15/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Young people in South Yorkshire have two nights. Hundreds

Young people in South Yorkshire have been helping to clear waterways to

try to reduce the risk of future flooding. The project, in one of the

most deprived part of Sheffield, involves children who are

misbehaving at school. Time to get stuck in, the first job

is clearing the debris. It is one of the most deprived areas of

Sheffield. Then comes the serious work, the vegetation gets in the way

of the water and if it is not dealt with, it could cause a flood. These

four boys are students at the nearby school but they are all at risk of

being excluded and possibly becoming involved in crime. It is helping us

get out and also helping other people. Is it helping you stay out

of trouble? Yes, because we are here and working. It is better than doing

lessons and I just do as I am told. Volunteers show the boys how to

maintain the waterways. They don't often get to use hand tools and when

they work as a team together, they tend to really succeed and you find

that they go home and feel it that they have had a good day. Big

back`to`school and the grades go up. If you give some care and the right

guidance to these young people, we can possibly make a change with

them. After three hours of work, it is time for a break. If they keep

this up for five weeks, they will be awarded a river maintenance

qualification and unlike at school, these lads don't want to skip this

lesson, keeping them away from commonality.

A leading children's heart charity says the delay to results from a

review into heart units in England is harming services in the country.

Leeds General infirmary is one of a number of hospitals waiting to hear

whether children's heart surgery will continue. The Children's Heart

Federation says the uncertainty has created a worrying culture of

infighting within the service. A final decision which was expected

later this year has been put back to 2015.

Sport, two games involving our sides have been postponed due to the

weather. Sheffield Wednesday's FA Cup match against Charlton is off

due to a waterlogged pitch at Hillsborough. Bradford's game

against Coventry is also postponed. You can see all the goals from

today's league matches on the Football League Show on BBC One at

11:45pm. At the Winter Olympics, Sheffield's

Kristan Bromley is preparing to compete in the skeleton bob. Bromley

goes into his final two rounds this afternoon in joint eighth place,

just seven tenths of a second off bronze. He struggled to pick up

speed in his first attempt yesterday but was still faster than any of his

training runs. There are currently three flood

warnings in place on the River Ouse and one on the River Ure.

We still have some wet and windy weather to get through this

afternoon. Some of the showers could produce some snow on top of the

Pennines but gradually, they will disappear towards the end of the day

will stop temperatures getting up to seven degrees. Showers will fade

away overnight. We will see some fierce bells and there will be the

odd touch of frost tomorrow morning. Sunday is looking decent, it is

going to be dry and bright. We're back at 6.10pm this evening.

Good afternoon. It looks as though we