:00:00. > 3:59:59for the first time spotter planes find debris. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:08.Hello and welcome to Friday's Look News at Six
:00:09. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to Friday's Look North On the programme tonight ` The
:00:13. > :00:19.Sikh parents speaking out against the stigma of down's syndrome in
:00:20. > :00:26.ethnic minorities. People think it is a disease and they gave us advice
:00:27. > :00:30.to cure it. It is not a disease. We hear how families have been left
:00:31. > :00:33.feeling isolated. Also tonight... The hundreds of
:00:34. > :00:40.eviction notices served across Yorkshire as a result of the "spare
:00:41. > :00:43.room subsidy". And the Bradford Alhambra celebrates 100 years by
:00:44. > :00:54.staging its most ambitious performance yet.
:00:55. > :00:57.And in sport the latest on Leeds United struggling to pay players'
:00:58. > :01:04.wages, and I'm with Chesterfield fans ahead of their Wembley cup
:01:05. > :01:08.final. The clocks go forward this weekend and I have quite promising
:01:09. > :01:16.forecast to give you this evening. Join me for the details.
:01:17. > :01:20.But first tonight a couple from Leeds has spoken out about the
:01:21. > :01:37.stigma and isolation that's often felt by Asian families who have
:01:38. > :01:39.children with learning disabilities. Sarbjit Core and Jatinder
:01:40. > :01:42.Singh`Mehmi say they've come up against a lot of ignorance,
:01:43. > :01:45.including the belief that they've been cursed, simply because their
:01:46. > :01:50.son Gian has Down's Syndrome. Anna Crossley's been to meet the family.
:01:51. > :01:56.This three`year`old is a familiar face here, his parents have been
:01:57. > :02:02.bringing him to worship since he was a baby. Although they say they have
:02:03. > :02:06.always been made to feel welcome, people's reactions from elsewhere in
:02:07. > :02:19.the Seek community has not always been positive, just because Gian has
:02:20. > :02:24.down syndrome. People think it is a disease and they gave us advice on
:02:25. > :02:29.how to cure it. It is not a disease, it doesn't define his whole
:02:30. > :02:34.personality. The couple say there is stigma within other religions as
:02:35. > :02:45.well, but the pair sometimes are made to feel they have been polished
:02:46. > :02:51.with a child who has this. It is nothing I have eaten, the way I used
:02:52. > :02:59.to sit, what I used to watch. There is no blame, no curse, we see Gian
:03:00. > :03:02.as a gift. This couple clearly received a lot of support from their
:03:03. > :03:07.own temple, but they also want to let other parents know there is more
:03:08. > :03:11.help available in the wider community and cultural differences
:03:12. > :03:17.will be treated sensitively. The family is involved with a charity
:03:18. > :03:26.that supports children with down syndrome and their parents, Sunshine
:03:27. > :03:30.And Smiles. They welcome everyone, irrespective of ethnicity and
:03:31. > :03:34.religious beliefs. We realise some people don't want to come to a group
:03:35. > :03:38.and it might not be the right time for them to come to a group
:03:39. > :03:43.situation, so we also say we are very happy to meet people at home
:03:44. > :03:53.and talk about support they would find helpful. It is a culturally
:03:54. > :03:57.sensitive issue, but this couple feel it is important to reassure the
:03:58. > :04:02.parents that there is support out there, and having a child with a
:04:03. > :04:10.learning disability is not a curse or a punishment.
:04:11. > :04:13.A BBC investigation has revealed that rent arrears increased and
:04:14. > :04:16.hundreds of eviction notices have been served across Yorkshire as a
:04:17. > :04:19.direct result of the squeeze on housing benefits. In the last year
:04:20. > :04:32.more than a thousand tenants of council or Housing Association homes
:04:33. > :04:35.have moved. Out of more than 275,000 tenants across Yorkshire and the
:04:36. > :04:39.Humber more than 36,000 have been affected by the changes. Of those,
:04:40. > :04:42.more than ten thousand tenants that were up to date with payments are
:04:43. > :04:45.now in arrears, that's about twenty nine per cent. More than eight
:04:46. > :04:48.hundred people were served with eviction notices. While more than
:04:49. > :04:52.one thousand one hundred people have moved house. Our Political Editor
:04:53. > :04:57.Len Tingle has been looking at the figures. This is the spare room, the
:04:58. > :05:02.room that costs ?14 per week. Elizabeth is in her early 60s and
:05:03. > :05:07.has been unemployed for a couple of years. She lives alone on benefits
:05:08. > :05:10.of around ?70 a week and for the last year has had to pay some of
:05:11. > :05:17.that money to the council because she has a spare bedroom in her flat
:05:18. > :05:22.in Leeds. I have daughters and grandchildren, friends, and now
:05:23. > :05:30.there is another year to look forward to. Elizabeth isn't alone,
:05:31. > :05:34.in Leeds over 5000 tenants on benefits had to pay extra rent if
:05:35. > :05:39.they had a spare bedroom, 1700 of them went into arrears with their
:05:40. > :05:44.rent, but one key government objective was to encourage a switch
:05:45. > :05:50.to smaller properties. Only 300 of them did, around 6%. The real issue
:05:51. > :05:55.we found with the study that cuts across the north is that it is not
:05:56. > :06:01.just the rent arrears, it is the greater debt people are getting into
:06:02. > :06:07.which is related to this. The households we work with experienced
:06:08. > :06:14.debt of around ?3500 per household. I don't want to leave my home. It is
:06:15. > :06:22.a flat, a room at the top of the house. My grandchildren stay here
:06:23. > :06:27.with me at weekends sometimes. Leeds has not issued any eviction notices
:06:28. > :06:30.but across Yorkshire over 1000 have been served. In a statement the
:06:31. > :06:35.government said that the BBC figures show the success of its policies. It
:06:36. > :06:40.has reduced the housing benefit budget and at the same time it is on
:06:41. > :06:54.track for its five`year plan of seeing 30% of those with the spare
:06:55. > :06:58.bedroom move to a smaller house. And there will be more on that on
:06:59. > :07:09.the Sunday Politics Show at 11.15 here on BBC One. Later on Look
:07:10. > :07:11.North... The Sheffield couple making history by tying the knot at
:07:12. > :07:15.midnight. As soon as gay marriage becomes
:07:16. > :07:18.legal, Richie and Kyle are to say their vows.
:07:19. > :07:21.The Attorney General has lost his appeal against what he described as
:07:22. > :07:31.the "lenient" sentence given to a Sheffield ice`cream maker who kept
:07:32. > :07:34.another man as a slave. Dominic Grieve was attempting to increase
:07:35. > :07:37.the six and a half year jail term handed to David Rooke for false
:07:38. > :07:41.imprisonment and assault. He was convicted in January this year of
:07:42. > :07:44.keeping Craig Kinsella ` a man with learning difficulties ` in his
:07:45. > :07:48.garage and forcing him to live like a modern`day slave. But the Court of
:07:49. > :07:55.Appeal ruled the sentence wasn't too low. This was a difficult sentencing
:07:56. > :08:07.exercise, even for this experienced judge. We refuse to leave and the
:08:08. > :08:10.matter is concluded. 22 people have now been identified as suspects at
:08:11. > :08:12.the centre of the two ongoing inquiries into the Hillsborough
:08:13. > :08:15.disaster in 1989. 96 Liverpool football fans died at the Sheffield
:08:16. > :08:19.Wednesday ground. A mix of serving and retired police officers as well
:08:20. > :08:21.as others working for other organisations at the time are being
:08:22. > :08:24.interviewed. Alleged offences include manslaughter, misconduct in
:08:25. > :08:26.a public office, and perverting the course of justice.
:08:27. > :08:29.A petition's been launched calling for more information about the mass
:08:30. > :08:32.resignation of a North Yorkshire school's governing body. In February
:08:33. > :08:38.all the governors at Richmond School stood down, but the reasons why were
:08:39. > :08:42.unclear. The people behind this new petition say there's been a cover up
:08:43. > :08:47.and the community has a right to know what's happened. In a previous
:08:48. > :08:50.statement, North Yorkshire County Council said the governors left
:08:51. > :08:52.because of a serious breakdown in trust and their relationship with
:08:53. > :08:56.the school's leadership team. A pensioner from the Peak District,
:08:57. > :09:00.who became the most watched person in the world in the early days of
:09:01. > :09:02.YouTube, has died aged 86. Peter Oakley became an unlikely internet
:09:03. > :09:09.sensation when he started posting his own videos online. His first
:09:10. > :09:13.contribution received three million hits.
:09:14. > :09:17.As midnight strikes tonight, history will be made in Sheffield and in
:09:18. > :09:26.other towns and cities across the country as gay marriage becomes
:09:27. > :09:30.legal. South Yorkshire couple Richie Wood and Kyle Emerson will be among
:09:31. > :09:33.the first to tie the knot. They're getting married at Sheffield Town
:09:34. > :09:38.Hall in a special ceremony just after midnight. Kate Bradbrook has
:09:39. > :09:42.been to meet them on their big day. The town Hall is one of Sheffield's
:09:43. > :09:50.most historic buildings and tonight history will be made here. Richie
:09:51. > :09:58.Wood and Kyle Emerson, becoming one of the first same`sex couples in the
:09:59. > :10:04.country, tying the knot at midnight and now there is only hours to go.
:10:05. > :10:07.Kyle and Ritchie met at midnight seven years ago and will be the
:10:08. > :10:13.first couple in Sheffield to take advantage of the change in the law.
:10:14. > :10:24.Our relationship is no different to anyone else's, and as much as it is
:10:25. > :10:29.about gaining equality for us, it is about the marriage we are going
:10:30. > :10:32.into. The civil partnership automatically gives you the barrier,
:10:33. > :10:37.and we are excited to have the opportunity and the chance to get
:10:38. > :10:43.married. We have a lot of friends from up and down the UK, and some
:10:44. > :10:48.coming from Europe as well. We are excited and we are going to proceed
:10:49. > :10:52.with the ceremony as of the first chime of midnight so it will have
:10:53. > :10:57.that magical fairy tale theme to the wedding which is exactly what we
:10:58. > :11:01.wanted. It may not have been a whirlwind romance but the wedding
:11:02. > :11:07.has been planned in just 26 days, and with a little help from local
:11:08. > :11:12.businesses and loved ones, their dream Day is now a reality. Everyone
:11:13. > :11:18.has pulled together, and it is not over yet. We have tonight to come,
:11:19. > :11:25.so until it has happened I don't think anyone will relax. Because the
:11:26. > :11:29.ceremony is happening so late, the whole day has been turned on its
:11:30. > :11:36.head. After midnight, people will come through to the ceremony room
:11:37. > :11:38.where the couple will tie the knot. Same`sex marriage may seem
:11:39. > :11:45.unconventional at the moment but it will soon become the norm.
:11:46. > :12:01.Thanks for staying with us. Before seven o'clock: Fighting a financial
:12:02. > :12:08.handicap. And the Bradford Alhambra marks its centenary with the Lion
:12:09. > :12:11.King, its biggest show yet. Now onto sport and it's a big
:12:12. > :12:20.weekend for Chesterfield fans who are getting ready to go to Wembley
:12:21. > :12:23.for their cup final on Sunday. Yes, they play Peterborough for the
:12:24. > :12:30.Johnstone Paints Trophy and Shamir Masri is in Chesterfield for us now.
:12:31. > :12:40.Good evening. Good evening, I am here at the home of justice ``
:12:41. > :12:44.Chesterfield FC. The team themselves headed down sale this morning so
:12:45. > :12:48.they are already preparing for the big match, but my colleague caught
:12:49. > :12:53.up with them before they left to give them a big sendoff. There are
:12:54. > :12:59.some exciting events to look forward to round here, and the Chesterfield
:13:00. > :13:04.ladies love no one more than big Tom, that's Tommy Lee of course, the
:13:05. > :13:08.Chesterfield goalkeeper and his mates who after their final training
:13:09. > :13:15.session this morning said their goodbyes to fans who will soon be
:13:16. > :13:20.following them to Wembley. For the larger than usual media presence,
:13:21. > :13:25.there were some big messages to digest. They will be hoping to avoid
:13:26. > :13:29.Wembley and the play`offs in their quest to be automatically promoted
:13:30. > :13:35.instead. The priority since the start of the season has been
:13:36. > :13:43.promotion. We need to be in the top three come May and that is where our
:13:44. > :13:47.focus will be. We are in a good position, but we have some massive
:13:48. > :13:51.games to come on Sunday and afterwards. As the games become
:13:52. > :13:57.less, the intensity and the pressure builds up but it shouldn't really
:13:58. > :14:01.because it should be something you can look forward to. Are likely
:14:02. > :14:05.40,000 plus attendance at Wembley should provide a useful split of
:14:06. > :14:12.gate proceeds, but Chesterfield have been quick to change the subject.
:14:13. > :14:18.Pride for the supporters, for the day itself, that is what the game on
:14:19. > :14:22.Sunday is all about. It is not about finance. The point is that if the
:14:23. > :14:28.manager and the players get their way between now and many, this will
:14:29. > :14:32.be Chesterfield's only trip to Wembley this season, so enjoy it,
:14:33. > :14:48.and there is still time to work, flag`waving technique. I am here at
:14:49. > :14:57.the community hub at the stadium, and with the man behind it. It is a
:14:58. > :15:02.fantastic stadium. Yes, it is great, a number of community
:15:03. > :15:08.tenants, a great addition for the club and it shows what a great
:15:09. > :15:12.community focused this club has. Absolutely, the kids are enjoying
:15:13. > :15:19.themselves. Fantastic facility. Let's speak to a couple of fans,
:15:20. > :15:24.Ian, how much are you looking forward to this final? Really
:15:25. > :15:31.excited and it is on my bucket list so it has been fulfilled. I was away
:15:32. > :15:37.last time in Malta so I am making up for it. You have been supporting the
:15:38. > :15:43.club for quite some time, you were there two years ago and it was a
:15:44. > :15:48.bittersweet season. Yes, we won the trophy but we got relegated from the
:15:49. > :15:54.league. This time we are going to do the double. You had a bit of a
:15:55. > :16:01.stutter but you are looking to rectify that now. Yes, we can still
:16:02. > :16:06.get promotion and the title. Fantastic. The game is this Sunday,
:16:07. > :16:19.they play Peterborough and we will keep you updated on our Sunday
:16:20. > :16:29.bulletins. Good luck! It is another day, another Leeds
:16:30. > :16:32.United story. The players have agreed to defer part of their wages
:16:33. > :16:34.for March according to Professional Footballers' Association chief
:16:35. > :16:37.executive, Gordon Taylor. The players were due to receive their
:16:38. > :16:40.wages today, but only the general members of staff were paid.
:16:41. > :16:44.Businesman Massimo Cellino has paid the last two wage bills, but on
:16:45. > :16:47.Monday, the Football League blocked his takeover of the club, although
:16:48. > :16:53.the Italian has since lodged an appeal against the decision. There
:16:54. > :16:57.is an approximate amount that has been acceptable to the players. They
:16:58. > :17:03.are aware of the situation. There has been a meeting today with the
:17:04. > :17:07.players and things are looking to be sorted next week one way or the
:17:08. > :17:10.other. Castleford have gone back to the top
:17:11. > :17:14.of Super League after demolishing London Broncos. The Tigers won 54`6
:17:15. > :17:17.at the Hive in Barnet. There were two tries apiece for Justin Carney
:17:18. > :17:23.and Michael Shenton. Carney is the League's top try scorer with seven
:17:24. > :17:26.this season. As for Shenton, his coach Daryl Powell says he's playing
:17:27. > :17:33.as well as at anytime during his career.
:17:34. > :17:39.That is a cracking story, at the top of the super league. Well there's
:17:40. > :17:43.also an important sporting weekend ahead in Doncaster where a crowd of
:17:44. > :17:47.around 15,000 is expected to welcome in the new flat racing season. It's
:17:48. > :17:50.not just a big weekend for the venue, but also for the local racing
:17:51. > :17:54.industry, as Ian Bucknell reports. At 26, Scott Dixon is one of the
:17:55. > :18:09.youngest racehorse trainers in the business, he is based near the
:18:10. > :18:15.village of barbed `` Babworth and this is an exciting time. We always
:18:16. > :18:23.try to set our stall out to have a few winners round Doncaster. Horse
:18:24. > :18:27.racing is big business here, and Scott has eight stable staff. He
:18:28. > :18:33.says that for a small training operation like this it can be a
:18:34. > :18:37.struggle to survive. It is having a bit of luck to get a good horse,
:18:38. > :18:44.that is the dream, that's why most people get into it. The dream of
:18:45. > :18:46.having a top`class horse that will take them around the country and
:18:47. > :18:50.hopefully around the world. Doncaster racehorse helps to support
:18:51. > :18:59.the nearby racing industry by encouraging its members to invest in
:19:00. > :19:03.horses trained by Scott and other local yards. They are an integral
:19:04. > :19:10.part of our business, without them we wouldn't have an event put on.
:19:11. > :19:14.For Scott, a win on Saturday could change his fortunes forever,
:19:15. > :19:25.attracting new owners and more horses. As with so much in racing, a
:19:26. > :19:29.lot is at stake. Sheffield is known as the steel city
:19:30. > :19:32.for a good reason and its metal used to be found on golf courses
:19:33. > :19:35.everywhere before lighter and more durable materials came into use. A
:19:36. > :19:38.Rotherham company is aiming to put Sheffield steel clubs back on the
:19:39. > :19:41.fairway. Their only handicap is their prototype has been deemed too
:19:42. > :19:43.risky for conventional financial backing. Our business correspondent
:19:44. > :19:51.Danni Hewson has this exclusive report. Precision comes as standard
:19:52. > :19:55.at Newburgh engineering from aerospace to military projects, the
:19:56. > :19:59.core business is booming, but despite their proven track record in
:20:00. > :20:04.new scheme to make golf clubs has struggled to get off the ground. A
:20:05. > :20:10.hangover from the credit crunch, finding finance is stopping
:20:11. > :20:15.innovation at the first tee. Most don't understand it so they tend to
:20:16. > :20:18.move away from things they don't understand and if they can't see an
:20:19. > :20:23.immediate return. It has been difficult to raise money and we have
:20:24. > :20:32.tried to get funding from various routes and failed. We are going to
:20:33. > :20:37.Kick starter, and anyone can take part in the project. From Monday,
:20:38. > :20:48.anyone can pledge money to the project but only those offering
:20:49. > :20:54.?1000 will get one of the putters. I'm not a golfer but I'm told this
:20:55. > :20:59.could bring about a new era, repatriating golf club production to
:21:00. > :21:02.South Yorkshire with that all`important stamp of made in
:21:03. > :21:05.Sheffield. The project is already attracting support from some high
:21:06. > :21:12.profile figures, even if this sportsman is better known for his
:21:13. > :21:17.football skills. I think it is brilliant for Sheffield, Yorkshire,
:21:18. > :21:20.for Britain. A lot of our manufacturing has gone to China and
:21:21. > :21:24.they are putting the prices up. They don't really care about the
:21:25. > :21:32.workmanship, they just want to get paid and I think there is a bit of
:21:33. > :21:38.pride that it will be in Sheffield. So why now after so many years is
:21:39. > :21:44.steel making it back on the fairway? We can do it because we have the
:21:45. > :21:57.technology, the materials and the reputation. Big dreams, now they
:21:58. > :22:07.just need the cash. Here we go,
:22:08. > :22:25.it is embarrassing! I have only ever done crazy golf in Ambleside, once!
:22:26. > :22:40.Give it some welly. You can win this. Absolutely hopeless. Is that
:22:41. > :22:44.your teacup? It is mouldy in the bottom. There we are. We wish them
:22:45. > :22:48.all the best with the project anyway.
:22:49. > :22:55.Bradford's Alhambra theatre turns 100 this year. To celebrate, it's
:22:56. > :23:00.staging the largest show in its history. Disney's The Lion King will
:23:01. > :23:04.play for seven weeks at the theatre as part of its UK tour and Look
:23:05. > :23:17.North's had exclusive access backstage. Here's David Tracz. The
:23:18. > :23:23.music in the show is familiar to a generation. The productions and
:23:24. > :23:28.adaptation of the 1994 Disney film. Since it premiered on Broadway, this
:23:29. > :23:36.production has toured the world. It is the story of Simba and the
:23:37. > :23:42.journey he goes through in his life to become a king. This is one of the
:23:43. > :23:49.show's principal characters. It is a fairy tale, she is the one calling
:23:50. > :23:56.the animals to praise the birth of the King. Some roles in the
:23:57. > :24:04.production are also played by puppets. You can get quite a lot of
:24:05. > :24:14.character out of this puppet. He has a trigger for his beak, and a cradle
:24:15. > :24:22.here that works his eyes. The guys that come in here have about five or
:24:23. > :24:25.six weeks to learn the puppetry. 21 trucks are used to transport this
:24:26. > :24:30.production across the country and it is the biggest show the Alhambra has
:24:31. > :24:35.had in its history. It means a lot for the cast to be here. We are
:24:36. > :24:40.really proud to be here in Yorkshire, also in this Alhambra
:24:41. > :24:50.Theatre. The show runs in the Alhambra until May.
:24:51. > :25:00.That looks something else! I'm sure it will be fantastically successful.
:25:01. > :25:06.Looking forward to that. You were terrible! What about all those hours
:25:07. > :25:13.you spend on the fairway? What do you mean all those hours! This is a
:25:14. > :25:17.picture of cherry blossom, it has obviously been a grey day. The
:25:18. > :25:25.bluebells out there, thank you for that. This was the 29th of March
:25:26. > :25:40.last year, and of course it was one of the coldest and snowiest Marches
:25:41. > :25:43.on record. British summer Time starts on Sunday, both Saturday
:25:44. > :25:48.afternoon and Sunday afternoon looked promising with sunshine,
:25:49. > :25:54.although both mornings could get off to a great start. We are pulling up
:25:55. > :26:00.dry air from the near continent, and temperatures could reach 17
:26:01. > :26:06.degrees. There is a lot of cloud, still giving some patchy rain and
:26:07. > :26:11.drizzle in places. It stays cloudy overnight, some mistiness and hill
:26:12. > :26:20.fog and further patchy rain in places with most temperatures around
:26:21. > :26:23.six Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at 5:48am, your next
:26:24. > :26:38.high water time: A very slow start to the weekend,
:26:39. > :26:42.some hill fog. It is a slow process but gradually the cloud will break
:26:43. > :26:48.up, south Yorkshire will be sunny by the end of the morning. Elsewhere it
:26:49. > :26:53.might take until the afternoon but it will be fine and sunny, and
:26:54. > :26:58.inland it will become warm as well. Not one along the coast with a fresh
:26:59. > :27:03.easterly wind, just nine degrees in Scarborough. The best of the
:27:04. > :27:08.conditions will be further west. You can see 16 in Leeds and Sheffield. A
:27:09. > :27:15.repeat performance on Sunday, perhaps less in the way of low
:27:16. > :27:22.cloud, then it brightens up readily. The first day of British
:27:23. > :27:27.summertime looks beautiful, 16 or 17 Celsius. On Monday, more in the way
:27:28. > :27:33.of cloud and the risk of some scattered showers. That is the
:27:34. > :27:43.forecast. I am looking forward to Stuart Lancaster tonight, having a
:27:44. > :27:46.chat with him. The weekend is set up nicely. Of all good weekend,
:27:47. > :27:46.goodbye. chat with him. The weekend is set up
:27:47. > :27:49.nicely. Of all good weekend, goodbye.