty. Here's a round`up
:20:14. > :20:22.of the best of the rest of the weekend's action.
:20:23. > :20:26.This partly debutante was one of three players to see red as
:20:27. > :20:32.Sheffield Wednesday beat Barnsley 1`0. 24 hours after joining from
:20:33. > :20:38.Arsenal, he was given two yellow cards in five first half minutes.
:20:39. > :20:44.Johnson followed on 80 minutes while the midfielder joined them in injury
:20:45. > :20:49.time, that was before McGuire scored in the 97th minute. The last kick of
:20:50. > :20:54.the game. In league one, Sheffield United were
:20:55. > :21:08.on the wrong end of a three ` zero thumping at Crewe Alexandra. Rather
:21:09. > :21:19.run `` Rotherham. Keeping up the promotion push. A red card to
:21:20. > :21:22.first`half bookings in this match. Chesterfield moved three points
:21:23. > :21:31.clear at the top after a 3`1 win against Bristol ravers. `` Bristol
:21:32. > :21:40.Rovers. York City ended Fleetwood's unbeaten run. York are up to 13th.
:21:41. > :21:50.You can see the highlights from the games on the football league show,
:21:51. > :21:53.which is available on the website. Back to our main story ` the rapidly
:21:54. > :21:56.changing situation at Leeds United. For police, responsible for the
:21:57. > :21:58.safety of supporters attending Saturday's derby with Huddersfield,
:21:59. > :22:01.the strength of feeling represented a big challenge. Our reporter Ian
:22:02. > :22:05.White and cameraman Malik Walton were given exclusive access to spend
:22:06. > :22:12.a day in the life with West Yorkshire Police's horse section as
:22:13. > :22:16.they dealt with unfolding events. It is 8am at West Yorkshire
:22:17. > :22:22.Police's operations unit near Wakefield. This is breakfast. Eight
:22:23. > :22:28.o'clock, the horses get the breakfast at the same time. It will
:22:29. > :22:36.be a busy day for the mounted section, policing the local derby
:22:37. > :22:41.between Leeds and Huddersfield. They have been planning for the game from
:22:42. > :22:47.weak spot unfolding of events at Leeds United mean that things change
:22:48. > :22:51.by the minute. We have the issue of possible demonstrations. The
:22:52. > :22:58.dynamics are changed, we are trying to deal with two contingencies. With
:22:59. > :23:03.another game to police in Newcastle, just six horses are said to Leeds,
:23:04. > :23:08.and the first stop is city square, where the encounters were friendly.
:23:09. > :23:13.A big role is community engagement. If we stand here we have people
:23:14. > :23:17.coming up and we have a chat and breakdown boundaries. If you have
:23:18. > :23:24.two officers on foot, they probably would not speak to them. At Elland
:23:25. > :23:27.Road, tensions are running high. With Leeds United in turmoil, there
:23:28. > :23:38.are protests and the horses are coming into their own. Things were
:23:39. > :23:45.getting tense behind the bank and `` behind the back and a car caught
:23:46. > :23:50.fire. The horses still continue to attract people. Sometimes, they are
:23:51. > :23:57.wanting for something, and they think because I am on a police
:23:58. > :24:02.horse, they think they cannot be arrested `` wanted something. 5`1
:24:03. > :24:09.was the final score. The horses are needed to help break up rival. It is
:24:10. > :24:14.just after 5pm and they have had a long day, but work is just starting
:24:15. > :24:18.because the ground is emptying and there has been trouble. Officers on
:24:19. > :24:22.foot needed help rounding up potential hooligans. The horses made
:24:23. > :24:28.sure they went onto a bus and on their way home. You saw that little
:24:29. > :24:35.bit of disorder but when you think 30,000 odd people, we are talking
:24:36. > :24:43.about a maximum of 90 people, so it has been a great day. A shame we
:24:44. > :24:48.have that, but a good day. I have been riding for five hours today. He
:24:49. > :24:51.has had a long day and we have had a long day but the priority is to look
:24:52. > :25:04.after them at the end of the long day, not us. When they are in bed, I
:25:05. > :25:10.can finish. They are beautiful. They do an
:25:11. > :25:21.amazing job will stop now the weather. Four flood warnings are in
:25:22. > :25:26.place. Two in Scarborough. It has been incredible how the river
:25:27. > :25:33.network has coped with what has been a wet winter. February looks set to
:25:34. > :25:39.be almost exactly the same. This illustrates how mild it has been.
:25:40. > :25:45.This is an oilseed rape field outside Scarborough coming into
:25:46. > :25:53.flower. The end of January that was taken, quite remarkable. The second
:25:54. > :26:00.is a big river. A very flashy river. The water feeds through the river
:26:01. > :26:10.Luzon out into the North Sea. `` Ouse. Keep the pictures coming in.
:26:11. > :26:19.Tomorrow is not too bad. Some sunny intervals and a few showers around.
:26:20. > :26:25.This feature will bring rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday looks
:26:26. > :26:32.unsettled. The weather front is slow`moving. It means this evening
:26:33. > :26:39.and the first part of tonight will be dry, although cloud will
:26:40. > :26:46.increase. A fairly narrow band of rain pushing north`east. Sleet over
:26:47. > :27:03.the top. Latest night, in western and South Yorkshire, you might see a
:27:04. > :27:06.sea patches. `` I `` icy patches. Sky should brighten, variable
:27:07. > :27:08.cloud, showers coming through. The breeze will pick up later ahead of
:27:09. > :27:22.the next weather system. Wet on Tuesday night and an
:27:23. > :27:27.unsettled day on Wednesday. It is becoming a theme. Your job
:27:28. > :27:58.must be very easy ` rain, rain, rain. Good night.
:27:59. > :27:59.Why are you staring at me? Just wonder how things grow and grow
:28:00. > :28:09.Why are you staring at me? Just wonder how things grow and grow
:28:10. > :28:12.Yeah, well, mummies and daddies do argue sometimes.