16/03/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

There's more throughout the evening on the BBC

In bright sunshine, hundreds gather at the former site of the pit to

mark 30 years since the start of the strike. Led by the colliery band,

they marched through the village to show that although the dispute was

three decades ago, the life changing impact will never be forgotten.

We're here to remember how hard it was when Margaret Thatcher tried to

break our community. She did not do it. We are still one community.

Still strong, with our heads held high. We will always be proud. My

father was a minor, my relations, I am proud of it. `` miner. Today was

also about remembering the dead. A flag in their honour was raised.

Just coming into us, a man in his sixties has died following a flat

fire in Bradford. Emergency crews were cold to Mornington Villas in

Manningham this afternoon. Two 14`year`old boys and a

16`year`old have been arrested after a series of stabbings in Holmforth.

Three men were stabbed during a fight in the town centre on Friday

night. The two 14`year`olds have been released on bail; the

16`year`old remains in custody. Now for the latest on our pedalling

presenters Harry and Amy. Look North's dynamic duo are doing a

Tandem Tour De Yorkshire for Sport Relief. They're on an eight day fund

raising ride following the route of the Yorkshire part of the Tour De

France. They've just sent us this report. Day three. We made it to

Harrogate. Our longest day of all. We started in a very isolated and

friendly place. But then a horrible hill. Amazing views atop them. We

ended up in Harrogate. The reception was amazing. The generosity of

people has been very heart`warming. It is made up for the times when the

going got tough. She has been massaging my back ex`Commissioner ``

and keeping morale high. It will be a hard run again tomorrow. The legs

are seizing up. Thank you for your support.

Well tomorrow Harry and Amy follow stage two of the Grand Depart.

They'll leave the Knavesmire at about ten in the morning, they're

due at Knaresborough at lunchtime and they finish in Harrogate at

about three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. There are three ways to

donate. You can give ?1 to Sport Relief by texting BIKE to 70011. Or

go online to justgiving.com/tandemtour. Or you

can send a cheque payable to Sport Relief to Tandem Tour, BBC

Yorkshire, two St Peter's Square, Leeds, LS9 8AH. The details are on

our Facebook page. In Superleague, the potential new

owner of the Bradford Bulls was eagerly watching their performance

at Odsal this afternoon. Mandy Koukash, who was cheering from the

director's box, is the wife of Salford Red Devils owner Marwan

Koukash. She's hoping to buy the Bulls who are currently in

administration and bottom of Superleague. She says if her bid is

successful, she's hoping to change the fortunes of the club. It has got

a lot of history. I have seen an amazing picture and the Fourier.

Over 120,000 people. We will never get as good as that I would like to

build the fan base. Not good news on the pitch for

Bradford though. They went down 66 points to 18 against Huddersfield.

And Castleford's flying start to the season continues ` they beat Hull 19

` 16. In boxing, Sheffield's Kell Brook

successfully came through his world title warm up fight. He stopped the

Mexican Avaro Robles in round eight in Liverpool last night. He's now

the mandatory challenger for the IBF welterweight title. And Leeds boxer

Bob Ajisef won the British light heavyweight title on a points

decison in Reading. And now the weather. It has been a

blustery day. The cloud has rolled in as we move

blustery day. The cloud has rolled in towards this evening. It will be

with us overnight, producing light rain and drizzle. For most of us,

dry. Temperatures only fallen to around seven Celsius. A drizzly

start tomorrow morning for some. Mostly cloudy. Spills of sunshine to

the east. Good evening. Apologies for sounding

Southeast centric, but it is difficult when London had a high of

20 this afternoon, 68 Fahrenheit. Lovely sunshine across England,

Wales and eastern Scotland. Some cloud on west facing coasts, and

they struggle to get into double figures. More cloud in the week

ahead. Brain from time to time and not quite as warm as we have had in

recent days. -- rain. There will be cloud dragging across the country

through the night. Showery rain continuing in the north-west of

Scotland. The winds will ease down overnight. We start off on a breezy

night in Scotland. The rain will intensify for a time as it pushes

off into the northern eyes, slowly easing during the afternoon.

Elsewhere, a cloudy start to the