21/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Good evening and welcome to Friday's Look North. On the programme

tonight. The man who stabbed this Yorkshire shopkeeper to death before

going on the rampage with a machete is jailed for life. He came out with

blood on its hands and arms, holding a machete, some members of the

public must of been terrified He'll have to serve a minimum of 27 years

in jail. . Also tonight, making millions from

people driving in bus lanes, but are our councils taking things too

literally when it comes to dishing out fines? But you back into it. I

am doing. The Winter Olympics has really caught the imagination of

these youngsters. They are learning curling and they are going to teach

me. A mixture of sunshine and showers, out of all the details for

the weekend. Good evening. A man who stabbed his

boss to death in South Yorkshire before going on the rampage with a

machete will serve a least 27 years in jail. Naeem Mehmood today pleaded

guilty to murdering father`of`three Parvaiz Iqbal at his shop in

Rotherham last October. The judge called it a brutal,

sustained and unprovoked attack and said Mehmood left a trail of

destruction as he left the scene. Our Crime Correspondent John Cundy

was in court. The murder of Parvaiz Iqbal, violent

and sudden, seemed without reason. He was knifed by his employee Naeem

Mehmood. The court heard Naeem Mehmood seems to have a grudge

against his boss after suffering a severe finger injury in the shop.

The appalling events of October the 15th shocked and stunned the

community of Eastwood. After the attack, Naeem Mehmood grabbed a

meat cleaver on the store and run through the streets, smashing shops,

damaging vehicles and shouting bloodthirsty threats at bystanders.

It was ten minutes of destruction. There were a lot of members of the

public on the street. He came out with mud on his hands and his arms

and he had a large machete, so the fear in members of the public must

have been terrifying. The measure of Parvaiz Iqbal's respect in the

community was shown at his funeral. It should have taken place in the

local mosque, but was transferred to a local park to accommodate the

hundreds of mourners. Eastwood is a very mixed community and everybody

came to his shop to experience his humour and kindness. Naeem

Mehmood, who had no previous history of violence, later expressed remorse

for his brutal murder of temp to, who he admitted had been a very good

man. Naeem Mehmood showed no emotion as he was jailed today for a

minimum of 20 one years. John joins us now from Sheffield

Crown Court. John ` clearly a harrowing case for so many people

this ` talk us through some of the judge's comments.

He pointed out that Naeem Mehmood had no history of mental illness,

but he described the attack on Parvaiz Iqbal as Savage, unprovoked

and barbaric. He said it was very nearly a double murder, because the

shop assistant was only saved by emergency surgery that day. He

described Naeem Mehmood as a very dangerous man and a considerable

risk to public safety, so he said he had no hesitation in jailing him for

27 years, which was before he could even begin to think about applying

for parole. He also gave him a concurrent ten year sentence for the

attack on the shop assistant. The incidents came completely out of the

blue and to this day, police and the family of Parvaiz Iqbal cannot

really understand what provoked that man to do that that day.

Next tonight, Look North has learnt that councils in our region are

generating millions of pounds worth of fines from motorists who drive in

bus lanes. Charlotte has more. Financial penalties are essential to

keep traffic moving ` that's what the Local Government Association

says, the body which represents councils. But the fines do also

bring in a lot of money. Last year in Sheffield, almost ?86,000 was

generated by bus lane enforcement. In York, fines to the value of 1.25

million have been issued since last summer. This includes revenue from

the Lendal Bridge closure too. And in Leeds revenue of more than ?1.5

million was raised from bus lane enforcement in the financial year

2012 to 2013. The money from fines has to be spent on Highways and

Transport ` but are some councils being overzealous in their

collection of penalties? Anna Crossley has more.

What has happened is that wagon has stopped there, and because I turned

left, it has virtually cut the corner of. Matthew was watching the

manoeuvre that got him the fixed penalty line. He's not in the bus

lane until he cuts the corner of the lane with two wheels as he prepares

to turn left. My personal gain was minimal, it is not like I went all

the way down Wellington Road in the bus lane. All fitted is analysed by

a council officer before vines are issued. The question is, I've a

being too heavy`handed when it comes to minor infringements or are they

doing their job and sticking to the law? Sometimes you have to make an

example. I don't think it is justifiable for him to pay ?30 per

something that minor. I think it is diabolical that that is what they

are putting their energy into when people are getting run over left

right and centre. Technically, the penalty notice was issued correctly.

We asked Leeds City Council about Matthew's case and they told us, bus

lanes are designed to give priority access for buses to avoid congestion

cues. Camera technology captures the registration numbers of vehicles not

authorised to use the lanes. Often counsels incentivise people to

accept culpability if the neighbour finds quickly. If they seize that

opportunity, it is a lesser penalty than trying to fight it, which could

cost them more money as well as the stress involved. My view is if you

feel you have a serious issue with the ticket, you should always

challenge it and ask them to suspend it until the matter has been

resolved. Since we got in touch with the council, back you's penalty

ticket has been cancelled as a goodwill gesture, even though the

council insists he did use the bus lane improperly.

We've had a big response to this. On Facebook Mike Daley wrote "They're

just naked money`making schemes, nothing to do with keeping traffic

flowing." Richard Atkin said "Bus lanes are

for buses. The answer is simple, catch the bus!"

And it seems some of you are being put off cities by these fines. Andy

Geraghty tweeted us to say ` "My dad got one in Sheffield and has vowed

never to go back. He bought a new sofa recently and went to Doncaster

instead." As long as the sofa doesn't have four wheels, he'll be

fine. Don't forget we always welcome your comments and your stories. You

can join the debate on bus lane fines on our Facebook page at BBC

Look North Yorkshire. And you can also reach us via email.

Our address is [email protected]. And you can tweet us at BBC Look

North. Before seven o'clock, more delays

and cancellations on the cards. Why this landslip is causing a major

headache for rail commuters in South Yorkshire.

And the surgery patients being offered movie goggles to distract

them during operations The funeral of a prominent businessman from

Hebden Bridge who died in a motorbike crash while on holiday has

taken place. Bob Leedham ` who owned a shop in the town ` appeared on

Look North after flooding in the Calder Valley last year and in 2012.

Bob was also chairman of Halifax Sunday Football League. He was

killed in Thailand in January. Plans to bring a big wheel back to

York's National Railway Museum have been submitted to the council. More

than a million people used the wheel next to the museum's Great Hall

between 2006 and 2008. Another wheel at the Royal York Hotel took its

final spin in September. New proposals would see a 50 metre wheel

built in the museum's main car park. A decision is expected next month.

A candlelit vigil is being held this evening as demolition work starts on

a derelict school in Leeds. A campaign to save Royal Park School

in Hyde Park started eight years ago after it closed. The council says no

realistic alternative uses have been put forward for the landmark

building; protestors wanted it to be used as a community centre. They

don't build buildings like this any more, and when it is gone, it is

gone. The chance to save it has been lost. It will be regretted, it will

be too late, and we told them so. Rail passengers face another six

weeks of delays and cancellations due to a landslip on the line in

North Derbyshire. Tens of thousands of tonnes of land need to be removed

after the hillside became unstable earlier this week because of all the

heavy rain. The area affected is at Unstone.

Services from Dronfield have been stopped and the number of trains

between Sheffield and Chesterfield has been reduced. Kate Bradbrook is

at Sheffield Railway Station this evening. Kate.

It has been a busy few hours at Sheffield railway station as

thousands of people have been making their way home for the weekend. Not

quite as busy now, but if you live in Chesterfield or John Fields, it

has been a week of destruction, not on by all those wet weather. A

dramatic reminder of the power of nature, thousands of tonnes of earth

on the move on the outskirts of Chesterfield and heading towards the

main real line. Engineers needed to act fast. We realised the speed of

the slip was so significant we needed to close the line between

Sheffield and Chesterfield, and as you can see, we are actively trying

to remove as much of the slip as we can, to allow us to stabilise it and

reopen the line. This is the crest of the landslide and it is from here

material was beginning to make its way down to the track 30 metres

below. You can see the extent of the operation to stop that are from

moving. Around 100,000 tonnes of earth was moving and now only the

northbound track remains open, meaning delays or replacement buses

on some services. Where possible, we are putting more carriages on trains

and making sure we can run a good service for passengers. The journey

time is about 15 minutes extra between Chesterfield and Sheffield.

Shoring up this area is proving to be a mammoth task. Network rail hope

the line will be ready to reopen within four to six weeks. Good news

for commuters that things will be getting back to normal in the not

too distant future, but in the last hour, we have been speaking to

commuters on the platform about how badly they have been delayed. It has

taken me an extra half hour one`way and Alexa have: The way back, so it

is giving me a long day and it is more inconvenient. I know it is not

the train services false, but I pay ?103 a month to travel between

Chesterfield and Sheffield. I don't mind waiting a bit as long as I

actually get home. The track will reopen in the next four six weeks,

but that's not the end of the story, as shifting all that

remaining earth is likely to take up to six months.

We look forward to seeing a train arrived at that station at some

point through the evening. Having an operation while you're

still conscious can be a really unpleasant experience ` so what if

you could watch your favourite film to take your mind off what's going

on? Patients at Harrogate Hospital are

being given the opportunity to wear video goggles during procedures.

Surgeons say that if patients are distracted, it makes their job much

easier. Our health correspondent Jamie Coulson reports.

Molly is about to have a knee replacement. Like many patients, she

will have it under local anaesthetic, but things will be a

little bit different. What makes an operation under usual is that she

will be wearing these goggles, which allowed her to watch a favourite

film or TV programme. She will be completely distracted to everything

that is going on around her and she will not need extra sedation. I am

hoping I would see anything. I will be watching eight film. Surgeons in

Harrogate say they are unaware of any other surgeons using these

goggles and today, she is watching a musical. Which part in the film are

you up to? Dan Singh Queen. She hasn't flinched at all during the

procedure and it means we can carry on with our work.

Long before the film has finished, the operation is over and she is

back on her bed recovering. I was dropping off to sleep a bit, but I

made myself wake up and watch. It's just felt good, I had no problem.

Surgeons say the goggles are not for everyone, but offer another wave of

patients to relax. I am not sure about that.

I would have to watch a comedy to get me through it. Later on Look

North... From Sochi to Sheffield. Ian "Ice"

White tries his hand at the sport everyone's talking about!

Next week, Look North joins one of the biggest projects ever undertaken

by the BBC. Working with Imperial War Museums, we've been gathering

stories about how the war affected people at home, rather than on the

front line. We'll be showcasing the best of them

throughout the year ` they're local stories from a global conflict `

here's an idea of what you can expect.

The project is truly ambitious. The aim is to tell over 1000 stories on

television, radio and online. We will be showcasing the best of these

stories throughout the year. We begin on Monday. I am going to

Scarborough, which was bombed by the German Navy in 1914. The German Navy

had sent three battle cruisers of the coast to Hartlepool. They sent

two to Scarborough and the bombardment started at eight o'clock

in the morning. During the rest of the week, we will find out how

Lizzie the elephants did her bit for the war effort in Sheffield, only

test by electric showmanship to fire and crashed to his death in Leeds.

And we will hear the World War I love letters that have been set to

music. It looks good.

I was a doormat boat? Pretty cold. There'll be more on those stories on

BBC Radio York, Leeds and Sheffield all next week. They'll be featuring

a story every day from at around 8.15 each morning and throughout the

day. And from Monday, you'll be able to

see all these features in one place, go to the website. That's

bbc.co.uk/ww1 and follow the links to WW1 at Home.

On the field last night the Bradford Bulls certainly gave their

travelling fans something to smile about at last! All they need now is

for the change of ownership to be approved by the Rugby football

league and that will be at meetings next week. Their first win of the

new Super League season came away in the derby at Wakefield. Adrian

Purtell plunged over the line for the first try of the night. But the

Wildcats had their moments too. They actually hit back with this great

combination between centre Dean Collis and winger Peter Fox to bring

their first try. But the Bulls had just a little bit more on the night

` Adam O'Brien's speed of thought from dummy half brought them the

score that sealed the points ` 23`10 was how it finished in Bradford's

favour. And that means two defeats from two so far for Wakefield.

Tonight, Leeds Rhinos play their first home match of the season,

against Warrington Wolves. We'll bring you the pick of the action at

10.25pm in our late bulletin, but there's full match commentary on BBC

Radio Leeds, and of course the Super League Show with extended highlights

on Monday night at ten to midnight on BBC One. In football,

Chesterfield have had a week to remember already, after their

passage to Wembley for the JP Trophy final in March. But it has been a

bit soured today, by some remarkable news from a match they played

recently against Torquay. Two Chesterfield players ` French

striker Armand Gnanduillet, and defender Ollie Banks, both claim to

have been bitten during the match by a Torquay player or players. Look at

this ` Ollie Banks even tweeted a picture of the scar! The Football

Association is now investigating the allegations. Their manager Paul Cook

touched on it today as he spoke ahead tomorrow's match at Wycombe.

The people who run the game run them very well and someone has bet

someone, that is out of our hands and Turkey will deal with it. It is

no good for the game, we prefer to concentrate on all the good things

going on, not the negative things. Let's go good for auction is

continued. `` let's hope they are good fortune continues. A young man

from Huddersfield is planning to take the American boxing industry by

storm, despite having no fight record to his name at all. This is

Fes "The Las Vegas Monster" Batista. He grew up in Huddersfield but has

self`launched his fledgling fight career in The States, and is now

heading for Las Vegas. He'll be fighting on National TV in America

in July, we think, after training at the Mayweather stable. He's got the

most eye`catching sunglasses I've seen for a while ` even in the

boxing world. And to say he's fearless is an understatement. I

don't see it *, I see it as an opportunity. I will let the world

know what I am about. They tell me I am a tremendous puncher, I am a

giant, so I know I can own a ring. When I get into the ring, it is my

ring and I don't care who's in front of me, I'm going to go there and

search and destroy. I figure will be seen those sunglasses again. Can I

just say finally good luck to Sheffield boxer Curtis Woodhouse

this weekend. Tomorrow night in Hull he fights for the British light

welterweight title ` something he promised his dying father he would

win one day. Curtis has also said he will retire after this fight.

Thanks, Paul ` just before you go we should mention Sochi ` because Team

GB managed a silver in the men's curling competition. And today to

support the lads everyone was asked to bring your brush to work day. So

for you two I've got these for you to have a go. It's all about short,

vigorous movements. But you're back into it, Harry. `` ports you're back

into it. Well, curling has dominated the

Winter Olympics and caught the attention of the nation in a way

we've not seen for a very long time. So let's not be afraid to admit it `

curling is cool! And it makes sweeping the floor a lot more

interesting. It's been on the telly at home, in

pubs and even in the work place. But getting into a new sport can be

tricky ` so how easy is it? Ian White has been for a lesson with

some potential stars of the future in Sheffield.

This is Charlie. She's ten years old and already curling expat. I find it

really exciting. This looks like a brush, what is it? It is a curling

brush and you rub the floor with it to get the bumps and friction of

Silverstone can smooth go across stop Put your back into it!

Youngsters from six Sheffield schools were taking part in their

own competition. It has brought a lot of interest and a lot of new

people wanting to try it. It is something new and unique that they

have not done before stop ``. How long have you been curling? Only for

today. I am right`handed, so I would use my right hand. But your right

knee on the law and there is a thing at the back to make you publish. He

makes it look easy and with his friends frantically sweeping, he is

doing well. But I don't think you are meant to end up on your belly. I

did get a round of applause for my efforts from B easy as Dick crowd.

The weather forecast. Tomorrow will be the brighter day of the weekend,

with the risk of gales. Throughout the weekend, it will be breezy. Much

windier on Sunday, with deals possible for the Pennines and the

Dales. Showers will tend to clear away, with a lot of Yorkshire dry.

There may be some frost in the Dales. The sun will rise in the

morning at 11 minutes past seven, setting again at five 20 9pm. A cold

start to the day and a breezy day, but it looks like a fine day. A

largely dry day with spells of sunshine. Towards the evening, more

clouds building in from the west and as evening sets in, we could get

more rain pushing into the Dales. Temperature is a little higher than

today, getting up into double figures in some places. The cloud

will continue to spill eastwards and the breeze will continue to

strengthen as we head into Sunday. Outbreaks of rain initially from the

hills, spelling eastwards. It looks unsettled next week, heavy rain for

Tuesday. That's as far as we go. There is the

late news at 25 past ten. We will see you on Monday.