:00:00. > :00:00.Peter, thank you. That's all from the BBC News
:00:00. > :00:09.Welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight: Cleared of all charges The
:00:10. > :00:12.children's assistant found not guilty of manslaughter after a
:00:13. > :00:20.little girl died on her very first day at nursery.
:00:21. > :00:23.But York College is found guilty. We'll have reaction to the verdicts.
:00:24. > :00:24.Also on the programme: Are Yorkshire's motorists being unfairly
:00:25. > :00:28.targetted? The cars with cameras which make our
:00:29. > :00:31.councils lots of money, but the government wants them banned.
:00:32. > :00:44.The Bradford snowboarder who's given Britain a flying start at the Winter
:00:45. > :00:49.Olympics. A rainy night in Yorkshire to come
:00:50. > :00:53.but what about the rest? Join me for the details shortly.
:00:54. > :00:56.Our top story: A children's assistant has been cleared of all
:00:57. > :00:59.blame for the death of a three`year`old girl on her first day
:01:00. > :01:03.at a nursery. Sophie Redhead was found not guilty of the manslaughter
:01:04. > :01:08.of Lydia Bishop by gross negligence and not guilty of failing to take
:01:09. > :01:12.care of her. But tonight police have strongly criticised York College,
:01:13. > :01:16.where the incident happened. A jury found they had failed to ensure the
:01:17. > :01:24.safety of children in their care. Our Crime Correspondent John Cundy
:01:25. > :01:28.reports. Sophie Redhead, hurrying from court
:01:29. > :01:33.with her parents this afternoon, after a jury had cleared her of
:01:34. > :01:38.charges that she had faced for the last 18 months.
:01:39. > :01:42.You must be very relieved? Still the tragedy of Lydia Bishop,
:01:43. > :01:47.the little girl excited before her first day at nursery had said, love
:01:48. > :01:53.you, money, see you later. Hours later the little girl was dead,
:01:54. > :01:59.strangled by a rope on a slide. She should have been supervised. She was
:02:00. > :02:05.not. It was 20 minutes before staff realised she was missing and today a
:02:06. > :02:08.jury decided that York College had failed Lydia. Their health and
:02:09. > :02:12.safety precautions had tragically fallen short and the rope should
:02:13. > :02:17.never have been left on the slide. It took the jury here at less than
:02:18. > :02:23.four hours to clear Sophie Redhead of any blame in connection with the
:02:24. > :02:27.death of Lydia Bishop at the York College nursery. Sophie Redhead was
:02:28. > :02:32.in tears on hearing the verdict. The college itself has been found guilty
:02:33. > :02:37.of failing to ensure the health and is a of children at its nursery.
:02:38. > :02:39.Tonight the senior North Yorkshire Police investigating officer in the
:02:40. > :03:04.case said in a statement... York College will be sentenced next
:03:05. > :03:21.Friday for their failings and they said in their statement...
:03:22. > :03:29.Sophie Redhead made no comment as she left court and Lydia Bishop's
:03:30. > :03:32.family hurried away as well. In everybody's minds, the memory of
:03:33. > :03:40.what happened to little media on that terrible day. `` Lydia.
:03:41. > :03:43.Next tonight: There's controversy over the tactics employed by some
:03:44. > :03:45.councils to issue motorists with parking fines.
:03:46. > :03:48.Penalty Charge Notices generate large amounts of money, in fact four
:03:49. > :03:54.of Yorkshire's councils are in the top 20 nationally outside London for
:03:55. > :03:57.the amount they made last year. Leeds Council made ?3.7 million from
:03:58. > :04:10.Penalty Charge Notices handed to drivers. And Bradford council
:04:11. > :04:12.recorded an income of ?2.1 million. Sheffield Council made ?1.7 million.
:04:13. > :04:16.And North Yorkshire County Council made ?1.5 million. Some authorities
:04:17. > :04:18.use cars fitted with CCTV to gather video evidence of offences, a
:04:19. > :04:24.practice the government wants to ban. Now Bradford Council has had to
:04:25. > :04:27.apologise after wrongly issuing a fine against an innocent motorist
:04:28. > :04:38.who challenged its CCTV evidence. Anna Crossley reports.
:04:39. > :04:43.Now, if you drive a car, there is a good chance you will have ended up
:04:44. > :04:47.by a bus stop while waiting at traffic lights. In fact, it is the
:04:48. > :04:52.only time drivers are permitted to enter bus stops, while they are in
:04:53. > :04:57.stationary traffic. Not that Bradford Council appears to be aware
:04:58. > :05:02.of this section of highway cord. Victor found this out when he was
:05:03. > :05:07.issued with a penalty notice for parking at a bus stop, except he was
:05:08. > :05:12.not parked anywhere, he was waiting at traffic lights in Bradford. I
:05:13. > :05:18.said, this is an absolute joke, anyone can see I am in traffic. I
:05:19. > :05:22.looked up the traffic act and under rule 243 of the Highway code you are
:05:23. > :05:27.not allowed to park in a bus stop unless you are prohibited in going
:05:28. > :05:31.forward by stationary traffic. Victor was eventually sent footage
:05:32. > :05:36.of the alleged offence taken by a parking enforcement vehicle, and, as
:05:37. > :05:41.you can see, he is in a queue of traffic, along with several other
:05:42. > :05:44.cars. I contacted them and told them I would remove the appeal and I
:05:45. > :05:48.would see them in court and I wanted the camera operative in court with
:05:49. > :05:51.me and at that point they overturned everything and apologised and the
:05:52. > :05:56.attitude could not have been more helpful and totally the opposite.
:05:57. > :05:57.Nobody from the council wanted to be interviewed, preparing to give us
:05:58. > :06:14.this statement... The council says that any other
:06:15. > :06:20.motorists who were fined after being caught at lights by the same CCTV
:06:21. > :06:24.vehicle will be reimbursed. Meanwhile it has just been announced
:06:25. > :06:32.that York is going to be the next city to start using the
:06:33. > :06:34.controversial enforcement cards. `` cars.
:06:35. > :06:37.So what does the AA think about councils using CCTV cars like this?
:06:38. > :06:42.Paul Watters is the motoring organisation's head of road policy.
:06:43. > :06:47.Does he think they're a good idea? Not really, no. Sometimes the
:06:48. > :06:50.evidence they collect can be misinterpreted. It really does
:06:51. > :06:55.appear to be overzealous and they need to be very careful how they use
:06:56. > :06:59.this equipment because it seems to be used in a fairly arbitrary
:07:00. > :07:02.manner. Nobody likes getting a parking fine but are these not a
:07:03. > :07:05.good thing because they keep children safe near schools and
:07:06. > :07:10.monitor the flow of traffic so surely there is a good cause for
:07:11. > :07:15.them? In some places perhaps where enforcement is difficult, that is
:07:16. > :07:19.what the guidance says. But for this example, being fined for being in a
:07:20. > :07:24.traffic jam seems a bit far`fetched so there needs to be greater
:07:25. > :07:27.scrutiny as to how the equipment is used. It is fine for remote
:07:28. > :07:32.locations like schools where there are problems but not for going along
:07:33. > :07:38.traffic queue. Misinterpreting that was quite a serious mistake. Of
:07:39. > :07:41.course it was an error, but it is a minority of cases where errors
:07:42. > :07:47.happen but something like these cameras, surely there is a case for
:07:48. > :07:50.using new technology rather than wardens on the street. The problem
:07:51. > :07:54.with new technology is that it can be like a blunt instrument and
:07:55. > :07:58.drivers feel it is going full volume rather than deterrence. We must get
:07:59. > :08:01.these things in the right balance and you have to exert a stick in
:08:02. > :08:06.some places where there are problems but it does not need to be massed
:08:07. > :08:10.ticketing. A parking control officer near a school can also have a good
:08:11. > :08:16.effect at deterring people. We should not just rely on technology.
:08:17. > :08:20.What do you suggest it should happen? The government is consulting
:08:21. > :08:24.on this at the moment and they are seeking to ban the use of CCTV. They
:08:25. > :08:28.could be a small role for these vehicles to carry on using cameras
:08:29. > :08:32.but it needs to be under strict guidance and at the moment that
:08:33. > :08:35.guidance is being misinterpreted by the local authorities.
:08:36. > :08:37.Later on Look North: A potential medical breakthrough?
:08:38. > :08:44.The blood`thinning drugs which it's hoped could save thousands of lives.
:08:45. > :08:46.Council tax in Leeds will go up by nearly 2% next year, the biggest
:08:47. > :08:50.possible rise without needing a local referendum. As the council set
:08:51. > :08:53.out its spending plans for the next year, it also announced another 200
:08:54. > :08:57.jobs will go and council house rents will go up by nearly 6%. The council
:08:58. > :09:09.says it's regrettable but necessary given the scale of funding cuts from
:09:10. > :09:14.central government. We can assure people that the money that we raise
:09:15. > :09:19.we will put to their priorities and looking after the vulnerable young,
:09:20. > :09:22.the old, disabled and those people struggling with welfare changes in
:09:23. > :09:24.our city. A traffic officer with South
:09:25. > :09:27.Yorkshire Police is facing a misconduct hearing after he admitted
:09:28. > :09:31.drink driving. PC Adam Walker was caught driving to work in Sheffield
:09:32. > :09:33.in December while he was over the prescribed limit. He admitted the
:09:34. > :09:37.offence today at Sheffield Magistrates' Court, where he was
:09:38. > :09:45.banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay a fine. PC Walker is
:09:46. > :09:48.currently suspended from work. A further ?10 million is to be spent
:09:49. > :09:52.on flood defences in Yorkshire this year. Most of the money is being
:09:53. > :09:54.used to improve defences in Whitby, where around 200 properties were
:09:55. > :09:58.flooded during December's tidal surge. In the Calder Valley, more
:09:59. > :10:02.than ?1 million is to be spent protecting homes which have been hit
:10:03. > :10:06.by flash flooding in the past two years. Smaller flood defence schemes
:10:07. > :10:17.in Elland and Doncaster have also been approved. Amongst the ?344
:10:18. > :10:21.million worth of investment that will be coming in the programme next
:10:22. > :10:26.year, the programme next year, then etch `` the next financial year has
:10:27. > :10:30.a scheme in Todmorden and all of the schemes have been analysed and we
:10:31. > :10:33.know they will make a real benefit for local residents economically and
:10:34. > :10:36.in terms of the protection for local homes so we are putting extra money
:10:37. > :10:40.into delivering these schemes. Meanwhile work got underway today on
:10:41. > :10:43.a new flood defence scheme for Leeds. Embankments and walls are
:10:44. > :10:46.being built in Woodlesford, to try to prevent the River Aire from
:10:47. > :10:49.flooding. It's part of a bigger project in Leeds city centre, aimed
:10:50. > :10:52.at protecting around 3,000 homes and 500 businesses. It's being funded by
:10:53. > :11:03.Leeds council, DEFRA and the Environment Agency. We have had an
:11:04. > :11:08.issue of nearly flooding several times in the last decade or so so
:11:09. > :11:13.flood alleviation is a major issue for the city and we need to tackle
:11:14. > :11:19.it now. We cannot think that we have not had that many floods over the
:11:20. > :11:23.past 100 years because most of them have happened in the last ten years
:11:24. > :11:25.so we have to do work to ensure that the city centre is safe.
:11:26. > :11:29.South Yorkshire Police have applied to the government for a grant to
:11:30. > :11:32.cover some of the costs of the Hillsborough inquests. The force's
:11:33. > :11:34.commissioner is asking for special grant funding to meet legal,
:11:35. > :11:37.insurance, compensation and other costs. The inquests are due to start
:11:38. > :11:40.at the end of March. 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives
:11:41. > :11:44.in the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989. Fresh inquests into their
:11:45. > :11:51.deaths were ordered following a panel report which quoshed the
:11:52. > :11:54.original verdicts. A public inquiry will take place in
:11:55. > :11:57.April over the proposed trolleybus scheme in Leeds city centre. The
:11:58. > :12:03.City Council claims the electric bus project will significantly improve
:12:04. > :12:07.journey times and cut congestion. But concerns have been raised about
:12:08. > :12:10.its value for money. The inquiry will give both sides a chance to
:12:11. > :12:13.produce evidence to support their claims.
:12:14. > :12:16.Doctors in Bradford believe thousands of people across the
:12:17. > :12:19.country with a pre`existing heart condition could be saved from
:12:20. > :12:25.potentially fatal strokes if they can be given the right medication. A
:12:26. > :12:27.pilot study across the district saw 750 patients treated with blood
:12:28. > :12:34.thinning drugs and experts believe it has already prevented two strokes
:12:35. > :12:42.a month. Our health correspondent Jamie Coulson reports.
:12:43. > :12:48.65`year`old Barbara Edward Snowden is that she is lucky to be alive
:12:49. > :12:52.after suffering a stroke one year ago. I think it could have been
:12:53. > :12:57.extremely serious and I could have died but I did not because of the
:12:58. > :13:01.good treatment that I got, I am sure. Barbara's /was caused by an
:13:02. > :13:06.underlying heart condition that means she is at a higher risk of
:13:07. > :13:12.stroke or cardiac arrest because of abnormal heart conditions. When a
:13:13. > :13:17.stroke strikes it spreads like a fire in the brain. When Barbara is
:13:18. > :13:21.`` Barber is not alone and it is estimated in the area there are 5000
:13:22. > :13:25.patients with the condition that are at an increased risk of stroke by
:13:26. > :13:31.less than one half are taking the most effective form of preventative
:13:32. > :13:35.medication. Last year a pilot study treated 750 of those patients with
:13:36. > :13:40.blood being drugs and it found it prevented at least two strokes a
:13:41. > :13:51.month. `` blood thinning drugs. Doctors believe the treatment could
:13:52. > :13:53.result in 200 fewer strokes in the Bradford district and if it was
:13:54. > :13:56.rolled out a further 800 across West Yorkshire and 10,000 across the UK.
:13:57. > :13:59.I do not feel frightened that I am going to have another stroke in the
:14:00. > :14:02.same way because the condition can be kept under control by the
:14:03. > :14:07.medication and I think that is a very comforting factor. For Barbara
:14:08. > :14:10.getting the right to treatment now means the chance of suffering
:14:11. > :14:15.another stroke is dramatically reduced. By giving the right people
:14:16. > :14:17.the right medication some patients can avoid potentially
:14:18. > :14:24.life`threatening strokes or even death. One of the GPs behind the
:14:25. > :14:29.study is here. It sounds obvious, why has it not been done before? The
:14:30. > :14:34.real challenge is trying to persuade people that warfarin tablets, a
:14:35. > :14:38.little bit of rat poison, can be more effective at presenting ``
:14:39. > :14:42.preventing stroke than aspirin. They are as safe as each other but
:14:43. > :14:45.warfarin is dramatically better at reducing the risk of stroke and we
:14:46. > :14:50.need to get that message across to the GP and help them to get the
:14:51. > :15:03.message across to the patient. How important is the study in terms of
:15:04. > :15:05.how patients will be treated? We have made a real fee change. The
:15:06. > :15:08.doctors here do not think about aspirin, they think about using
:15:09. > :15:10.warfarin. I think that is going to make a big difference to the stroke
:15:11. > :15:14.rates in Bradford now and in the years to come. A patient we spoke to
:15:15. > :15:17.said that she had no idea that she had the underlying heart condition
:15:18. > :15:21.so what can people do if they are worried or they do not know if they
:15:22. > :15:24.have a problem? We know that one in three people with this heart problem
:15:25. > :15:29.do not know they have it. They need to be aware of their own polls and
:15:30. > :15:33.they should check it at home and if it is a regular they should see the
:15:34. > :15:37.doctor. When they are at the doctor or the nurse they should get their
:15:38. > :15:41.pulse checked and if it is that `` if it is bound to be a regular they
:15:42. > :15:46.will have an ECG that will show the problem and we can counsel them
:15:47. > :15:50.properly. Thank you very much. It is hoped that what has been learned
:15:51. > :15:53.here in Bradford can now be used elsewhere.
:15:54. > :15:56.I remember a couple of years ago having a similar test so I would
:15:57. > :16:00.advise everyone to take that test. Before 7:00pm: I love the Winter
:16:01. > :16:03.Olympics! A great start to the Olympics.
:16:04. > :16:05.Bradford snow boarder Jamie Nicholls goes straight through to the
:16:06. > :16:07.slopestyle finals with flying colours.
:16:08. > :16:21.And how Sheffield's answer to Banksy turned his graffiti into an art
:16:22. > :16:25.collection. The bones of Richard III are being
:16:26. > :16:29.held to ransom and are being treated with a lack of respect, according to
:16:30. > :16:32.campaigners. Both the group who commissioned the dig to find his
:16:33. > :16:34.remains and the alliance of his living descendants want them
:16:35. > :16:37.released by the University of Leicester. The university however
:16:38. > :16:47.insists it has every right to keep them. Danny Carpenter reports.
:16:48. > :16:52.Even framed by such a long history in has been an eventful year in the
:16:53. > :16:58.life and death of Richard III. He was a warrior king, the last English
:16:59. > :17:03.king to die in battle. Now his bones are being fought over almost since
:17:04. > :17:08.the day they have been found. The greatest dispute is over where he
:17:09. > :17:12.should be reburied, York or Leicester. There is also a great
:17:13. > :17:18.deal of distress about where he is now. The woman who actually got the
:17:19. > :17:23.dig to happen at all claims that she is the legal custodian. She also
:17:24. > :17:26.claims there was an agreement that his remains would be placed
:17:27. > :17:33.somewhere wholly sometime soon after they were found. It is 12 months and
:17:34. > :17:40.nothing has happened. We feel that it is appropriate for him now to be
:17:41. > :17:43.sent for an `` sent to a appropriate place to await reburial. Richard
:17:44. > :17:48.remains at Leicester University under lock and key. They say they
:17:49. > :17:52.can keep him until August and point to the Ministry of Justice license
:17:53. > :17:59.which says his remains shall be kept safely, privately and decently by
:18:00. > :18:05.the University of Leicester, not at the University of Leicester. It is
:18:06. > :18:09.dreadful, they are cold in the King to ransom basically. It is finders
:18:10. > :18:12.keepers and that is all they are bothered about. They are just
:18:13. > :18:16.bothered about the world credit that they found him but that is not what
:18:17. > :18:19.it is about, it is about what Richard once at the end of the day
:18:20. > :18:25.and where he should be buried as a king. So the bones of Richard III,
:18:26. > :18:30.instead of lying in dignified rest in a great cathedral, remain at the
:18:31. > :18:39.mercy of archaeologists to examine at their leisure. An indignity never
:18:40. > :18:41.suffered by Ed Tudor king. `` a Tudor king.
:18:42. > :18:45.Nothing gets the people of York more riled up!
:18:46. > :18:49.Tanya is here with the sport. We are doing well on the slopes!
:18:50. > :18:55.What a great start for Team GB and our affiliates. `` athletes This was
:18:56. > :19:00.Bradford snowboarder Jamie Nicholl's in his second run in qualifying this
:19:01. > :19:04.morning. It was so good he's straight through
:19:05. > :19:06.to the slopestyle final on Saturday. The Winter Olympics opening ceremony
:19:07. > :19:10.isn't actually till tomorrow but this was the first event in Sochi.
:19:11. > :19:13.It's been quite some journey for the 20`year`old who started out on the
:19:14. > :19:18.dry slope in Halifax. A trip down memory lane for Jamie
:19:19. > :19:23.Nicholls. It is a few years since he took on the dry slope in Halifax. I
:19:24. > :19:28.have still got it! These days the mountains are his home but he has
:19:29. > :19:33.never forgotten where it started. It has been crazy. I started here when
:19:34. > :19:36.I was seven and I just did it for something to do and a hobby,
:19:37. > :19:40.something different other than football and rugby and it is crazy
:19:41. > :19:45.that it came this far. I did not even think about it, I just liked
:19:46. > :19:54.going snowboarding. He was pretty good pretty quickly. I remember his
:19:55. > :19:57.first time here, I remember a little kid with gloves down to his knees
:19:58. > :19:59.walking around, I remember all of that and I remembered `` I remember
:20:00. > :20:02.him taking his first ball and winning his first competition to win
:20:03. > :20:06.every competition in England since and now he is going for the best at
:20:07. > :20:11.the Olympics. It is crazy. Iowa him a lot, definitely. The sport is
:20:12. > :20:18.getting more and more extreme. This is Jamie learning his big jump. You
:20:19. > :20:23.go upside down and spend three times at the same time so it is pretty
:20:24. > :20:29.impressive to watch. That is the first time he landed it. It makes
:20:30. > :20:34.for tough viewing for his mum. I watch the reruns. His mum will ``
:20:35. > :20:41.his dad will watch it and say it is all right, he has landed it so then
:20:42. > :20:46.I come in and watch the rerun. Even live scoring! My mum does not want
:20:47. > :20:51.to see me get hurt live. I can quite understand! It is scary. It is a
:20:52. > :20:55.long way, I am here and he is there and there is nothing you can do.
:20:56. > :20:58.Charlotte will have enjoyed the rerun this morning. Jamie landed
:20:59. > :21:10.everything and next up is the final on Saturday. It was amazing and it
:21:11. > :21:12.is about 8:45am on Saturday so set your alarm clock.
:21:13. > :21:16.Could one of Rugby League's biggest names be about to switch codes? Sam
:21:17. > :21:20.Burgess, who took the World Cup by storm is said to be in talks with
:21:21. > :21:23.Bath Rugby union club. The Dewsbury born forward currently plays for
:21:24. > :21:26.South Sydney who have denied there's been a formal approach. It would be
:21:27. > :21:30.a tough ask for him to make England's squad for the 2015 World
:21:31. > :21:31.Cup as he's never played Union before.
:21:32. > :21:34.A couple of Yorkshire's stars have seemingly paid the price for
:21:35. > :21:38.England's dreadful Ashes series down under. Gary Balance and Jonny
:21:39. > :21:41.Bairstow have been left out of the squad for the limited overs series
:21:42. > :21:59.in West Indies and the World 20`20 in Bangledesh. Joe Root and Tim
:22:00. > :22:04.Bresnan have been included. England's first match will be in
:22:05. > :22:08.Antigua at the end of the month. How can you blame them? They did
:22:09. > :22:12.brilliantly and Gary Ballance was nearly decapitated body went in when
:22:13. > :22:18.it mattered. Those two should be given a run in the Twenty20.
:22:19. > :22:20.Between you adding you can sort it out.
:22:21. > :22:24.Keep your BP calm. He was once described as the new
:22:25. > :22:27.Banksy. Street artist Kid Acne became renowned for his graffiti
:22:28. > :22:30.artwork on walls throughout his native Sheffield. The work brought
:22:31. > :22:33.him to prominence not just here but around the world. It was always
:22:34. > :22:37.controversial but Kid Acne's art has evolved over the years and tonight
:22:38. > :22:41.there's a private viewing of a new exhibition of his work underway at
:22:42. > :22:49.Sheffield's B gallery. Ian White's been to meet him.
:22:50. > :22:54.If you have lived or worked around Sheffield over the past few years
:22:55. > :22:58.the name and work of Kid Acne is probably quite familiar to you. This
:22:59. > :23:05.new solo exhibition is something a little bit different. To tell us
:23:06. > :23:09.more is the man himself. Nice to see you. Pleased to meet you. Great to
:23:10. > :23:14.see you back in Sheffield, it is a place you are passionate about and
:23:15. > :23:17.it is reflected in your art. Yes, there are some Sheffield related
:23:18. > :23:22.pieces in the show and South York and some of the slogans that you
:23:23. > :23:25.will see around. Alongside those pieces there are a lot of other
:23:26. > :23:29.pieces from my studio practice in the last 15 years. You are
:23:30. > :23:34.well`known for being a graffiti artist, a street artist but those
:23:35. > :23:39.days are long gone. I would not consider myself a graffiti artist
:23:40. > :23:43.any more, I've consider myself an artist. Graffiti did inform a lot of
:23:44. > :23:47.the style of my work and as a teenager growing up I was interested
:23:48. > :23:50.in comic books and screen printing and all of these things and graffiti
:23:51. > :23:55.is a part of that but I do not consider myself a graffiti artist.
:23:56. > :24:00.Is that just growing up or a change in your style? Alongside the work I
:24:01. > :24:04.did in the street I have always done work in exhibitions and galleries
:24:05. > :24:09.and in print so it is not that I went from one to the other, they are
:24:10. > :24:14.just all parts of what I do and what has informed my work. A few of your
:24:15. > :24:19.works have caught my eye, let us chat about a few of them. It would
:24:20. > :24:24.not be Sheffield without Hendersons rallies `` Hendersons relish but
:24:25. > :24:38.this looks like a punch`up. Yes, that is Open to interpretation. That
:24:39. > :24:41.was my celebration piece for them in 2007. The exhibition starts on
:24:42. > :24:44.Saturday. Yes it is from 12 to six on Saturdays and until March the
:24:45. > :24:47.1st. You are a fan, and you? Yes, I couldn't some pictures on my
:24:48. > :24:50.wall. I will give kid `` I will give Kid Acne call!
:24:51. > :24:59.Right Time for Kate Hudson. The daffodils have been out. This is
:25:00. > :25:06.Headingley at the University. This is magnificent. I think that
:25:07. > :25:14.will be the picture of the week. Keep your pictures coming in.
:25:15. > :25:21.The unsettled weather continues and it will be very wet tonight but an
:25:22. > :25:24.improving picture tomorrow and the skies will prickly `` quickly
:25:25. > :25:27.brightened from the West. Some showers are likely but we are in
:25:28. > :25:31.between systems and the first one is bringing the rain into the North Sea
:25:32. > :25:35.tomorrow. This system will bring more rain into the south`west on
:25:36. > :25:39.Friday night but it should be clear of the coast by first light on
:25:40. > :25:43.Saturday. Much of Saturday and Sunday will be bright with sunshine
:25:44. > :26:11.and blustery showers. You can see the next system has been pumping the
:26:12. > :26:13.cloud up through the course of the day and it is wet through the whole
:26:14. > :26:16.of Yorkshire at the moment. Persistent rain showing on the radar
:26:17. > :26:18.picture. That is really the way that this evening and overnight looks.
:26:19. > :26:21.Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and heaviest in the southern half of our
:26:22. > :26:23.region and patches to further north. Sleet over the highest ground of the
:26:24. > :26:26.Pennines for a time. Later tonight the rain tends to ease off and we
:26:27. > :26:30.still have some patchy outbreaks at times. Eventually there will be a
:26:31. > :26:34.freshening northerly wind. It is a slow start to the day, it will be
:26:35. > :26:36.cloudy and damp wood back to the day, it will be cloudy and damp wood
:26:37. > :26:42.bat geranium places. A quick improvement coming in from the West
:26:43. > :26:47.and by 8am the skies will the coast by late morning. Some showers will
:26:48. > :26:52.follow from the West but not bad. Some places will stay dry and it
:26:53. > :26:55.will be a fine afternoon with those spells of sunshine. It will be
:26:56. > :26:59.breezy at first especially on the coast but no more than a moderate
:27:00. > :27:07.west or north west wind. The temperatures are normal. More rain
:27:08. > :27:11.to come on Friday night and some of it will be heavy. It will be clear
:27:12. > :27:15.of the coast by first light on Saturday morning and a brief respite
:27:16. > :27:20.on Saturday morning. The showers will pack in on Saturday afternoon
:27:21. > :27:24.and the wind will train them. Sunday looks unsettled with showers and
:27:25. > :27:30.longer outbreaks of rain. No let up next week. Low pressure is in
:27:31. > :27:34.charge. One of these days I will have good news for you.
:27:35. > :27:39.Today we did a bike ride and it stayed fine!
:27:40. > :27:42.That was what I forecast! That is right, on this occasion.
:27:43. > :27:49.We will update the forecast at 10:25pm. Good night.