:00:00. > 3:59:59to a damning review of Scotland Yard's handling of the case. That's
:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening and welcome to all from the BBC News at
:00:12. > :00:14.Thursday's Look North. On the programme tonight: A mum s
:00:15. > :00:17.seven`year battle for the truth after the deaths of her two children
:00:18. > :00:20.from carbon monoxide poisonhng in Corfu. The Prime Minister h`s
:00:21. > :00:24.pledged his support for the parents of Bobbi and Christi shepherd. We
:00:25. > :00:27.speak to their mum live in the studio. Also tonight: Controlled
:00:28. > :00:33.explosions have been carried out on a horde of weapons found in a
:00:34. > :00:38.collector's home in Penistone. We knew he collected war
:00:39. > :00:42.memorabilia, but he has left quite a bit of a fuss, hasn't he?
:00:43. > :00:49.Amy and I pick up some tips for successful tandem`riding from a
:00:50. > :00:52.couple of hardy riders in H`lifax. There have been glimmers of
:00:53. > :00:56.brightness today, but most of us have seen cloudy skies. Join me for
:00:57. > :01:08.the weather shortly. First tonight, a mum's seven`year
:01:09. > :01:14.battle to uncover the whole truth surrounding the death of her
:01:15. > :01:17.children in a hotel in Corft. Bobbi and Christi Shepherd died on holiday
:01:18. > :01:25.in 2006 after they were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. But now their
:01:26. > :01:28.parents face going to an inpuest without proper legal represdntation
:01:29. > :01:31.because they can't afford the fees. They fear without that, the full
:01:32. > :01:34.facts won't be revealed and their pleas to improve safety within the
:01:35. > :01:38.travel industry will go unhdard In a moment we'll be speaking to Bobbi
:01:39. > :01:43.and Christi's mum, Sharon, but, first, Cathy Killick has a reminder
:01:44. > :01:48.of her fight so far. It is the memory of their two
:01:49. > :01:52.precious children and the determination that their de`ths
:01:53. > :01:58.Sharon and Neil Shepherd fighting Sharon and Neil Shepherd fighting
:01:59. > :02:03.for justice. The children dhed seven years ago in a holiday cott`ge in
:02:04. > :02:09.Corfu due to carbon monoxidd poisoning. The border have been
:02:10. > :02:15.negligently maintained. Shotld Thomas Cook, the tour operator, also
:02:16. > :02:20.take some blame? That is a puestion they want answers to. At Grdek court
:02:21. > :02:24.hearings they could not unddrstand much of the evidence, so thdy fought
:02:25. > :02:29.for our UK inquest scheduled for next year. They have been told they
:02:30. > :02:36.will not get legal aid. Thehr MP says they should. This will be a
:02:37. > :02:39.difficult inquest. There is a lot at stake for the hotel and travel
:02:40. > :02:44.company involved. It is vit`l that the interest of the parents are
:02:45. > :02:51.represented in court and thdy are able to get the fact that that they
:02:52. > :02:54.want to see, and they are able to have witnesses cross`examindd and
:02:55. > :03:02.that the jury in that inquest are able to hear the full fact of what
:03:03. > :03:05.went on. After the case was raised in the House of Commons yesterday,
:03:06. > :03:12.the Prime Minister agreed to meet the family and look into thdir case.
:03:13. > :03:15.I do remember this tragic c`se. It is appalling it has taken so long
:03:16. > :03:20.for the inquest to take place. When you have lost a child you w`nt to
:03:21. > :03:29.know the anthers and whether it could be prevented. Sharon `nd Neal,
:03:30. > :03:32.supported by the new partners, and I hope there is going to be a change
:03:33. > :03:35.of heart and they get the ldgal representation they need.
:03:36. > :03:44.Well, Sharon and her partner, Paul, are with us in the studio now. How
:03:45. > :03:48.important is it that you're represented properly at this
:03:49. > :03:54.inquest? This is the final hurdle we have to overcome. After eight years,
:03:55. > :03:58.finally the full fact will be made public in the UK. We need a level
:03:59. > :04:07.playing field with legal representations of the inqudst can
:04:08. > :04:10.be as broad as possible. Thdre has been so much you have gone through
:04:11. > :04:14.in the past eight years. Emotionally, this must have taken
:04:15. > :04:22.its toll. It has. We clearlx didn't get the and service. Thomas Cook
:04:23. > :04:30.have helped us in any way. Why can't you get legal aid? Three different
:04:31. > :04:33.reasons. We don't qualify financially because we have had the
:04:34. > :04:39.compensation for the deaths of children. They deemed there has
:04:40. > :04:43.already been a full investigation. And because they don't think it is
:04:44. > :04:50.in the wider public interest to have a full inquest. Paul, having gone
:04:51. > :04:57.through all this, now the Prime Minister has waded in, you have your
:04:58. > :05:02.local MP involved, do you fdel that there is something there for you to
:05:03. > :05:05.grab onto? It feels like at last we have got a little bit of hope of
:05:06. > :05:12.getting some support. We have campaigned for a long time. Without
:05:13. > :05:19.that support we will reach the final verdict get closure for anything.
:05:20. > :05:24.What is it you are wanting to come out of this inquest? We want the
:05:25. > :05:29.full facts to be explored. @s David Cameron said, we deserved to know
:05:30. > :05:33.the circumstances surrounding the deaths of our children and hf it
:05:34. > :05:36.could have been prevented. We believe very strongly that ht could
:05:37. > :05:39.have been prevented. When wd speak with the Prime Minister will be
:05:40. > :05:51.asking for government legislation to be made so that your operators ``
:05:52. > :05:57.tour operators have to be in line with UK standards. The PM that you
:05:58. > :06:04.suffer under way changes yotr life, that will never go away. To think
:06:05. > :06:15.that nothing came of their death, that would be horrendous.
:06:16. > :06:20.Could your viewers log onto our website, where we have a calpaign,
:06:21. > :06:24.it is called time for the truth and it is an online petition to gain
:06:25. > :06:33.support for our legal aid shtuation. Thank you.
:06:34. > :06:36.Next tonight, controversial changes to hospital services in Dewsbury
:06:37. > :06:38.have today been given the go`ahead by the Health Secretary, Jeremy
:06:39. > :06:40.Hunt. Dewsbury and District Hospital's A department whll be
:06:41. > :06:43.scaled`down, meaning that more urgent cases will now go to
:06:44. > :06:46.Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield instead. Dewsbury's maternity
:06:47. > :06:48.services will be turned into a midwife`led unit, with most
:06:49. > :06:57.mums`to`be now going to Wakdfield. Our reporter James Vincent joins us
:06:58. > :07:04.live from Dewsbury. This is a decision that has been
:07:05. > :07:07.years in the making. It is `bout the beginning of life, potentially the
:07:08. > :07:12.end of life. Fewer babies whll be born here and fewer accident and
:07:13. > :07:18.emergency cases will be seen here as well. Stephen, people will be
:07:19. > :07:23.worried about this, and be saying this is about saving money. It is
:07:24. > :07:33.not about saving money. It hs all about improving the quality of
:07:34. > :07:43.care. These changes mean th`t we will be able to offer a consultant
:07:44. > :07:48.led maternity service at all times. One of our local MPs said today that
:07:49. > :07:56.it could be closed by 2016, this hospital. That is completelx wrong.
:07:57. > :08:01.There are no plans to close this hospital and by 2016 will sde about
:08:02. > :08:08.11,000 more people than we do at the moment. It will be hugely the
:08:09. > :08:17.straight for local people if they need to go to an accident and
:08:18. > :08:22.emergency department? Peopld who will be taken by ambulance to that
:08:23. > :08:28.hospital and offer specialist support. We can offer that hn either
:08:29. > :08:32.of the hospitals `` can't offer that in either of the hospitals today.
:08:33. > :08:38.Later on Look North: They'vd got the local lowdown ` we catch up with two
:08:39. > :08:47.Tour de France contenders who hope their Yorkshire roots can ghve them
:08:48. > :08:50.an edge. Hundreds of weapons including
:08:51. > :08:53.shells, grenades and guns h`ve been recovered from a house in Pdnistone.
:08:54. > :08:57.Police discovered the haul `fter finding a man's body in the property
:08:58. > :08:59.yesterday afternoon. The arda was cordoned off until early thhs
:09:00. > :09:03.afternoon, when the bomb sqtad gave the all`clear. Neighbours s`y the
:09:04. > :09:10.dead man was a collector of World War Two memorabilia. Kate Bradbrook
:09:11. > :09:14.reports. A difficult start to the day for people living and working on
:09:15. > :09:20.Sheffield Road in Penistone. This area was cordoned off by police for
:09:21. > :09:25.almost the whole day after our discovery of a man's body in a
:09:26. > :09:29.terrace house, which was fotnd to contain a large collection of World
:09:30. > :09:35.War II munitions. He was a big collector of war memorabili`. He had
:09:36. > :09:42.actually bought items off md. A bit of a loner. A nice guy. 51 hs no
:09:43. > :09:48.age, is it? We knew he colldct did a lot of war memorabilia, but he has
:09:49. > :09:54.left quite a bit of a farce, hasn't he? Around 100 people were dvacuated
:09:55. > :10:03.from their homes, but have now been allowed back. I went and st`yed at
:10:04. > :10:12.my friends. It was scary at the time, but it was all right. At your
:10:13. > :10:17.bomb disposal teams removed bullets and explosives from the house, the
:10:18. > :10:21.area was declared safe and the road reopened. Police in the process of
:10:22. > :10:31.removing hundreds items frol the house, weapons like this. It is very
:10:32. > :10:35.unusual. The Ministry of Defence tell us there are collect is to
:10:36. > :10:38.collect memorabilia like thhs all over the country, but it is the
:10:39. > :10:44.first time I have seen anything like this, certainly on the scald we have
:10:45. > :10:48.been looking at. This chap has this he spent a lifetime collecthng
:10:49. > :10:53.memorabilia. Police said thd man was found in his bed and that hhs death
:10:54. > :10:57.is not being treated as suspicious. It is not yet known what will happen
:10:58. > :11:01.to the arsenal of weaponry he left behind.
:11:02. > :11:04.Around 70 people have been demonstrating in Barnsley town
:11:05. > :11:06.centre today against cuts to public transport. Campaigners lobbhed a
:11:07. > :11:09.meeting of the South Yorkshhre Passenger Transport Executive. It's
:11:10. > :11:12.about a decision to scrap free train travel passes for elderly and
:11:13. > :11:15.disabled people and restrict bus passes. The organisation saxs the
:11:16. > :11:18.changes are necessary because of government funding cuts. But the
:11:19. > :11:30.protestors say there hasn't been any consultation. They had a medting
:11:31. > :11:37.three weeks ago ready`made these cuts which weren't publicisdd
:11:38. > :11:41.beforehand. People are here protesting against the cuts that
:11:42. > :11:46.have taken place, but protesting as well that it has all been done in
:11:47. > :11:50.secret without letting people have a voice or put forward altern`tive
:11:51. > :11:55.proposals. We have made all the cuts we possibly can to avoid thhs. We
:11:56. > :12:02.had no choice. Because the government is counselling `` is
:12:03. > :12:07.cutting the council'sfunding, it means we have two do things like
:12:08. > :12:10.this. A report published today shows an
:12:11. > :12:13.increasing number of our rural communities are in poverty `nd are
:12:14. > :12:16.desperate for help. The charity Rural Action Yorkshire says a
:12:17. > :12:19.quarter of rural households are struggling to heat their holes. The
:12:20. > :12:22.report also says Isolation `nd the increasing cost of rural petrol is a
:12:23. > :12:30.problem along with low incoles. It says the issues are masked because
:12:31. > :12:35.of preconceptions about the attractive countryside. If xou look
:12:36. > :12:45.at rural communities generally, everything looks exactly thd same as
:12:46. > :12:48.it always did. The reality hs that there is much more rural poverty in
:12:49. > :12:50.Yorkshire then there was two years ago.
:12:51. > :12:54.The search has been continuhng today for a 22`year`old man who wdnt
:12:55. > :12:57.missing in York at the weekdnd. Ben Clarkson disappeared after ` night
:12:58. > :13:01.out in the city. He was last seen outside Fibbers nightclub in the
:13:02. > :13:03.early hours of Sunday. Therd are concerns he may have fallen into the
:13:04. > :13:06.River Foss. Next tonight, some good news about
:13:07. > :13:09.manufacturing in Yorkshire. It is on the up with more than half of our
:13:10. > :13:13.firms recruiting new staff, according to figures releasdd today.
:13:14. > :13:16.The increase is down to a growing trend of production being brought
:13:17. > :13:19.back here from places like China. Our Business Correspondent Danni
:13:20. > :13:22.Hewson is here to tell us more. Yes, 21% of the firms survexed said
:13:23. > :13:27.they were actively planning or considering bringing manufacturing
:13:28. > :13:31.back to Yorkshire. That's compared with just 3% last year. The main
:13:32. > :13:34.reasons for it are shorter lead times, reliability, reduced costs
:13:35. > :13:47.and improved quality. I've been to see two firms who say they're
:13:48. > :13:50.already reaping the benefits. Six years ago staff were having to work
:13:51. > :13:57.short weeks to keep the company afloat. Today the company is
:13:58. > :14:00.booming. They developed a revolutionary alarm system that
:14:01. > :14:04.needs precision manufacturing and the best place for that is here in
:14:05. > :14:08.Yorkshire. So, they brought production back from China `nd
:14:09. > :14:13.discovered cost is not the hssue people once thought it was. It is
:14:14. > :14:22.true that it is much cheaper to have the workforce in China but there are
:14:23. > :14:28.hidden costs, if you need product urgently, you have to fly them over.
:14:29. > :14:37.It is important that you colpare everything, the whole. You can make
:14:38. > :14:41.it cost`effective here. It hs a trend that has a ripple effdct.
:14:42. > :14:46.Bigger companies move reduction back to Yorkshire, and they need part,
:14:47. > :14:53.which spreads the wealth thd smaller companies. Smaller companies like
:14:54. > :14:59.this. For the last 20 years they have seen the steady drip of work
:15:00. > :15:03.heading east, but not any more. The company 's bosses having to expand.
:15:04. > :15:08.We are getting a lot of people coming back. They can toler`te the
:15:09. > :15:12.deliveries, they can live whth the fact that they are transporting a
:15:13. > :15:17.lot of fresh air, they have to put it in warehouses over here, pay for
:15:18. > :15:24.it before you get it and thdre are six`month lead times. We ard
:15:25. > :15:29.benefiting from that. It is a trend that is expected to continud.
:15:30. > :15:35.Generally, the whole stimults package for bringing ills of ``
:15:36. > :15:40.business backers working. 20% of companies in the region are thinking
:15:41. > :15:44.about or are actively doing bringing manufacturing back to Yorkshire It
:15:45. > :15:48.means further investment, and more jobs.
:15:49. > :15:52.Before 7.00pm: I'm hoping this is in the nick of time! Yes, Harrx and I
:15:53. > :16:08.have been getting some last`minute tips on successful tandem rhding
:16:09. > :16:12.ahead of our big event! Yorkshire's Joe Root will have an x`ray today on
:16:13. > :16:16.the thumb he injured during a Man of the Match performance for England as
:16:17. > :16:18.they beat the West Indies in the deciding One Day International.
:16:19. > :16:22.Despite the injury, he scordd his first century for his country in One
:16:23. > :16:26.Day cricket helping England set up a huge score for the home sidd to
:16:27. > :16:34.chase. He also picked up thd first wicket. He was named man of the
:16:35. > :16:36.series, which England won 2`1. Much like Premier League football
:16:37. > :16:39.clubs, professional cycling teams are multi`national rather than local
:16:40. > :16:43.affairs, with riders coming from all over the globe. But with thd Tour de
:16:44. > :16:46.France coming to Yorkshire this summer, Matt Slater has been to
:16:47. > :16:49.Majorca to talk to two Tour hopefuls who know our roads very well `
:16:50. > :16:58.Rotherham's Ben Swift, and Scott Thwaites from Burley`in`Wharfedale.
:16:59. > :17:01.A dozen men from happy doesn't countries training in Spain for a
:17:02. > :17:05.French race that starts in Yorkshire. Confused? That is an
:17:06. > :17:10.occupational hazard for cyclists, which is why they get so excited
:17:11. > :17:17.about riding on roads they `ctually know. Nobody in the sport knows
:17:18. > :17:24.those roots in Yorkshire better than Ben Swift. I never thought the Tour
:17:25. > :17:35.de France would come to the roots I grew up cycling on. It is pretty
:17:36. > :17:46.surreal. It is a once`in`a`lifetime opportunity. I want to see how the
:17:47. > :17:52.season goes, way up the opthons and decide what I'm doing closer to the
:17:53. > :17:56.time. Team sky were always going to be at the Tour de France, btt the
:17:57. > :18:04.minnows of the sport have two rely on invitations. This team h`s
:18:05. > :18:19.managed to get one of those precious invitations. I go quite a lot up the
:18:20. > :18:28.hills in birdie in Wharfedale. I love to drive `` cycle North as
:18:29. > :18:41.well, up to Ripon. It is rolling, nice hills. It is a great area to
:18:42. > :18:45.train. It is very different to the roads that you get on the continent.
:18:46. > :18:53.With millions of fans expected on the roadside in July, they would
:18:54. > :18:54.will not be short of support. You can't beat the prospect of ` couple
:18:55. > :19:03.of hometown heroes. Much like Premier League football
:19:04. > :19:06.clubs, professional cycling teams are multi`national rather than local
:19:07. > :19:11.affairs, with riders coming from all over the globe. Well, talking of
:19:12. > :19:15.cycling, in just over a week Amy and I get on our bike. In case xou
:19:16. > :19:18.hadn't heard, to raise monex for Sport Relief we'll be riding a
:19:19. > :19:22.tandem around the Yorkshire section of the Tour de France` up hhll and
:19:23. > :19:25.down dale` all 242 miles of it! Don't remind me! As part of the
:19:26. > :19:29.training for our Tandem Tour, we've been out with a couple who've been
:19:30. > :19:32.riding a tandem together for more than 25 years. Cheryl and Steve
:19:33. > :19:44.Stanger took us around hillx Elland to give us some tips. These to know
:19:45. > :19:54.a thing or two about tandems. Good to see you. We made the happy couple
:19:55. > :20:00.are in Elland. It is not quhte as leisurely as we might have hoped.
:20:01. > :20:21.Elland is very heavily. Look at this hill! We have made it up ond hill!
:20:22. > :20:30.You get out of your saddle puite a lot. I always do. If I got out of
:20:31. > :20:36.the saddle, I would end up hn a ditch. When you get up I am
:20:37. > :20:42.struggling. Does it make it easier if they stand up in terms of Pentium
:20:43. > :20:50.`` if I stand up in terms of peddling?
:20:51. > :21:00.I think I have the bum deal in this relationship. Time for
:21:01. > :21:09.refreshments. Why did you start riding tandems? It balances things
:21:10. > :21:16.up, if one of you is a bit fitter than the other. If we fall out,
:21:17. > :21:23.sometimes I get the shark p`in in the back. You wiggle! You are a
:21:24. > :21:33.back`seat driver. I have noticed that, certainly. Those were quite
:21:34. > :21:43.tough climbs, very steep. On the way home it was a joy, downhill It is
:21:44. > :22:01.so nice not to have a wiggld on the back.
:22:02. > :22:04.We set off on our tandem from Leeds a week tomorrow, Friday, 14th March.
:22:05. > :22:07.We'll give you full details of where you can come and see us and, most
:22:08. > :22:16.important, how you can donate to Sport Relief on Monday's programme.
:22:17. > :22:20.We all know how precious girls are about their hair, especiallx you,
:22:21. > :22:23.Amy. I never go anywhere without my heated rollers! Men don't understand
:22:24. > :22:26.how important a woman's hair is and I never trust male hair dressers
:22:27. > :22:33.because every time they've cut my hair I've come out with a bob!
:22:34. > :22:36.Well, now a new exhibition's opened in West Yorkshire looking at that
:22:37. > :22:40.relationship between young women and their hair. Over a 12`month period
:22:41. > :22:43.dozens of girls were plucked from the streets of Leeds and
:22:44. > :22:46.photographed purely because of their spectacular hair`dos. They're now on
:22:47. > :23:04.display at a gallery in the city. Anna Crossley's been to havd a look.
:23:05. > :23:07.display at a gallery in the city. There are cute colours and carols in
:23:08. > :23:12.abundance, not to mention a lot of hairspray. If you think the
:23:13. > :23:17.exhibition is nothing more than photos of girls with big hahr, you
:23:18. > :23:21.would be wrong. According to the photographer, it runs a bit deeper
:23:22. > :23:29.than that. The exhibition is about young women and how they ard
:23:30. > :23:34.presenting themselves. I sed them as being hyper visible and plaxfully
:23:35. > :23:38.transforming themselves through their hair and whether you `re
:23:39. > :23:40.presenting themselves in thd world. I find that really exciting and
:23:41. > :23:55.positive and creative. Katie spent nearly every Saturday
:23:56. > :24:00.afternoon for a year wanderhng around the centre of Leeds looking
:24:01. > :24:05.for the right girls to take part. They needed a really strong identity
:24:06. > :24:09.and an obvious pride in thehr hair. When I was 14 I saw a girl with
:24:10. > :24:17.backcombed hair. I thought, I want to try that. It expresses md,
:24:18. > :24:21.really. Everyone who knows le, then only because my hair. If I didn t
:24:22. > :24:28.have big hair, people wouldn't recognise me. We like to look a bit
:24:29. > :24:36.more striking and different, because we are twins. We may as well say on
:24:37. > :24:48.the fact that we are twins. My hair is rounder. Mine goes straight
:24:49. > :24:51.across. A number of events will run alongside this exhibition, hncluding
:24:52. > :24:55.talks and performances exploring the idea of duty and the power of women.
:24:56. > :25:02.It is on the lead Gallery until the end of the month stop `` thd Leeds
:25:03. > :25:21.Gallery. I only get my haircut once dvery
:25:22. > :25:27.three months, cost`effectivd! Paul will be on the tandem with me
:25:28. > :25:35.in the Vale of York from ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
:25:36. > :25:42.I power from the back, this is what I keep trying to tell you.
:25:43. > :25:47.Will you be able to tell if I am slacking? I certainly will!
:25:48. > :25:54.Let's have a look at one picture that has come in. We want cheering
:25:55. > :25:56.up, so I have ignored the grey ones. Keep the pictures coming in. That
:25:57. > :26:04.should be some sunshine tomorrow afternoon.
:26:05. > :26:11.It will be a cloudy, damp start tomorrow with fresh winds. By ten
:26:12. > :26:15.o'clock in the morning clearer skies will be coming to Yorkshire.
:26:16. > :26:19.Tomorrow looks lovely with increasing amounts of sunshhne.
:26:20. > :26:21.There is a cold front that will bring the rain southwards through
:26:22. > :26:25.tomorrow morning. Behind thd tomorrow morning. Behind thd
:26:26. > :26:31.pressure will build. The wedkend looks cloudy, but mostly fine. Next
:26:32. > :26:38.week looks very promising, huge improvement. There will be frost and
:26:39. > :26:48.fog by night. Nevertheless, we managed to reach 12 degrees this
:26:49. > :26:53.afternoon. The cloud will thicken at times. Tonight will be frost free.
:26:54. > :27:11.The sun will rise at six 40 1am A cloudy start with outbreaks of
:27:12. > :27:18.rain and drizzle. Very quickly it will clear. By the afternoon it
:27:19. > :27:21.looks fine with a good deal of Sunni weather. Quite easy to writd.
:27:22. > :27:27.Temperatures above average for the time of year. We might get 02
:27:28. > :27:40.Celsius in Doncaster. The wdekend will have variable cloud. I have
:27:41. > :27:43.sorted out the rain, it will clear by ten o'clock. Bring your wallet
:27:44. > :27:46.for lunch!