29/03/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


29/03/2014

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Good evening. A protest has taken place against plans to close more

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than half of Rotherham's children's centres. Thousands of families would

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be affected if the closures go ahead, and unions say over 100 jobs

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would be lost. Here's Dave Edwards. Kids not cuts! Kids not cuts!

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Campaigners and their children certainly made themselves heard in

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Rotherham this lunchtime. About a hundred of them marched from the

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Town Hall down into the town centre calling for the council to change

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their mind. We're here to send a message to the council that they

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need to think again. Rotherham can't afford these cuts, they'll hurt our

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communities and devastate the lives of children and families across

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Rotherham. About 9,000 children under five and

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their families use the 22 children's centres, but the council wants to

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close 13 of them as it looks to cut ?2.2 million from its budget for

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early years and childcare services. Parents and staff are angry.

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My little boy attends a children's centre, and my husband was out of

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work at the end of last year. And without the children's centres

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providing the support, I wouldn't be where I am today. We both work full

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time now, and without the children's centre being there for us, we

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wouldn't be able to work. There's more and more children, families

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that are moving into the Rotherham area, so why these services being

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cut? I just don't get it. Targeted at a vulnerable groups,

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it's things like early education, family support and parenting classes

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that are provided at the centres, like this one in Kimberworth. This

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is one of the 13 children's centres that are set to close. The council

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admit the closures will affect the quality of children's services here

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in Rotherham, but they say they have to save money. And here in a Labour

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heartland, it's no surprise that central government gets the blame.

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It's not the fault of the council, they've had their money removed for

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these, so they've got to make choices, but what do we do? Do we

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close Sure Starts or close an OAP home?

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A public consultation is running until the end of April. About a

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thousand people have already made their views known.

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David Edwards, BBC Look North, Rotherham.

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Now on to today's football results. In the Yorkshire derby, a great win

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for Doncaster, who beat Leeds 2`1. It means Rovers edge closer to

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safety. Huddersfield drew 1`1 with Reading. Sheffield Wednesday lost at

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home 4`1 against Watford. And a vital result for Barnsley, their 4`1

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win at Yeovil gives them hope of avoiding the drop.

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In League One, a good away win for Bradford, they beat Leyton Orient

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1`0. Rotherham extended their unbeaten run to 15 games with a 2`1

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win against Bristol City. And Sheffield United lost 2`1 after

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conceding a late goal at Swindon. In League Two, it finished York

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zero, Burton zero. And in the Conference, Halifax beat Luton 2`0.

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And you can see all the action from today's matches on BBC One tonight.

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The Football League Show is on right after Match Of The Day at 11:55.

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Now, Chesterfield Football Club and their fans will already be gearing

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up for their big day at Wembley tomorrow. The Spirites won the

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competition two years ago when they beat Swindon Town. Yesterday, the

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team set off for tomorrow's Johnstone's Paint Trophy final. They

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take on Peterborough, who are in League One, where the Spirites hope

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to be next season. We can now go to Wembley knowing we're in a strong

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league position, enjoy Wembley, and then come and get promoted if we

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can. They are the things that that my job as a manager, as the weeks

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run out, is to try and deliver. Come the end of the season, if we can

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deliver both, fantastic. If we can deliver one, then we'd be happy.

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In squash, world champion Nick Matthew beat fellow Yorkshireman

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James Wilstrop to win the Canary Wharf Classic in London. Matthew,

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from Sheffield, seen here in the black shorts, beat his Pontefract

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rival in three straight games, dominating the final. The game

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lasted just 51 minutes, the shortest final on record. It's Nick Matthew's

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fourth title. And finally, congratulations to

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Dickie Bird. The former umpire was this morning voted in as the new

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president of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Dickie, who is now 80

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years old, had played for Yorkshire as a player before he became an

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umpire. Now the weather. Hello again, good evening. The

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clocks spring forward an hour tonight, and there is a definite

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feeling of spring in the air. As we go through this evening, we'll have

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some sunshine to end the day, and then cloud building in places as we

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go through the night. We will see some patches of mist and fog

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developing. It isn't going to be a cold night, temperatures only

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dropping back to six or seven degrees Celsius. That mist and fog

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lifts tomorrow, we will start to lose the cloud, a day of hazy

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sunshine, temperatures up to a height of 16 or 17 degrees, and it

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turns more unsettled next week. That is at from this added 18, we

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are back tomorrow at 6:50. For now, bye`bye. `` the Saturday team.

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Good evening. We achieved 20 degrees in the sunshine today but, in

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contrast, under the cloud in Northern Ireland, just nine. With

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the cloud, just seven in the North East. We take the contrast into

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tomorrow. At least the cloud here, creeping back inland, will prevent

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textures falling too low, down to six overnight. -- temperatures. Less

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fog in the south and east. But it will be an issue further north.

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Again, a lovely start to the day before taking a while to left, the

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cloud lingering. It will be pretty cloudy and great but hopefully we

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will see fewer showers in Northern Ireland than

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