08/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


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Much more throughout the evening on the BBC News channel. We are back

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Good evening. A woman who suffered a fractured skull when she was blown

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over by strong winds near Yorkshire's tallest building has

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called for emergency measures to control gales in the area. Today the

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owners of Bridgewater Place put plans of how they intend to remedy

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the problem on public display. Cathy Booth has more. Panels in the

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ceiling are vibrating as the wind blows, but the noise is the least of

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the worries. Last year, a woman had her skull fracked should when she

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was blown over, and previously, a man had died. Janet says the changes

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are not coming quickly enough. I am very concerned that they do not seem

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to have any interim plans. It is going to be at least two years

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before these are in place, and what are they going to do in the

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meantime, do we just have to take our chances on foot and risk getting

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blown away again? Lead city council does have plans to shut a busy road

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junction and divert pedestrians when wind speeds hit 45mph. `` Leeds City

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Council. In the meantime, Janet is planning legal action against the

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owners of the building. Police are appealing for witnesses

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to a road traffic accident in Halifax last night in which two men

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were killed. The accident happened on Ovenden Road when a VW Golf

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collided with a lamp post. A 20`year`old and a 19`year`old from

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Queensbury died as a result of the impact. A passenger was taken to

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hospital with serious injuries. West Yorkshire snowboarder Jamie

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Nicholls has finished sixth in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Back home

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in West Yorkshire, his sisters were cheering him on and invited James

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Vincent to join in. A cup of tea, stick the telly on and watch your

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brother jumping 40 feet into the air, trying to win a gold medal. We

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know he will do it, here's a superstar. Some were nervous, some

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did not watch at all, others were ready. Come on, Jamie! Now, the

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triptych... Yes! Well, he is in third place, so we

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want everyone else to fall! But it was not enough, and Jamie was

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eventually notched down to sixth place. But there was a lot of family

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pride. Fantastic. So pleased for him. He has done really well. Sixth

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place. I am really happy, I cannot believe it, I am just happy that

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both of us made it into the finals and we both got a top ten. Can not

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be more happy than that. Jamie Nicholls for Great Britain!

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So from the slopes to the pitch ` and we'll start with Leeds United.

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The man who wants to buy a majority stake in the club is expected to

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visit next week to try and complete the deal. The team travelled to

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bottom of the table Yeovil, who initially had the better of Leeds.

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But goals from Ross McCormack and this spectacular free kick from

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Stephen Warnock turned it around. Final score, 2`1 to Leeds. That

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result leaves Leeds in tenth place. Elsewhere in the Championship,

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Barnsley secured a point with a 2`2 draw against Ipswich, Brighton

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scored a sole winner over Doncaster, but Huddersfield had the better of

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Wigan ` just like the town's Superleague team did last night!

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Sheffield Wednesday's renaissance continues with a 2`0 win over

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Reading. Wednesday heading for mid`table.

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In League One, the results looked like this... Bradford battled Crewe

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all afternoon, six goals in the match, final score three apiece,

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with Gary Jones scoring twice for the Bantams. Colchester's match

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against Rotherham was postponed. Sheffield United put two past

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Shrewsbury, but are still in the bottom four. And the top of the

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table clash in League Two finished one apiece ` Chesterfield still

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clear by three points. York against Cheltenham was goalless. And you can

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see all the action from today's matches on BBC One tonight in The

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Football League Show, is right after Match of the Day at 11.45pm.

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Let's take a check on the weather forecast. Good evening. As we head

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through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay windy, with

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showers. In western areas, they are likely to be heavy, possibly

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thundery, and they could be wintering over the tops. Overnight

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it will stay frost free. Temperatures down to about four or

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five degrees. It will be a breezy start tomorrow morning, with showers

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from the word go. Into the afternoon, they are likely to become

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lighter. The best of the sunny spells, later on. That's all for

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now. Bye`bye. Good evening. Unfortunately I don't

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have much good news in this forecast. There may be a brief

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respite later tomorrow with the wind and the rain but it will not be long

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enough and we have today's storm withers, pounding many coastlines in

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