:00:00. > :00:08.Dan, thank you. That's all from
:00:09. > :00:14.Good evening. First tonight, there's embarrassment for York Council after
:00:15. > :00:17.it emerged that it may have acted unlawfully ` by issuing more than ?1
:00:18. > :00:20.million worth of fines to motorists who drove over Lendal Bridge and on
:00:21. > :00:23.Coppergate during a controversial trial. One driver appealed against
:00:24. > :00:28.his fixed penalty notice ` and was told by a tribunal the council had
:00:29. > :00:31."no power" to issue penalties. You may remember the council banned
:00:32. > :00:34.general traffic from using Lendal Bridge and Coppergate during much of
:00:35. > :00:38.the day, as part of a six`month trial to cut congestion in the city
:00:39. > :00:43.centre. During that time nearly 60,000 drivers have been fined.
:00:44. > :00:48.Motorists have been fined more than ?1.3 million. It's generated
:00:49. > :00:53.?700,000 for the council. But today's ruling throws the whole
:00:54. > :01:01.trial into question. Our reporter Joe Inwood is at Lendal Bridge for
:01:02. > :01:07.us tonight. Yes, at this time of night any
:01:08. > :01:12.vehicles `` any vehicle is allowed to pass over Lendal Bridge but
:01:13. > :01:16.during the day if a car violates what the council says is a bus lane,
:01:17. > :01:19.they can be hit with a ?60 fine. This report today says there are so
:01:20. > :01:24.many exemptions and caveats to the bus lane that it is not one at all
:01:25. > :01:27.and because it is not a bus lane the council has no legal right to
:01:28. > :01:31.enforce the penalty charge notices it has been handing out. The report
:01:32. > :01:37.was also highly critical of much of the signage, especially around the
:01:38. > :01:39.start of the scheme, and the way that many of the appealed against
:01:40. > :01:44.the fines have been handled, saying it is a lottery. Pretty embarrassing
:01:45. > :01:48.for York City Council. A lot of people will want to know what is the
:01:49. > :01:52.reaction from the council tonight? Well, they say they have been
:01:53. > :01:55.surprised and they have been bullish and say they will be seeking legal
:01:56. > :01:59.advice on what they should do next. But for now, the scheme will be
:02:00. > :02:02.continuing. There are difficulties from many adjudicator decisions the
:02:03. > :02:05.authorities receive. We have to look at what they are, decide whether to
:02:06. > :02:10.challenge them, get the advice and form a view and at this time we
:02:11. > :02:13.don't accept it. Were I tomorrow to drive over the bridge, would you be
:02:14. > :02:21.able to issue an enforcement notice and would I have to pay it? You
:02:22. > :02:27.certainly would. Enforcement continues. Fines will continue. It
:02:28. > :02:30.is a serious matter we are looking into, that's why we need to get
:02:31. > :02:38.legal advice, check that it's right, but we will continue to enforce.
:02:39. > :02:42.The other thing people want to know is if you have paid one of the fines
:02:43. > :02:47.over the past six months, is there anything you can do? According to
:02:48. > :02:51.the adjudicator, each fine is considered as an individual case and
:02:52. > :02:55.once it has been paid it is closed, but going forward there are many
:02:56. > :02:57.questions for this City Council to answer.
:02:58. > :03:00.The jury at the new inquest in to the 96 Hillsborough victims has
:03:01. > :03:03.heard a minute`by`minute account of how the disaster unfolded. The
:03:04. > :03:05.coroner at the inquest in Warrington asked some pointed questions about
:03:06. > :03:08.the role of Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield ` the South
:03:09. > :03:11.Yorkshire police commander in charge of the match. The judge's opening
:03:12. > :03:17.statement will be completed tomorrow.
:03:18. > :03:20.The coroner in Scarborough has recorded three verdicts of
:03:21. > :03:23.accidental death at the inquest into a head`on crash in November. The
:03:24. > :03:26.three victims of the crash at Wharram Percy near Pickering
:03:27. > :03:31.included a mother and her teenage son. They were all Polish people who
:03:32. > :03:34.worked at the Malton bacon factory. They were driving to work early in
:03:35. > :03:38.the morning when their car collided with a van.
:03:39. > :03:41.The mother of a murdered Leeds teenager plans to make an official
:03:42. > :03:44.complaint to West Yorkshire Police over the failure to track down a
:03:45. > :03:50.suspect. 16`year`old Tyrone Clarke was beaten and stabbed to death by a
:03:51. > :03:55.gang in Beeston in 2004. Four men are serving life sentences for the
:03:56. > :03:59.murder. Qasim Majid is still wanted by the police. He's thought to be in
:04:00. > :04:04.Pakistan and it's now emerged that he's managed to get a new British
:04:05. > :04:07.passport. There's a war of words in Sheffield,
:04:08. > :04:11.over the city council's refusal to take in victims of the war in Syria.
:04:12. > :04:14.The Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield MP Nick Clegg says he's
:04:15. > :04:19."very disappointed" that a city which is known for its compassion,
:04:20. > :04:23.won't re`home Syrian refugees. But the council says with so many cuts,
:04:24. > :04:28.it has no choice. Kate Bradbrook reports.
:04:29. > :04:31.Over the past three years more than 100,000 people have lost their lives
:04:32. > :04:38.in Syria and nine million have been forced from their homes since the
:04:39. > :04:43.conflict began. Earlier this year the government here promised to do
:04:44. > :04:46.more to assist. We will be coming forward with a scheme to help the
:04:47. > :04:51.most needy people in those refugee camps and offer them a home in our
:04:52. > :04:55.country. Sheffield was one of the cities asked to take Syrian
:04:56. > :04:58.refugees. In 2007 it was named City of Sanctuary and says it takes pride
:04:59. > :05:06.in welcoming asylum seekers but this time the council said no. I think
:05:07. > :05:10.they are just plainly wrong. Most fair`minded people would think that
:05:11. > :05:13.even if the council decides they can't take in 50, which is the
:05:14. > :05:19.number of Syrian refugees going to Bradford, if Bradford can do it, why
:05:20. > :05:23.can't we in Sheffield? But even if it was five, seven or ten, just a
:05:24. > :05:29.few of some of the most distressed, most traumatised women and children
:05:30. > :05:33.who need refuge. Sheffield Council says its doors are still open but
:05:34. > :05:38.that the government needs to stump up the cash. We can't continue to
:05:39. > :05:42.absorb these costs because it's completely unfair. We are facing
:05:43. > :05:46.huge cuts in our budgets, which communities rely on the services
:05:47. > :05:48.that we provide and to house some of the most vulnerable people in
:05:49. > :05:55.communities that need support will just compound the problem. It's
:05:56. > :05:58.unclear how many refugees are heading for Britain and with budgets
:05:59. > :06:08.across the country under pressure how many of them will end up here in
:06:09. > :06:11.Yorkshire. Some football results now. A
:06:12. > :06:15.disappointing night for Leeds in the Championship ` they lost 1`0 at home
:06:16. > :06:19.against against Charlton Athletic. In League One, Bradford were away at
:06:20. > :06:22.Coventry. That match ended 0`0. And there was another 0`0 finish at
:06:23. > :06:31.Bramall Lane between Sheffield United and Brentford.
:06:32. > :06:39.It was a goal drought. As I came into the late shift tonight, it was
:06:40. > :06:44.gorgeous weather. 16 minutes `` a lovely evening, 16 Celsius and
:06:45. > :06:48.Lister Park in Bradford. Tomorrow, some patchy rain first thing
:06:49. > :06:53.courtesy of this week, warm front. It is very pleasant out there at the
:06:54. > :06:56.moment. See fog is not far from the Yorkshire coastline. There will be
:06:57. > :06:59.low cloud and fog developing elsewhere and later, I hint of
:07:00. > :07:03.patchy rain coming into parts of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
:07:04. > :07:09.Lowest temperatures, six or seven Celsius. A great start, fog, patchy
:07:10. > :07:14.rain moving northwards. Not a great deal. Very little further east. It
:07:15. > :07:17.clears up late morning. In the afternoon, brightness coming
:07:18. > :07:22.through. The risk of a shower in the West. The risk of see fog hanging on
:07:23. > :07:28.all day long. Temperatures just seven Celsius. 13 or 14 Celsius in
:07:29. > :07:34.South Yorkshire. Thursday, rather cloudy again and the risk of heavy
:07:35. > :07:36.showers. Writer on Friday. A summary of the weather. Now the National
:07:37. > :07:44.weather with Good evening. Before we get to the
:07:45. > :07:47.weather details, little bit about the pollution which we have been
:07:48. > :07:52.talking about in the weather reports over the last couple of days. The
:07:53. > :07:54.pollution levels actually during the course of Wednesday, tomorrow, will
:07:55. > :07:55.be very high