:00:00. > :00:00.rise. That
:00:07. > :00:13.Welcome to Look North. It tonight: Hate crime rises by more than a
:00:14. > :00:17.quarter in South Yorkshire. We speak to an expert on how to tackle this
:00:18. > :00:20.type of crime The premature baby weighing less than two pounds ` his
:00:21. > :00:25.grateful parents are now fundraising for the hospital who saved him.
:00:26. > :00:35.High hopes for a young woman from Sheffield who's one of the best
:00:36. > :00:41.freestyle skiers in the world. We have some blossoms showing up in
:00:42. > :00:49.some of the trees. Join me for the forecast.
:00:50. > :00:53.Today, lawyers representing senior police officers in charge at the
:00:54. > :00:56.Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 say they will suggest that drinking
:00:57. > :01:01.among fans did play a part in what happened. Families of the victims
:01:02. > :01:04.have reacted angrily to the claim calling it a disgrace. The details
:01:05. > :01:10.emerged during a pre`inquest hearing in London. 96 Liverpool fans died in
:01:11. > :01:14.the crush at the Sheffield Wednesday football ground. Spencer Stokes is
:01:15. > :01:17.there with the story. This new claim that drink played a part will cause
:01:18. > :01:28.uproar because previous official reports have discounted such claims,
:01:29. > :01:40.haven't they? The new inquests begin next month. A pre`inquest hearing
:01:41. > :01:45.has been taking place to set out the boundaries of the inquest and decide
:01:46. > :01:49.what evidence can be presented to jurors. We have heard that South
:01:50. > :01:53.Yorkshire Police's lawyers wants to raise the suggestion that drinking
:01:54. > :02:03.on the day, drinking by fans may have led to the deaths of the 96 who
:02:04. > :02:06.died here at Hillsborough. There is a controversial decision because the
:02:07. > :02:12.original enquiry found fans want to blame and that was reiterated 18
:02:13. > :02:16.months ago by the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report. That
:02:17. > :02:21.evidence can be introduced but it will have to be in written form.
:02:22. > :02:27.There has been reaction from family members of the victims in London.
:02:28. > :02:31.One of them shouted out the words, disgraceful. We have been hearing
:02:32. > :02:38.from Charlotte Hennessy who has been giving us her reaction. It is
:02:39. > :02:42.disgusting that these people are still arguing that alcohol was the
:02:43. > :02:47.cause of the disaster when it has been stated several times that it
:02:48. > :02:53.was not. I do welcome its because we can prove that those who died were
:02:54. > :02:59.not drunk. The new inquests begin next month. Visitors `` the jurors
:03:00. > :03:07.will be visiting the ground, weren't they? They will be seeing the police
:03:08. > :03:13.box from where the match was commanded back in April 1989. It has
:03:14. > :03:18.moved slightly and there was debate about whether it was appropriate for
:03:19. > :03:22.the jurors to go to the police box. They will be allowed to go there and
:03:23. > :03:27.they will be coming out here to the memorial. They will be able to
:03:28. > :03:30.observe the memorial but won't be able to look at the moving tributes
:03:31. > :03:37.that have been left down here because objectivity wants to be
:03:38. > :03:40.maintained. If some of the jurors read some of the moving tributes,
:03:41. > :03:48.they may not be able to retain their objectivity. They will see a 3`D
:03:49. > :03:53.model of the grand as it was back in April 1989. The full inquest is
:03:54. > :03:56.getting underway on March 31. Next tonight, police in South Yorkshire
:03:57. > :04:01.are calling for the growing number of victims of hate crime to speak
:04:02. > :04:05.out about their experiences. The latest figures show its on the
:04:06. > :04:07.increase there and has risen by more than a quarter in the last two years
:04:08. > :04:10.alone. So what is hate crime? Well it
:04:11. > :04:13.happens when someone is targeted because of hostility or prejudice
:04:14. > :04:16.towards their disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. In
:04:17. > :04:24.West Yorkshire the figures are down but there were still 1,995 hate
:04:25. > :04:29.crimes reported last year. In North Yorkshire the figure's much lower.
:04:30. > :04:32.Just 173 in 2012. But in South Yorkshire the number of reports has
:04:33. > :04:39.gone from 524 incidents in 2011 to 660 last year.
:04:40. > :04:41.The police there have seen a particular spike in hate crime
:04:42. > :04:45.towards the gay, bisexual and transgender community. It's putting
:04:46. > :04:49.the rise down to more victims feeling able to speak out. But, it
:04:50. > :05:02.says many more still need to come forward. Kate Bradbrook reports.
:05:03. > :05:08.Nels Stockton was born male but has been living as a female while
:05:09. > :05:16.undergoing transition. She has suffered abuse because of it. These
:05:17. > :05:24.young men started to yelling abuse. Some of them were sexually explicit.
:05:25. > :05:29.He was referring to me as a man. The intention was to frighten you. On
:05:30. > :05:35.occasion, that harassment has turned physical. While we were filming, I
:05:36. > :05:40.witnessed her being shouted at by two men in a van. That is a typical
:05:41. > :05:47.example of the harassment that happens. The police say the number
:05:48. > :05:53.of incidents like this reported to them is up 35% since 2011. That is
:05:54. > :05:56.81 crimes recorded last year alone in South Yorkshire. They say more
:05:57. > :06:03.people are coming forward but not all. We are confident that our
:06:04. > :06:11.people that don't come to report these incidents to us. They will be
:06:12. > :06:14.considered lower`level incidents. We have to put things in place to
:06:15. > :06:20.intervene early before things escalate. It is only by people
:06:21. > :06:23.having the confidence to report these hate crimes that those that
:06:24. > :06:29.perpetrate it will think twice before doing it again and making
:06:30. > :06:34.someone else a victim. For now, she is learning to live with the abuse
:06:35. > :06:40.she suffers but hopes more like I will find the courage to speak out.
:06:41. > :06:42.With me now is Doctor Marian Duggan who's a senior lecturer in
:06:43. > :06:49.criminology with Sheffield Hallam University and who's writing a book
:06:50. > :06:55.on hate crime. The increase in numbers, is that down to more cases
:06:56. > :07:00.or is it just more people reporting this hate crime? It is difficult to
:07:01. > :07:14.say. There has been a concerted effort to make people more aware of
:07:15. > :07:19.hate crime. It is classed as a lower`level incidents but if you are
:07:20. > :07:24.the victim, it can have a major impact. Hate crimes are often
:07:25. > :07:30.demarcated as having an additional psychological element. They can be
:07:31. > :07:35.targeted repeatedly and the fact that they are being targeted on the
:07:36. > :07:40.basis of an identity factor can have a big impact on the self`esteem,
:07:41. > :07:45.well`being and feeling they are part of society. Is a `` is there a
:07:46. > :07:53.problem that they might not be taken seriously if they report it? They
:07:54. > :07:56.can be. If you are experiencing this victimisation repeatedly, you don't
:07:57. > :08:03.necessarily want to go to the police to bother them all the time. You
:08:04. > :08:07.might not think it is as serious as physical violence or criminal
:08:08. > :08:13.damage. There can be lots of reasons why people don't want to come
:08:14. > :08:18.forward. Is enough being done to tackle this problem? The police are
:08:19. > :08:26.making a concerted effort and people can go to local organisations such
:08:27. > :08:28.as GP surgeries, mosques, libraries and let people know what is going
:08:29. > :08:31.on. Later on Look North.
:08:32. > :08:40.All the sport including a nervous night for Sheffield United. The last
:08:41. > :08:44.minute goal that saw them through to the FA Cup.
:08:45. > :08:48.A Doncaster campaigner has been jailed for six months for defacing a
:08:49. > :08:52.portrait of the Queen with paint. Tim Haries, seen here in the leather
:08:53. > :08:58.jacket, caused ?7,000 worth of damage when he sprayed the word help
:08:59. > :09:00.onto the artwork last June. The 42`year`old previously told the
:09:01. > :09:05.court he had nothing against the Queen but wanted to raise awareness
:09:06. > :09:08.of the Fathers For Justice campaign. Stall holders on Wakefield's indoor
:09:09. > :09:12.market have reacted angrily to plans to close the hall. It only opened
:09:13. > :09:15.five years ago. But Wakefield Council says the number of people
:09:16. > :09:18.visiting the market is declining year on year compared to other local
:09:19. > :09:21.markets in nearby Castleford and Pontefract. The council says plans
:09:22. > :09:31.to build a multi screen cinema complex on the site will improve the
:09:32. > :09:35.city's attractions in the evening. There is a lot of stallholders in
:09:36. > :09:44.here. Where will we go? Some of us can't afford shops. Some don't want
:09:45. > :09:51.to stand outside because of illness. After 11 o'clock, there is
:09:52. > :09:54.very little to attract families. We have to support the restaurants in
:09:55. > :10:06.the city and we give a very different feel `` and it will give
:10:07. > :10:08.very different feel to the city. Almost three`quarters of people in
:10:09. > :10:10.some parts of Yorkshire are overweight or obese, Government
:10:11. > :10:14.figures released today show. Doncaster is the second fattest area
:10:15. > :10:18.in England, with 74.4% of people having a body mass index of 25 or
:10:19. > :10:21.over. Ryedale in North Yorkshire is not far behind ` 73.7% of people
:10:22. > :10:24.there are said to be overweight or obese. Meanwhile North Yorkshire is
:10:25. > :10:27.the second fattest county in England with 67.9% of residents having a
:10:28. > :10:31.weight problem. Local councils and the government have been urged to do
:10:32. > :10:35.more to tackle the problem. Now to a remarkable story of
:10:36. > :10:40.survival. Rhys Gardener was born 14 weeks prematurely, weighing just one
:10:41. > :10:42.pound ten oz. He needed 20 blood transfusions and three major
:10:43. > :10:47.operations including one when his lung collapsed.
:10:48. > :10:51.He was given just a 20% chance of survival, but he's defied the odds
:10:52. > :10:54.to celebrate his second birthday. Now his parents are embarking on a
:10:55. > :11:04.fundraising campaign for the hospital that helped to save his
:11:05. > :11:09.life. Tom Ingall reports. There is nothing unusual about a birthday
:11:10. > :11:14.trip to a farm in Sheffield. What is extraordinary is being able to
:11:15. > :11:19.celebrate the birthday at all. Rhys Gardener was born after 26 weeks,
:11:20. > :11:24.the very edge of life. I started getting backache and we went into
:11:25. > :11:30.hospital. I remember saying that it was too soon. They kept trying to
:11:31. > :11:35.slow things down which I presumed to mean they will put it off for a
:11:36. > :11:43.couple of months. He was coming and that was it. He was transferred to
:11:44. > :11:47.the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. It is where he spent the
:11:48. > :11:54.next three months of his life. At one stage come his chances of
:11:55. > :12:00.survival were given at 20%. We have watched programmes before where the
:12:01. > :12:08.mother gives birth and they hand the baby to the father and there is
:12:09. > :12:14.tears. I kept telling her that it wasn't her fault. They showed him to
:12:15. > :12:19.us and tried to ventilate him to get him to breathe. How would you sum up
:12:20. > :12:27.the experience? Pretty horrendous rarely. We have seen other families
:12:28. > :12:31.as well and what other families have been through. Although it has been
:12:32. > :12:44.difficult, we realise how difficult we are and he is doing really well.
:12:45. > :12:49.His daddy 's going to raise money for the hospital's charity. Thank
:12:50. > :12:54.you for the privilege of taking his son a day out. What a cracking
:12:55. > :12:57.story. Before seven o'clock.
:12:58. > :13:01.An Olympian of the future? We meet the ten`year`old fencer who won both
:13:02. > :13:06.gold and bronze in last year's British Youth Championships.
:13:07. > :13:09.And no leap of faith needed ` the young woman from Sheffield one of
:13:10. > :13:11.the best freestyle skiers in the world and off to the Winter
:13:12. > :13:20.Olympics. Let's have a look at the football
:13:21. > :13:22.now and that Leeds United story still has a few twists and turns,
:13:23. > :13:42.Paul. There has been a development. The
:13:43. > :13:57.Italian businessman Massimo Cellino is now very much the front runner to
:13:58. > :14:04.take control. Paul Flowers has pulled out. I have the official
:14:05. > :14:09.statement here but he has got nothing to do with his negotiations
:14:10. > :14:22.any more. He is not going down without a fight. If he wasn't in a
:14:23. > :14:31.powerful position already, he is now. Would you like to talk about
:14:32. > :14:34.football on the field? Good news down in Sheffield though, with
:14:35. > :14:38.United through to the fifth round of the FA Cup. They beat Fulham but it
:14:39. > :14:42.was touch and go. They left it to the very last minute of extra time
:14:43. > :14:45.to score that winning goal. But it was worth waiting for. Now Sheffield
:14:46. > :14:48.United are guaranteed a home tie in the next round against either
:14:49. > :14:52.Preston or Nottingham Forest. Mind you the Blades have got a lot on
:14:53. > :14:58.their plate at the moment, so there hasn't been much time for basking in
:14:59. > :15:02.glory. Back home, there was a funny feeling of business as usual. You
:15:03. > :15:07.would never believe the players had finished their last shift at 11
:15:08. > :15:14.o'clock last night in London. After that performance, the bus journey
:15:15. > :15:22.home must have flown by. I can't remember anything. It doesn't make a
:15:23. > :15:29.difference when you have one. It was a great night for everybody. I'm
:15:30. > :15:37.sure the huge following we have got back in the early hours. It took two
:15:38. > :15:42.hours to get the rewards. It couldn't have been better timed.
:15:43. > :15:48.Sean Miller has even more reasons to smile after scoring the decisive
:15:49. > :15:52.goal. Look carefully at how he celebrated. Never mind the long
:15:53. > :15:59.distance away matches, it turns out he has become rather used to having
:16:00. > :16:06.four hours kip maximum every night. I had a little boy a couple of weeks
:16:07. > :16:13.ago and it was really good to get a goal for him. It was a great
:16:14. > :16:19.feeling. It has baffled us. We are up here `` appalling in the league
:16:20. > :16:23.but we can beat these clubs. Hopefully now they can gel a bit
:16:24. > :16:28.more and carried this cup run into the league. The battle stays at the
:16:29. > :16:36.top of their agenda and those sleepless nights are not over yet.
:16:37. > :16:39.Well there's still a lot of work for Sheffield United to do to get to the
:16:40. > :16:42.final but neighbours Chesterfield are just one game away from Wembley.
:16:43. > :16:48.The Spireites beat Fleetwood 3`1 in the Johnstone Paints Trophy northern
:16:49. > :16:51.final last night. Goals from Ian Evatt and Sam Morsy gave them a
:16:52. > :16:56.first half lead and a superb volley from Jimmy Ryan made certain of the
:16:57. > :16:58.win. If they maintain their advantage in the second leg,
:16:59. > :17:07.Chesterfield will reach their second JPT final in three years.
:17:08. > :17:13.In the last three minutes, there have been no further developments at
:17:14. > :17:17.Leeds United. The Winter Olympics starts in just
:17:18. > :17:20.two days time in Sochi. Yorkshire is sending ten athletes to Russia a
:17:21. > :17:24.record number for a Winter Games. We'll be looking at our main medal
:17:25. > :17:27.hopefuls in the next few days. Let's start with Katie Summerhayes, one of
:17:28. > :17:30.the best freestyle skiers in the world. Our reporter Ian Bucknell
:17:31. > :17:32.caught up with Katie and her family in Sheffield before she set off for
:17:33. > :17:52.the Olympics. These are happy days in this
:17:53. > :17:55.household. Katie is Yorkshire's youngest representative at the
:17:56. > :17:59.Winter Olympics. The family will be in there to see her compete and even
:18:00. > :18:04.if she doesn't come up with a medal, she should at least come up
:18:05. > :18:12.with a pair of slippers. Every hotel I stay in, if they have slippers, I
:18:13. > :18:19.take them. Behind the laughter, slope style skiing is seriously
:18:20. > :18:24.risky. She performs tricks on a variety of obstacles and gets points
:18:25. > :18:30.for difficulty and execution. Mum and dad have seen her compete many
:18:31. > :18:36.times but it is still hard to watch. You still worry about the landing.
:18:37. > :18:41.You have to get past it and hope they are safe at the end of the run.
:18:42. > :18:54.As far as I can see, they are having fun. They do it of their own accord.
:18:55. > :18:59.Katie started skiing at six. She soon displayed talent and courage.
:19:00. > :19:11.Those qualities have now taken her to the Olympics. I have to get up
:19:12. > :19:24.really early in the morning. I saw the announcement on Twitter. I was
:19:25. > :19:35.sat on my own and I wanted to cry. We are very proud of her and it is a
:19:36. > :19:39.remarkable journey. Amen. Dad has to put up with a lot of cheek but it
:19:40. > :19:45.must be worth it now she is going to the Olympics. It is bound to be a
:19:46. > :19:49.very proud day for her and the family. It is a very cool sport.
:19:50. > :19:52.A story of sporting success now for a 10`year`old girl from Skipton
:19:53. > :19:55.who's already a national champion. Lucy`Belle Williamson won gold and
:19:56. > :20:01.bronze in last year's British Youth Championships and took home medals
:20:02. > :20:05.in 24 out of 25 competitions. She's now won a place on a national
:20:06. > :20:08.training programme called Tomorrow's Achievers which spots young athletes
:20:09. > :20:11.with the talent to become our Olympians of the future. Her
:20:12. > :20:14.achievement's made all the more impressive as she's managed to turn
:20:15. > :20:20.her learning difficulty into one of her greatest weapons.
:20:21. > :20:27.Lucy and her dad Ian are with us now.
:20:28. > :20:36.Congratulations on getting onto this scheme. How does it feel? Is it
:20:37. > :20:42.exciting? Yes. You want to go to the Olympics with fencing. Why did you
:20:43. > :20:48.start fencing? I wanted to be a Viking and fencing was the closest
:20:49. > :20:52.thing. That is a pretty cool reason. I believe you have been showing how
:20:53. > :21:20.we hear some of your skills. Shall we take a look at how he did? OK.
:21:21. > :21:33.I'll tell you what, she is pretty good. I am bad. How have you seen
:21:34. > :21:38.developments in other ways? Her massive passion is fencing. The
:21:39. > :21:44.thing that we have noticed in the past few weeks is her ability to
:21:45. > :21:48.focus in other areas of her life. She trains up to five times a week
:21:49. > :21:54.and has started swimming as well and she has her work and other aspects
:21:55. > :22:01.of life to fit into wet. One of the things that really shows as Lucy is
:22:02. > :22:06.motivated is the fact that she will come home from school she has 20
:22:07. > :22:13.minutes to do her homework. She will do that and then go out. She knows
:22:14. > :22:19.she has two cram it all in. We were saying that there isn't enough days
:22:20. > :22:30.in the week five her to do everything. How good is she? She is
:22:31. > :22:38.very good. I watch a lot of young fences and she is right up there.
:22:39. > :22:42.Her agility and ability to move swiftly is unprecedented for her
:22:43. > :22:50.age. Last year she won medals in all but one of the under 11
:22:51. > :22:55.competitions. She was only just eligible to enter the competitions
:22:56. > :23:10.this year. She is fencing above her age. What did I do wrong? You were
:23:11. > :23:21.bouncing, your arm was too far out. You wasn't trying to defend
:23:22. > :23:25.yourself. I was to quick for you. We think you are remarkable and we wish
:23:26. > :23:28.you all the best and come and see us in the future when you have won more
:23:29. > :23:36.medals. Good luck. Paul, we have got away
:23:37. > :23:42.with the weather that it has been awful today.
:23:43. > :23:54.Let me show you three pictures that came in overnight. We have this
:23:55. > :24:13.white rose that is blooming. It shows how mild this winter has been.
:24:14. > :24:34.Tomorrow, a bit of a respite. It looks brighter with some rain. We
:24:35. > :24:41.look down to the Bay of Biscay and that next rain will come across as
:24:42. > :24:44.tomorrow evening. It will be were first on Friday morning with some
:24:45. > :24:50.strong winds at time. There is the satellite picture. There has been a
:24:51. > :24:57.lot of cloud around. It is particularly wet. That rain is
:24:58. > :25:02.covering Derbyshire and it will gradually move north eastwards. It
:25:03. > :25:07.is a tale of showers and longer outbreaks of rain. Some of the rain
:25:08. > :25:15.will be heavy at times. It is very windy with a strong to gale force
:25:16. > :25:16.wind. Temperatures down to four Celsius. The sun will rise in the
:25:17. > :25:28.morning. A few showers possible specially for
:25:29. > :25:32.the Yorkshire Dales. They will soon move out of the way and many of us
:25:33. > :25:38.are staying dry and bright. We will see some sunshine tomorrow. Cloud
:25:39. > :25:42.increases and by the end of the day, that rain is showing up in
:25:43. > :25:50.South Yorkshire and across the North Midlands. For the North, it will
:25:51. > :25:58.stay dry. Temperatures roundabout eight Celsius tomorrow. The wind
:25:59. > :26:02.eases off for a time. Looking further ahead, Friday is wet and
:26:03. > :26:03.blustery. We have more rain Friday night into Saturday morning. That is
:26:04. > :26:09.the forecast. I will be back with a late update at
:26:10. > :26:39.10:25pm. Goodbye. NICK CLEGG: Are you in,
:26:40. > :26:41.or are you out? That's the real question at stake at
:26:42. > :26:48.the European elections on May 2 nd. even though that would wreck
:26:49. > :26:55.the recovery and destroy jobs. The Conservatives are now
:26:56. > :26:59.openly flirting with exit, and the Labour Party, well, they
:27:00. > :27:02.just don't have the courage