01/04/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Dan, thank you. That's all from

Good evening. First tonight, there's embarrassment for York Council after

it emerged that it may have acted unlawfully ` by issuing more than ?1

million worth of fines to motorists who drove over Lendal Bridge and on

Coppergate during a controversial trial. One driver appealed against

his fixed penalty notice ` and was told by a tribunal the council had

"no power" to issue penalties. You may remember the council banned

general traffic from using Lendal Bridge and Coppergate during much of

the day, as part of a six`month trial to cut congestion in the city

centre. During that time nearly 60,000 drivers have been fined.

Motorists have been fined more than ?1.3 million. It's generated

?700,000 for the council. But today's ruling throws the whole

trial into question. Our reporter Joe Inwood is at Lendal Bridge for

us tonight. Yes, at this time of night any

vehicles `` any vehicle is allowed to pass over Lendal Bridge but

during the day if a car violates what the council says is a bus lane,

they can be hit with a ?60 fine. This report today says there are so

many exemptions and caveats to the bus lane that it is not one at all

and because it is not a bus lane the council has no legal right to

enforce the penalty charge notices it has been handing out. The report

was also highly critical of much of the signage, especially around the

start of the scheme, and the way that many of the appealed against

the fines have been handled, saying it is a lottery. Pretty embarrassing

for York City Council. A lot of people will want to know what is the

reaction from the council tonight? Well, they say they have been

surprised and they have been bullish and say they will be seeking legal

advice on what they should do next. But for now, the scheme will be

continuing. There are difficulties from many adjudicator decisions the

authorities receive. We have to look at what they are, decide whether to

challenge them, get the advice and form a view and at this time we

don't accept it. Were I tomorrow to drive over the bridge, would you be

able to issue an enforcement notice and would I have to pay it? You

certainly would. Enforcement continues. Fines will continue. It

is a serious matter we are looking into, that's why we need to get

legal advice, check that it's right, but we will continue to enforce.

The other thing people want to know is if you have paid one of the fines

over the past six months, is there anything you can do? According to

the adjudicator, each fine is considered as an individual case and

once it has been paid it is closed, but going forward there are many

questions for this City Council to answer.

The jury at the new inquest in to the 96 Hillsborough victims has

heard a minute`by`minute account of how the disaster unfolded. The

coroner at the inquest in Warrington asked some pointed questions about

the role of Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield ` the South

Yorkshire police commander in charge of the match. The judge's opening

statement will be completed tomorrow.

The coroner in Scarborough has recorded three verdicts of

accidental death at the inquest into a head`on crash in November. The

three victims of the crash at Wharram Percy near Pickering

included a mother and her teenage son. They were all Polish people who

worked at the Malton bacon factory. They were driving to work early in

the morning when their car collided with a van.

The mother of a murdered Leeds teenager plans to make an official

complaint to West Yorkshire Police over the failure to track down a

suspect. 16`year`old Tyrone Clarke was beaten and stabbed to death by a

gang in Beeston in 2004. Four men are serving life sentences for the

murder. Qasim Majid is still wanted by the police. He's thought to be in

Pakistan and it's now emerged that he's managed to get a new British

passport. There's a war of words in Sheffield,

over the city council's refusal to take in victims of the war in Syria.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield MP Nick Clegg says he's

"very disappointed" that a city which is known for its compassion,

won't re`home Syrian refugees. But the council says with so many cuts,

it has no choice. Kate Bradbrook reports.

Over the past three years more than 100,000 people have lost their lives

in Syria and nine million have been forced from their homes since the

conflict began. Earlier this year the government here promised to do

more to assist. We will be coming forward with a scheme to help the

most needy people in those refugee camps and offer them a home in our

country. Sheffield was one of the cities asked to take Syrian

refugees. In 2007 it was named City of Sanctuary and says it takes pride

in welcoming asylum seekers but this time the council said no. I think

they are just plainly wrong. Most fair`minded people would think that

even if the council decides they can't take in 50, which is the

number of Syrian refugees going to Bradford, if Bradford can do it, why

can't we in Sheffield? But even if it was five, seven or ten, just a

few of some of the most distressed, most traumatised women and children

who need refuge. Sheffield Council says its doors are still open but

that the government needs to stump up the cash. We can't continue to

absorb these costs because it's completely unfair. We are facing

huge cuts in our budgets, which communities rely on the services

that we provide and to house some of the most vulnerable people in

communities that need support will just compound the problem. It's

unclear how many refugees are heading for Britain and with budgets

across the country under pressure how many of them will end up here in

Yorkshire. Some football results now. A

disappointing night for Leeds in the Championship ` they lost 1`0 at home

against against Charlton Athletic. In League One, Bradford were away at

Coventry. That match ended 0`0. And there was another 0`0 finish at

Bramall Lane between Sheffield United and Brentford.

It was a goal drought. As I came into the late shift tonight, it was

gorgeous weather. 16 minutes `` a lovely evening, 16 Celsius and

Lister Park in Bradford. Tomorrow, some patchy rain first thing

courtesy of this week, warm front. It is very pleasant out there at the

moment. See fog is not far from the Yorkshire coastline. There will be

low cloud and fog developing elsewhere and later, I hint of

patchy rain coming into parts of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.

Lowest temperatures, six or seven Celsius. A great start, fog, patchy

rain moving northwards. Not a great deal. Very little further east. It

clears up late morning. In the afternoon, brightness coming

through. The risk of a shower in the West. The risk of see fog hanging on

all day long. Temperatures just seven Celsius. 13 or 14 Celsius in

South Yorkshire. Thursday, rather cloudy again and the risk of heavy

showers. Writer on Friday. A summary of the weather. Now the National

weather with Good evening. Before we get to the

weather details, little bit about the pollution which we have been

talking about in the weather reports over the last couple of days. The

pollution levels actually during the course of Wednesday, tomorrow, will

be very high