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Welcome to Look North. It tonight: Hate crime rises by more than a

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quarter in South Yorkshire. We speak to an expert on how to tackle this

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type of crime The premature baby weighing less than two pounds ` his

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grateful parents are now fundraising for the hospital who saved him.

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High hopes for a young woman from Sheffield who's one of the best

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freestyle skiers in the world. We have some blossoms showing up in

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some of the trees. Join me for the forecast.

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Today, lawyers representing senior police officers in charge at the

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Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 say they will suggest that drinking

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among fans did play a part in what happened. Families of the victims

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have reacted angrily to the claim calling it a disgrace. The details

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emerged during a pre`inquest hearing in London. 96 Liverpool fans died in

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the crush at the Sheffield Wednesday football ground. Spencer Stokes is

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there with the story. This new claim that drink played a part will cause

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uproar because previous official reports have discounted such claims,

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haven't they? The new inquests begin next month. A pre`inquest hearing

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has been taking place to set out the boundaries of the inquest and decide

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what evidence can be presented to jurors. We have heard that South

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Yorkshire Police's lawyers wants to raise the suggestion that drinking

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on the day, drinking by fans may have led to the deaths of the 96 who

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died here at Hillsborough. There is a controversial decision because the

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original enquiry found fans want to blame and that was reiterated 18

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months ago by the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report. That

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evidence can be introduced but it will have to be in written form.

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There has been reaction from family members of the victims in London.

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One of them shouted out the words, disgraceful. We have been hearing

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from Charlotte Hennessy who has been giving us her reaction. It is

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disgusting that these people are still arguing that alcohol was the

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cause of the disaster when it has been stated several times that it

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was not. I do welcome its because we can prove that those who died were

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not drunk. The new inquests begin next month. Visitors `` the jurors

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will be visiting the ground, weren't they? They will be seeing the police

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box from where the match was commanded back in April 1989. It has

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moved slightly and there was debate about whether it was appropriate for

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the jurors to go to the police box. They will be allowed to go there and

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they will be coming out here to the memorial. They will be able to

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observe the memorial but won't be able to look at the moving tributes

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that have been left down here because objectivity wants to be

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maintained. If some of the jurors read some of the moving tributes,

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they may not be able to retain their objectivity. They will see a 3`D

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model of the grand as it was back in April 1989. The full inquest is

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getting underway on March 31. Next tonight, police in South Yorkshire

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are calling for the growing number of victims of hate crime to speak

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out about their experiences. The latest figures show its on the

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increase there and has risen by more than a quarter in the last two years

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alone. So what is hate crime? Well it

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happens when someone is targeted because of hostility or prejudice

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towards their disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. In

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West Yorkshire the figures are down but there were still 1,995 hate

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crimes reported last year. In North Yorkshire the figure's much lower.

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Just 173 in 2012. But in South Yorkshire the number of reports has

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gone from 524 incidents in 2011 to 660 last year.

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The police there have seen a particular spike in hate crime

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towards the gay, bisexual and transgender community. It's putting

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the rise down to more victims feeling able to speak out. But, it

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says many more still need to come forward. Kate Bradbrook reports.

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Nels Stockton was born male but has been living as a female while

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undergoing transition. She has suffered abuse because of it. These

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young men started to yelling abuse. Some of them were sexually explicit.

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He was referring to me as a man. The intention was to frighten you. On

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occasion, that harassment has turned physical. While we were filming, I

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witnessed her being shouted at by two men in a van. That is a typical

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example of the harassment that happens. The police say the number

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of incidents like this reported to them is up 35% since 2011. That is

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81 crimes recorded last year alone in South Yorkshire. They say more

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people are coming forward but not all. We are confident that our

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people that don't come to report these incidents to us. They will be

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considered lower`level incidents. We have to put things in place to

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intervene early before things escalate. It is only by people

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having the confidence to report these hate crimes that those that

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perpetrate it will think twice before doing it again and making

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someone else a victim. For now, she is learning to live with the abuse

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she suffers but hopes more like I will find the courage to speak out.

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With me now is Doctor Marian Duggan who's a senior lecturer in

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criminology with Sheffield Hallam University and who's writing a book

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on hate crime. The increase in numbers, is that down to more cases

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or is it just more people reporting this hate crime? It is difficult to

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say. There has been a concerted effort to make people more aware of

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hate crime. It is classed as a lower`level incidents but if you are

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the victim, it can have a major impact. Hate crimes are often

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demarcated as having an additional psychological element. They can be

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targeted repeatedly and the fact that they are being targeted on the

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basis of an identity factor can have a big impact on the self`esteem,

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well`being and feeling they are part of society. Is a `` is there a

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problem that they might not be taken seriously if they report it? They

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can be. If you are experiencing this victimisation repeatedly, you don't

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necessarily want to go to the police to bother them all the time. You

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might not think it is as serious as physical violence or criminal

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damage. There can be lots of reasons why people don't want to come

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forward. Is enough being done to tackle this problem? The police are

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making a concerted effort and people can go to local organisations such

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as GP surgeries, mosques, libraries and let people know what is going

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on. Later on Look North.

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All the sport including a nervous night for Sheffield United. The last

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minute goal that saw them through to the FA Cup.

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A Doncaster campaigner has been jailed for six months for defacing a

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portrait of the Queen with paint. Tim Haries, seen here in the leather

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jacket, caused ?7,000 worth of damage when he sprayed the word help

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onto the artwork last June. The 42`year`old previously told the

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court he had nothing against the Queen but wanted to raise awareness

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of the Fathers For Justice campaign. Stall holders on Wakefield's indoor

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market have reacted angrily to plans to close the hall. It only opened

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five years ago. But Wakefield Council says the number of people

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visiting the market is declining year on year compared to other local

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markets in nearby Castleford and Pontefract. The council says plans

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to build a multi screen cinema complex on the site will improve the

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city's attractions in the evening. There is a lot of stallholders in

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here. Where will we go? Some of us can't afford shops. Some don't want

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to stand outside because of illness. After 11 o'clock, there is

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very little to attract families. We have to support the restaurants in

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the city and we give a very different feel `` and it will give

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very different feel to the city. Almost three`quarters of people in

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some parts of Yorkshire are overweight or obese, Government

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figures released today show. Doncaster is the second fattest area

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in England, with 74.4% of people having a body mass index of 25 or

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over. Ryedale in North Yorkshire is not far behind ` 73.7% of people

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there are said to be overweight or obese. Meanwhile North Yorkshire is

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the second fattest county in England with 67.9% of residents having a

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weight problem. Local councils and the government have been urged to do

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more to tackle the problem. Now to a remarkable story of

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survival. Rhys Gardener was born 14 weeks prematurely, weighing just one

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pound ten oz. He needed 20 blood transfusions and three major

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operations including one when his lung collapsed.

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He was given just a 20% chance of survival, but he's defied the odds

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to celebrate his second birthday. Now his parents are embarking on a

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fundraising campaign for the hospital that helped to save his

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life. Tom Ingall reports. There is nothing unusual about a birthday

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trip to a farm in Sheffield. What is extraordinary is being able to

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celebrate the birthday at all. Rhys Gardener was born after 26 weeks,

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the very edge of life. I started getting backache and we went into

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hospital. I remember saying that it was too soon. They kept trying to

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slow things down which I presumed to mean they will put it off for a

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couple of months. He was coming and that was it. He was transferred to

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the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. It is where he spent the

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next three months of his life. At one stage come his chances of

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survival were given at 20%. We have watched programmes before where the

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mother gives birth and they hand the baby to the father and there is

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tears. I kept telling her that it wasn't her fault. They showed him to

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us and tried to ventilate him to get him to breathe. How would you sum up

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the experience? Pretty horrendous rarely. We have seen other families

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as well and what other families have been through. Although it has been

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difficult, we realise how difficult we are and he is doing really well.

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His daddy 's going to raise money for the hospital's charity. Thank

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you for the privilege of taking his son a day out. What a cracking

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story. Before seven o'clock.

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An Olympian of the future? We meet the ten`year`old fencer who won both

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gold and bronze in last year's British Youth Championships.

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And no leap of faith needed ` the young woman from Sheffield one of

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the best freestyle skiers in the world and off to the Winter

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Olympics. Let's have a look at the football

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now and that Leeds United story still has a few twists and turns,

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Paul. There has been a development. The

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Italian businessman Massimo Cellino is now very much the front runner to

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take control. Paul Flowers has pulled out. I have the official

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statement here but he has got nothing to do with his negotiations

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any more. He is not going down without a fight. If he wasn't in a

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powerful position already, he is now. Would you like to talk about

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football on the field? Good news down in Sheffield though, with

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United through to the fifth round of the FA Cup. They beat Fulham but it

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was touch and go. They left it to the very last minute of extra time

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to score that winning goal. But it was worth waiting for. Now Sheffield

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United are guaranteed a home tie in the next round against either

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Preston or Nottingham Forest. Mind you the Blades have got a lot on

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their plate at the moment, so there hasn't been much time for basking in

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glory. Back home, there was a funny feeling of business as usual. You

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would never believe the players had finished their last shift at 11

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o'clock last night in London. After that performance, the bus journey

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home must have flown by. I can't remember anything. It doesn't make a

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difference when you have one. It was a great night for everybody. I'm

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sure the huge following we have got back in the early hours. It took two

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hours to get the rewards. It couldn't have been better timed.

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Sean Miller has even more reasons to smile after scoring the decisive

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goal. Look carefully at how he celebrated. Never mind the long

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distance away matches, it turns out he has become rather used to having

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four hours kip maximum every night. I had a little boy a couple of weeks

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ago and it was really good to get a goal for him. It was a great

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feeling. It has baffled us. We are up here `` appalling in the league

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but we can beat these clubs. Hopefully now they can gel a bit

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more and carried this cup run into the league. The battle stays at the

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top of their agenda and those sleepless nights are not over yet.

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Well there's still a lot of work for Sheffield United to do to get to the

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final but neighbours Chesterfield are just one game away from Wembley.

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The Spireites beat Fleetwood 3`1 in the Johnstone Paints Trophy northern

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final last night. Goals from Ian Evatt and Sam Morsy gave them a

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first half lead and a superb volley from Jimmy Ryan made certain of the

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win. If they maintain their advantage in the second leg,

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Chesterfield will reach their second JPT final in three years.

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In the last three minutes, there have been no further developments at

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Leeds United. The Winter Olympics starts in just

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two days time in Sochi. Yorkshire is sending ten athletes to Russia a

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record number for a Winter Games. We'll be looking at our main medal

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hopefuls in the next few days. Let's start with Katie Summerhayes, one of

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the best freestyle skiers in the world. Our reporter Ian Bucknell

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caught up with Katie and her family in Sheffield before she set off for

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the Olympics. These are happy days in this

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household. Katie is Yorkshire's youngest representative at the

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Winter Olympics. The family will be in there to see her compete and even

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if she doesn't come up with a medal, she should at least come up

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with a pair of slippers. Every hotel I stay in, if they have slippers, I

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take them. Behind the laughter, slope style skiing is seriously

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risky. She performs tricks on a variety of obstacles and gets points

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for difficulty and execution. Mum and dad have seen her compete many

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times but it is still hard to watch. You still worry about the landing.

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You have to get past it and hope they are safe at the end of the run.

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As far as I can see, they are having fun. They do it of their own accord.

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Katie started skiing at six. She soon displayed talent and courage.

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Those qualities have now taken her to the Olympics. I have to get up

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really early in the morning. I saw the announcement on Twitter. I was

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sat on my own and I wanted to cry. We are very proud of her and it is a

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remarkable journey. Amen. Dad has to put up with a lot of cheek but it

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must be worth it now she is going to the Olympics. It is bound to be a

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very proud day for her and the family. It is a very cool sport.

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A story of sporting success now for a 10`year`old girl from Skipton

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who's already a national champion. Lucy`Belle Williamson won gold and

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bronze in last year's British Youth Championships and took home medals

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in 24 out of 25 competitions. She's now won a place on a national

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training programme called Tomorrow's Achievers which spots young athletes

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with the talent to become our Olympians of the future. Her

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achievement's made all the more impressive as she's managed to turn

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her learning difficulty into one of her greatest weapons.

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Lucy and her dad Ian are with us now.

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Congratulations on getting onto this scheme. How does it feel? Is it

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exciting? Yes. You want to go to the Olympics with fencing. Why did you

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start fencing? I wanted to be a Viking and fencing was the closest

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thing. That is a pretty cool reason. I believe you have been showing how

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we hear some of your skills. Shall we take a look at how he did? OK.

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I'll tell you what, she is pretty good. I am bad. How have you seen

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developments in other ways? Her massive passion is fencing. The

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thing that we have noticed in the past few weeks is her ability to

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focus in other areas of her life. She trains up to five times a week

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and has started swimming as well and she has her work and other aspects

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of life to fit into wet. One of the things that really shows as Lucy is

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motivated is the fact that she will come home from school she has 20

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minutes to do her homework. She will do that and then go out. She knows

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she has two cram it all in. We were saying that there isn't enough days

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in the week five her to do everything. How good is she? She is

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very good. I watch a lot of young fences and she is right up there.

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Her agility and ability to move swiftly is unprecedented for her

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age. Last year she won medals in all but one of the under 11

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competitions. She was only just eligible to enter the competitions

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this year. She is fencing above her age. What did I do wrong? You were

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bouncing, your arm was too far out. You wasn't trying to defend

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yourself. I was to quick for you. We think you are remarkable and we wish

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you all the best and come and see us in the future when you have won more

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medals. Good luck. Paul, we have got away

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with the weather that it has been awful today.

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Let me show you three pictures that came in overnight. We have this

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white rose that is blooming. It shows how mild this winter has been.

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Tomorrow, a bit of a respite. It looks brighter with some rain. We

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look down to the Bay of Biscay and that next rain will come across as

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tomorrow evening. It will be were first on Friday morning with some

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strong winds at time. There is the satellite picture. There has been a

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lot of cloud around. It is particularly wet. That rain is

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covering Derbyshire and it will gradually move north eastwards. It

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is a tale of showers and longer outbreaks of rain. Some of the rain

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will be heavy at times. It is very windy with a strong to gale force

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wind. Temperatures down to four Celsius. The sun will rise in the

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morning. A few showers possible specially for

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the Yorkshire Dales. They will soon move out of the way and many of us

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are staying dry and bright. We will see some sunshine tomorrow. Cloud

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increases and by the end of the day, that rain is showing up in

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South Yorkshire and across the North Midlands. For the North, it will

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stay dry. Temperatures roundabout eight Celsius tomorrow. The wind

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eases off for a time. Looking further ahead, Friday is wet and

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blustery. We have more rain Friday night into Saturday morning. That is

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the forecast. I will be back with a late update at

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10:25pm. Goodbye. NICK CLEGG: Are you in,

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or are you out? That's the real question at stake at

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the European elections on May 2 nd. even though that would wreck

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the recovery and destroy jobs. The Conservatives are now

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openly flirting with exit, and the Labour Party, well, they

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just don't have the courage

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