24/02/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

question is whether the Games will deliver a lasting change

Good evening. This is the late look North.

The internationally renowned concert pianist John Briggs has denied

accusations of indecent assaults on five boys. He told his trial in

Bradford that although he was happily married he had gay

tendencies but they'd never involved children. Our Crime Correspondent

John Cundy reports. John Briggs, who denies sexually

assaulting five boys, then aged between 12 and 15 over a five`year

period, and admitted to the jury today that he had kept legal gay

pornographic material in his home but he said it was just to look at

occasionally, a small part of his life. He told the court that he had

been happily married for the last 25 years but in the last ten years he

had discovered homosexual tendencies and acquired the DVDs. The

international concert pianist denies he indecently assaulted two boys he

gave private lessons to add his home and three members of the Keighley

Sea cadets of which you was president. Today he was asked, did

you indecently assaulted the two piano students? He replied, no,

never. He was asked, did you indecently assaulted Sea Cadet Corps

my drive to London? He said no. In cross examination John Briggs was

asked if he could think of any reason why the five boys, now men,

would have said things that were not true. No, he said he claimed the

allegations were made up in a trip spirit see against him and there was

not a scrap of truth against him. The trial of ten macro one, awarded

an NBA 11 years ago for his charity work continues tomorrow.

A new report claims that many of Jimmy Savile's victims were ignored

or laughed at when they first revealed they'd been abused by the

star. 26 victims were interviewed by the NSPCC as part of the research to

find out why they felt unable to report the abuse at the time. The

report also found that some have suffered mental illness since.

A vote takes place tonight over Calderdale Council's budget after

Conservative and Liberal Democrat Councillors joined together to put

forward alternative ways of saving money to those proposed by Labour.

The council must save ?12 million next year. The Labour Party want to

freeze council tax and save money on contracts. But the new coalition's

alternative plan suggests changes including employing more street

sweepers, cutting sick pay and reversing car parking costs.

There will be no steel city clash to look forward to in the FA Cup.

Sheffield Wednesday lost against Charlton who will now go on to face

Sheffield United in the quarterfinals. Spencer Stokes is at

Hillsborough tonight. How disappointing!

Yes, many Sheffield Wednesday fans and also Sheffield United fans had

been hoping for a repeat of 1993 when the two clubs last met in the

FA Cup. It is not to be. Charlton came here tonight and beat Sheffield

Wednesday 2`0. The first goal came after 21 minutes. Charlton scored at

about one hour and Sheffield Wednesday thought they had equalised

but the goal was ruled to have not quashed the line. In the last few

minutes we have caught up with fans leaving begetting who have told

their thoughts on the match tonight and also on the quarterfinal clash.

It is just one of those things. We are out of the cup but we are

keeping in the division. You miss out on a trip to Sheffield United. I

would not have gone there anyway, I wouldn't have given them my money. I

am disappointed and I think the second goal hit the net and we

should have had it. Perhaps they will get through to Wembley. I hope

they do get there even though I am a Sheffield Wednesday fan. I am glad

for Sheffield United but I am sorry for Sheffield Wednesday! That the

game is going to be on Saturday the 8th of March.

Thank you. This week Look North is joining BBC

teams around Britain to begin coverage marking the centenary of

the First World War. Today we've looked at how it affected people

right here in Yorkshire. On December 16th 1914 the German navy killed 18

people in Scarborough and seven people in Whitby. It left

Scarborough and the whole country stunned as Harry has been finding

out. Soldiers in York March over the

bridge preparing to go to the front line. In December 1914 Britain had

been at war for four months and many thought it would be over by

Christmas. On December the 16th the might of the German Navy headed for

Scarborough, unprepared and undefended. Imagine what it might

have been like, this surely is it. The German Navy have sent three

battle cruisers up the coast to Hartlepool and they have sent two to

Scarborough. The last time Scarborough was invaded was by the

Vikings 1000 years ago and the bombardment started just about bang

on 8pm `` 8am. 500 shells, some way a tunnel rains down on the town. 18

people died and scores were injured. Landmark buildings

including the grand hotel and the Scarborough Lighthouse were damaged.

It had never happened before to have a town attacked. Many families who

look back at their history and find out when they joined up it was after

this event because it's so inflamed the public. The bombardment of

Scarborough lasted half an hour but the fleet still had not finished.

They moved north to Whitby which came under fire and seven people

were killed. The brutal reality of the conflict had been brought to

British soil and the war was changed for ever.

Time now for the weather. It has been lovely and mild today. The

warmest day of the year so far. Mild is the theme for the west of

the week. Tomorrow will start grey but brighten up nicely. It will be a

breezy day. It is breezy out there now with wet and windy weather

overnight. The rain is moving to the east and it will turn showery and

patchy later in the night. It will stay blustery. A bit of a great

start to the day with early rain clearing quickly and it looks like a

decent day. Dry and bright foremost of us with pleasant spells of

sunshine and a small risk of sharp showers on the hills later in the

day. Temperature is not so miles but getting into double figures. It

looks pleasant on Wednesday but wet and windy on Thursday before it

turns showery. Now for the National forecast.

Good evening. We have a spell of wet and windy weather working across the

British Isles. Today brought many of us some decent spells of sunshine

and it brought us some decent temperatures. In fact, our warmest

day of the year so far. At the moment, though, things have

changed. This is the gap in the satellite picture. Now, this curl of

cloud looks like a snail's shell, it is an area of low pressure that is

sweeping wind and rain across us. It's pushed into the west already

and is now making rapid progress eastwards, moving into eastern

England through the small