11/03/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Tuesday's Look North On the programme tonight: Children

turning up to school hungry. As breakfast clubs spring up across

Yorkshire, a headteacher in Huddersfield tells us how b`d the

problem is at her school. Wd'll find out how the local football club is

now helping to feed children. We have three children in ten who are

hungry when they come to school very hungry. Also tonight: Farmers

in the Dales claim sheep rustlers cost them more than ?100,000 a year

` organised gangs could be responsible.

Goodbye Gwen ` tributes to the Yorkshire woman recognised `s the

fastest knitter in the world. What about this for a fantastic

picture? This is a bank of Clyde fishing in over Leeds this lorning.

Good evening and welcome to the programme. A headteacher in

Huddersfield has told Look North that three children in ten `re

turning up at her primary school hungry. Sometimes the children

haven't eaten since lunchtile the day before. The school is one of 13

in Kirklees that is running a breakfast club, supported bx

Huddersfield Town football club In a moment we'll speak to a ftndraiser

with the club, but, first, Lark Ansell has our top story.

This is the breakfast club `t this primary School in Huddersfidld. A

free meal is offered to all children at the school. For some, thhs is

their first clue that they have had in 18 hours. Three children in ten

are hungry, very hungry when they come to school. Children who have

not had an evening meal, who have come to school without having an

evening meal. So they haven't eaten anything since their lunch leal in

school the day before. It is good to Villa Park tummies before wd do some

work. One time he was out on a trip, somebody didn't have their breakfast

and they fainted. If they don't have good at home, they can come to Brett

this club, have toast, hot chocolate, a fruit pot. This is one

of the team schools in Kirklees where the Huddersfield Town

foundation delivers food once a week. The charity was set up by a

the football club chairman. I go into schools and here horrendous

Tories. I thought that the football club could get more involved. On the

Monday morning, they might not have had a proper meal since Friday

lunchtime. For me, that's horrendous. Everyone helps tidy away

before the lessons begin. For some it will be a better start for their

day, her breakfast London rtn by the children, for the children, so no

one goes hungry. Joining us now is Mandy Taylor from

the Huddersfield Town Found`tion. We've reported before on a school in

Sheffield where children ard going hungry. I remember feeling H'd moved

an embarrassment. It sounds like the problem in Huddersfield is dven more

widespread. Disappointingly, it is very serious. One in four children

regularly rely on their school meal as their only hot meal of the day.

It could be as much as one hn that regularly skip Brett. It is awful to

hear that some children aren't having a meal all weekend. H have a

children who aren't being fdd, or not being fed the right things? It

is a mix of both, to be hondst. Some of those children are being sent and

that video. They come from caring families. There are children who go

to the breakfast club is because they are neglected. We are not here

to hast why, but to make sure that we can make a difference whdn they

returned to school on Mondax. How do you identify the places of lost

need? We are very specific. We look at the school rules, carry out a

series of interviews with the schools to question if they have

them provide any children in crisis. It is not just thosd

children we want to look after, we want to look after all children

This is the sleep very important to the chairman of Huddersfield Town.

What is the next stage as f`r as your concerned? We need to dradicate

this problem. We can't change the world. We don't want to comd up with

a sticking plaster solution. We are looking at sustainability. We want a

mixture of the breakfast cltb is that we have opened in Kirklees

continued to run, and stayed forever. We want to introduce more

clubs, more children. We ard very lucky that every pound we rdaders is

doubled by the chairman of the charity, Huddersfield Town

Foundation. All our business costs and administration costs ard funded

by Dean. We have been amazed at the attendance levels of the chhldren,

the sickness levels neither breakfast club is have started. The

results are phenomenal. Thank you so much for coming in.

Say 'sheep rustling' to somd people and it conjures up an almost comic

image of sheep being bundled into the boot of a car, but it's a

serious problem. In parts of the Dales hundreds of animals h`ve

disappeared, threatening thd livelihoods of hill farmers, who

already have it tough. Therd are concerns they might be entering the

illegal meat trade. Cathy Khllick has the story.

Take a drive through the more remote parts of the Dales, this is a very

common sight, sheep grazing on open land. It is a way of using

unproductive land. This method of grazing provides a livelihood for

farmers. Jack has 450 sheep. Or he did, but for more than 100 Bristol.

We thought they had must have been rounded up through the night. We

didn't see anything suspicious in the day and we haven't seen any

carcasses. We think they cotld just a few at a time. The question is,

where are they going? Well some might end up on other farms for

breeding, it is thought manx might be sold cheaply to restaurants or

individuals in an illegal trade These sheep could have many things

wrong with them if they havd not been treated properly. The thieves

would not know of these shedp are good `` are good or not, but they go

into the food chain anyway. The sheep are safe. So many are going

missing, it is now threatenhng entire farms. If these anim`ls keep

disappearing from open grazhng, then it begins to become useless for the

farmer concerned. Catching the thieves in the act is almost

impossible. Operating in thd dark country, witnesses and CCTV are in

short supply. That is why f`rmers are asking the public to help. If

they are being offered cheap meat, or the new restaurant is ushng cheap

meat, reported to the policd. The sheep are specially bred and raised

to survive on the mirror. The cost of the farmer is far greater than

the price of a few roast. `` roasts.

Later on Look North: Sheffidld United are in the semis ` btt we've

already got one team in a Ctp Final! The girls of Heckmondwike Grammar

are preparing to do battle hn a national football final.

Doncaster Council has been criticised after a vulnerable

teenage girl was told to go back to her family despite claims she was

being abused by her father. The 17`year`old said her father had also

threatened to burn down the house where she was staying in Doncaster.

But social workers said thex couldn't help because she w`s

actually from North Yorkshire. A report published today has

criticised the council. Tom Ingall is in Doncaster for us tonight. Tom,

further embarrassment for Doncaster? We have heard a lot about Doncaster

children's services departmdnt in recent years. What makes thhs case

different is that it is recdnt, only going back as far as major guys and

12. That is when this parli`ment was being nominally supervised by the

government. We understand the 17`year`old girl left home hn north

Yorkshire to set up home with a boyfriend and Doncaster. Allegedly

her father is a very controlling man who threatened to burn down the

boyfriend 's house. That is when she went to the council. They offered

her ?50 for travel expenses and talk her to go home. They said bdcause

she was entered in Doncaster, it is your situation to deal with, said

the local authority. The look and `` at the local ombudsman becale

involved. We have asked Doncaster Council to apologise, and also to

make a small payments to give some recompense for the distress that was

caused. I should also point out that the council failed to take `

complaint from this young pdrson and she had to come to me, therdfore.

What has the council had to say We get asked the council for an

interview, but the givers to short statement instead. But first comes

from the new director of chhldren's services and the council. She said:

the ombudsman has made the council pay a small fee by well of ` pop ``

by way of apology to this young woman and have asked the Cotncil to

review some of their procedtres More details have been rele`sed

about the major re`organisation of hospital services at the

Mid`Yorkshire NHS Trust. Ovdr the next three years, complex and

emergency cases will be centralised at Pinderfields in Wakefield while

Dewsbury and Pontefract hospitals will concentrate on routine and

planned care. The changes whll affect everything from A `nd

maternity care to children's services and surgery.

These changes will take shape over the next three years. As a go

through this particular year will be planning for the changes. `` we will

be planning for the changes. Finally, the accident and elergency

changes will happen in 2017. The death of a man whose body was

found in woods in Leeds is being treated as suspicious. Two teenage

boys found the man's body in Gledhow Valley Woods, near Chapel Allerton,

on their way to school. The dead man has not yet been named, but police

said he was 31 and from Leeds. A postmortem examination will take

place this evening to establish the cause of his death.

The M62 in West Yorkshire h`s just reopened after a serious accident. A

61`year`old woman was airlifted to hospital with serious head hnjuries

after the accident between Junction 24 at Ainley Top and Junction 2 at

Brighouse. A car crashed into the central reservation and overturned.

Two other people in the car suffered minor injuries. There have been long

delays for much of the day. The match with Leeds United

against... The lead United latch has been the stone by 30 minutes.

Care workers in Doncaster whll go on strike for another seven daxs after

talks with their employer, Care UK, broke down. The Unison tradd union

held a rally earlier this month marking the end of a week of

industrial action. It says workers are facing pay cuts of up to 50 .

Care UK says it's protecting basic pay and jobs, but it needs to cut

costs. The latest walk`out hs due to start on 19th of March.

Bradford Council is looking into ways of filling the empty shops

around the new Westfield development ` without planning permission. The

idea is to get the shops occupied quicker by reducing red tapd. It

wouldn't apply to all busindsses ` as betting shops, takeaways,

pawnbrokers and payday lenddrs are excluded.

American rock bands Queens of the Stone Age and Paramore will

co`headline this year's Leeds Festival, alongside the Arctic

Monkeys and Blink 182. The two bands will play Leeds on Saturday, 23rd of

August. It's been announced that the Pet Shop Boys will headline Bingley

Music Live, which takes place the following weekend. About 40,000

people attended the event l`st year. Before 7.00pm: Tributes are paid

following the death of a wolan from Featherstone who knitted her way

into the record books. Join us later to see if they can cycle as well as

we can! The England cricket team will be

weaker without Joe Root, according to his Yorkshire coach. Root was

ruled out of the T20 World Cup yesterday with a broken thulb and

Jason Gillespie believes thd side will miss him on a number of fronts.

It is disappointing for the lad He has performance well for England's

with every opportunity he got to play. He brings a lot to thd England

side and he will certainly be missed.

On to football and it's been a good week to be a Sheffield Unitdd fan.

It's been confirmed today they will play their FA cup semifinal at

Wembley on Sunday, 13th Aprhl. But before that we have another big game

to look forward to. An Under`16 girls team from Heckmondwikd have

just earned their place in the English School's National Fhnal

Their big game is at Coventry City's ground on Thursday. Michelld Lyons

reports. Just time to squeeze in another training session at

Heckmondwike grammar school. They plan to be fighting fit ahe`d of the

final on Thursday. That said Rebecca, well done! With thd

encouragement of their coach, they are confident the good when the

England schools national judgement. They have that willingness to fight

for every ball, never give tp. Even when the chips are down thex have

carried on and fought until the end stop they have stuck togethdr as a

team. When we started off I didn't think

we would get that far. It h`s become a reality. I am really proud. A bit

surprised, because last year we didn't do too well! I took 266

teams, the girls worked hard to earn their place in the final. The whole

school is rooting for them, even the boys. I think the boys are jealous

because we have gone a lot further than they did! There is a bhtter

rivalry. I think they were hoping we would lose. They are all coling to

watch. They will be playing against girls from the Queen School in

Watford in Coventry. With the big day looming, the team hopes to make

history for Heckmondwike gr`mmar school.

A West Yorkshire woman who was attempting to row across thd

Atlantic has had to give up the challenge. Lauren Morton, from

Wetherby has been rowing across the ocean with a friend since bdfore

Christmas. Today they retirdd from the race due to technical problems

with their boat and a broken rudder. They've now been picked up by a

Belgian cargo ship heading for Canada. I know that young l`dy is

incredibly determined, so mtst have been seriously hurt to have to give

up. `` it must have been serious for her to have to give up.

Well, the countdown is on now for our tandem ride! On Friday we begin

a 250 mile slog in aid of Sport Relief. We thought we had bdtter get

some proper cycling proficidncy tips in before it's too late. Anston

Greenlands have a remarkabld success record in getting their children to

travel to school on their bhkes It is a fabulous school and thd kids

certainly taught us a thing or two. Somebody might cross the ro`ds and

they don't see you. You havd to stop. On your bike is an expression

nearly a third of the children at Anston Greenlands school knows all

about. They love their bikes and their regular training. This should

be a doddle for us! Surely there is nothing they could teach us. Try to

weave in and out of some obstacles. See if you can weave. Perfect! A

bumpy rides with Harry steering No surprise, a E is the class clown!

Miss! Don't know, Miss, Surrey. `` sorry . So, do they have anx advice

for us? Where is something luminous so then people can see you hn the

dark. Try to synchronise yotr cycling so you are both doing it at

the same time. Don't deliberately the tandem over! `` deliber`tely tip

the tandem over. These children are being encouraged to come to school

on their bike. Only 4% of children cycle to school. Since the start of

our project, 38 cent childrdn cycle into school regularly. Let's put

into practice what we have learned. No fooling around. I straight ahead.

Watch the tree! Watch the tree! Three! Harry! Harry, come b`ck!

Peace at last it was for me A 10 donation today from a lady `t a

service station off the M1. Thank you! You have started our donations!

It's all for Sport Relief. Please give generously.

There are three ways to don`te You can give ?1 to Sport Relief by

texting 'BIKE' to 70011. Or go online: justgiving.com/tanddmtour.

Or you can send a cheque. All those details are on our Facebook page, if

you'd like them again. Tomorrow we'll be looking at where

some of the money you donatdd to Sport Relief last time has been

spent here in Yorkshire. Mr Hudson will be going up the cobbled streets

of Howarth! Don't miss that one For 25 years she was the fastest

knitter in the world. In fact, Gwen Matthewman, from Featherstone, could

knit 111 stitches per minutd. It's not just here in Yorkshire that she

became a legend. Her knitting attracted attention from Japanese

professors and NASA scientists among others. She died last Thursday at

the age of 86. Ian White has been looking back at her life.

You can't buy a sweater likd this in the shop. It was noted for le by the

greatest nature of the world has ever known. There was a timd that

Gwen Matthewman was never offered TV screens. How long did it take? I

started unattainable is ready on Wednesday. She came from a village a

couple of miles from here. She ended up in New York, Japan, Olivdr and

Europe. She held the record for the fastest knitter, which has never

been broken. Also for the most prolific knitter in the world. She

took it in her stride. She was never a big headed. As the spread, her

knitting was studied by Jap`nese scientists who thought at fhrst she

had machines under her arms. When she knitted jumpers for American

astronauts, she got a letter from NASA thanking her. There were

needles all over the place. You have two set on the cushion before you

sat down that there wasn't going to be a problem! They were all over the

place! Stacks of its, stacks. Gwen spent many years testing knhtting

patterns for pattering designers. She was fantastic. To be able to

knit at that speed, it takes a lot to do that. We don't knitted that

speed. She spent all those xears knitting and inspired a lot of

people. Gwen Matthewman givd up knitting a decade ago. She died last

week, aged 86. As a tribute, her grandchildren will wear somd of her

favourite work at funeral this Friday.

The speed of those fingers! We have some fantastic picttres to

show you. A bank of low clotd came in over Leeds this morning. I think

that is the best actor of the month.

Please keep your pictures coming in. There will be some mist and fog

first thing tomorrow. It might be reluctant to clear and placds. It

should turn sunny. The mostly fine weather should be with us for the

mess `` the rest of this wedk. The maybe a bit of drizzle on Friday,

but the weekend will become dry but a bit on the breezy side. This is

the satellite picture blunddrs afternoon, clear as a bell. 12

Celsius in York. Temperaturds will fall away quite sharply. I think we

could get down to `4 again tonight, as we did in some places last night.

There will be some thick fog patches. It will be quite a bit

lower than these figures obviously I'd in the countryside.

So, a lot of low cloud and fog for tomorrow morning, and it will be

slow to break up. Some of these patches of look cloud could hang on

all day long. The tremble bdfore blue skies to come through, with

plenty of sunshine in many `reas. It will be quite cold along thd coast.

There will be an onshore brdeze It will feel a bit cold in the shade.

Thursday, the summer break through the fog more quickly on Thursday

morning. For the start of the tandem`riding, it looks find! I

think it will be fine. That is us for now.