:00:00. > :00:00.effort to put people off smoking. That is all from the BBC News
:00:00. > :01:20.This traditionally is the hdart of the local community, many mhners
:01:21. > :01:25.have been coming here for ydars to sit and discuss their working day.
:01:26. > :01:29.Tonight the prime minister has said he will do whatever he can to try
:01:30. > :01:34.and save hundreds of jobs at the nearby pit. But as workers leet here
:01:35. > :01:38.to discuss a strategy, they are less than optimistic about his promises.
:01:39. > :01:44.The colliery, on the border of the North and West of Yorkshire, faces
:01:45. > :01:50.closure over the next 18 months Up to 700 jobs are affected, alongside
:01:51. > :02:00.another 600 jobs at Thorsebx. MPs from all sides gathered to support
:02:01. > :02:08.these pits, and UK coal say that it is inevitable. As the first shift
:02:09. > :02:13.arrived Kellingley colliery this morning, there was a sense of
:02:14. > :02:17.disbelief, and despair. Everybody is gutted. The lads have tried as hard
:02:18. > :02:22.as they can on the ground btt without money and everything, it's
:02:23. > :02:26.over. I'm 48 years old, been here 32 years, there is no jobs out there
:02:27. > :02:32.for us whatsoever. And therd is coal here and an energy crisis, H'm sure
:02:33. > :02:37.we could do it for a long thme. It's not good news. It's not good news at
:02:38. > :02:44.all. All we can do now is hope that some kind of miracle does h`ppen.
:02:45. > :02:49.And for a while, it seemed this promise from the Prime Minister
:02:50. > :02:52.could answer that call. We will do everything we can, we are t`lking to
:02:53. > :02:56.the company, other businessds related to this, the companx will do
:02:57. > :03:00.everything we can to help them. There are limits, this is t`xpayers'
:03:01. > :03:04.money that will be involved but we will work with them as closdly as we
:03:05. > :03:08.can. I am trying to save jobs, make sure we have diverse supplids of
:03:09. > :03:12.energy so that if we can help, we will. But despite that, it hs
:03:13. > :03:16.unlikely any government help will prevent the pit closing or `void the
:03:17. > :03:20.loss of hundreds of jobs. Btt of course a mining community lhke this
:03:21. > :03:24.is not limited just to be pdople who work at the pit and there are
:03:25. > :03:31.concerns that hundreds of job losses here will be felt for miles around,
:03:32. > :03:34.from garages to the local chippy. I actually do orders for UK Coal two
:03:35. > :03:39.or three times a week, and they are pretty big orders. So it's something
:03:40. > :03:48.that I'm going to take on the chin, losing their business. It's a sad
:03:49. > :03:52.day, a very sad day. As the shift comes to an end, the miners know
:03:53. > :03:58.they are witnessing the end of an era. The question for Kellingley is
:03:59. > :04:09.no longer, "does mining havd a future?" But "When will it become a
:04:10. > :04:14.thing of the past?" So at the end of the working day,
:04:15. > :04:19.some of the lads come here for some refreshment and relaxation. But how
:04:20. > :04:22.will it affect them in terms of going forward, because in mhning,
:04:23. > :04:29.there are not many jobs arotnd. We can talk to Keith Hartshornd from
:04:30. > :04:36.the NUM union now. UK Coal said the pit is not viable, you don't believe
:04:37. > :04:43.that, do you? No, I know it is. The quote their figures, on the previous
:04:44. > :04:46.coalface, we made a profit of about ?70 million over a 15 month period
:04:47. > :04:51.so I know that it is economhc to mine Kellingley for years to come.
:04:52. > :05:00.What is the meaning among your members? My members are down about
:05:01. > :05:03.what has happened, but they can see that there is fight left in the
:05:04. > :05:06.union and fight left in the membership and they are going to
:05:07. > :05:10.fight the closure because that's the only thing they know it tod`y. There
:05:11. > :05:14.are no jobs for them to go to out there, so it's easier to fight to
:05:15. > :05:18.keep this job we have and that's what we intend to do. There is no
:05:19. > :05:24.way this pit is on economic in the long term. Short term we have to
:05:25. > :05:31.jump over a hurdle but after that, we are back into profitabilhty.
:05:32. > :05:34.Liam, you can set on as a mhning apprentice on the 6th of January,
:05:35. > :05:44.headed you feel when you he`rd this news? Shocking, disappointed. I just
:05:45. > :05:48.started with a family... Yot have a young child and a wife to stpport.
:05:49. > :05:55.Is there any prospect of alternative employment for you? I have been in
:05:56. > :05:59.building, I were in a different firm and its all the same, they `re all
:06:00. > :06:05.shouting. When I went to thd interview, they were saying they
:06:06. > :06:09.want ten years worth of coal plus 15 reserve, but I would be happy in
:06:10. > :06:15.this. I have been the happidst I have been in a job here. So you
:06:16. > :06:19.thought there was a 25 year career ahead of you. How have we got this
:06:20. > :06:28.point when 40% of our electricity is produced from coal? Where is our
:06:29. > :06:32.coal from? Our business correspondent Danni Hewson has been
:06:33. > :06:37.taking a look at how we got to this point. There is plenty of coal left
:06:38. > :06:40.in Yorkshire, that's in dispute and also not in dispute is our continued
:06:41. > :06:45.reliance on fossil fuel. Here we have three coal`fired power
:06:46. > :06:51.stations, all a stones throw away from Kellingley. But only one still
:06:52. > :06:56.takes coal from the Yorkshire pit. Most is imported, shipped in from
:06:57. > :07:01.Russia, America and even Colombia. So why is it cheaper to ship its
:07:02. > :07:07.thousands of miles rather than drive it less than five miles down the
:07:08. > :07:11.road? Coal in our deep mined is getting harder and harder to reach
:07:12. > :07:18.and issues with geology and safety push costs up. There is a glut of
:07:19. > :07:21.coal in America which has forced the price down. Should we be concerned
:07:22. > :07:26.and is it too late to do a thing about it? The government has to keep
:07:27. > :07:32.the lights on and keep the country safe, we would reduce the mhnimum
:07:33. > :07:40.coal price. It is a market mechanism, it is one that would fit
:07:41. > :07:44.perfectly with the industry. If we don't get it in the next few weeks
:07:45. > :07:51.or months, it will be the end of the deep mine coal industry in the UK.
:07:52. > :07:54.In the Commons today, a forler miner argued subsidy is commonplace for
:07:55. > :08:00.gas and oil could still savd the pits. We have more than 1 mhllion
:08:01. > :08:05.tonnes of coal beneath our soil Surely you could use the sale sort
:08:06. > :08:14.of system with the EU and anybody else to stop the demise of `nd the
:08:15. > :08:21.closure of the remaining pits. The government is investing in clean
:08:22. > :08:27.coal technology. The question today, if coal can ever be green,
:08:28. > :08:33.will there be any UK supplids left to burn? We are working tirdlessly
:08:34. > :08:38.on this, we have to get a solution or parties can sign up to, that is
:08:39. > :08:44.value for money and that will actually work. We are trying our
:08:45. > :08:52.best. Assurances or platitudes? Either way, words are unlikdly to
:08:53. > :08:59.save these two minds. The Prime Minister stepped into this `rgument.
:09:00. > :09:03.Thank you for coming down. What pressure can you put on him to try
:09:04. > :09:08.and resolve the situation and keep this pit going? It crucial that we
:09:09. > :09:11.do keep it going, it's essential for this local area and region `nd for
:09:12. > :09:16.the local power station as well which takes most of the coal. There
:09:17. > :09:20.is a lot of pressure we can bring to bear on the government thankfully is
:09:21. > :09:22.listening. I was speaking whth ministers earlier today, we have to
:09:23. > :09:29.get everybody round the table to agree terms there is a real`time
:09:30. > :09:34.pressure on this. What is crucial is that the next few days, we `ble to
:09:35. > :09:42.agree a deal to keep the pit open, to keep UK Coal going and long`term,
:09:43. > :09:45.I believe there is a future here, specifically at Kellingley, it's a
:09:46. > :09:55.great pit with a great history and workforce. 40% of our electricity
:09:56. > :09:59.comes from coal still. We s`w three massive coal trains thunderhng
:10:00. > :10:04.through, why are we importing it? It's purely down to the price. The
:10:05. > :10:08.coal price worldwide has pltmmeted over the last couple of years, we
:10:09. > :10:16.are now somewhere around ?44 a time, it has been as high as ?80 ` time,
:10:17. > :10:21.it's pure economics. But a lot of investment in fracking, yet none in
:10:22. > :10:27.coal? Ironically, it's the fracking in the states that has affected the
:10:28. > :10:29.worldwide price of coal, it is driven energy prices down
:10:30. > :10:34.tremendously. It's crucial that we don't allow this mine in particular,
:10:35. > :10:40.and the business, to fold over the next couple of days. The government
:10:41. > :10:45.wants to help, the NUM are helping, I'm sure we would come to a deal.
:10:46. > :10:51.Well the gloom inside this welfare club, here matched only by the grey
:10:52. > :10:54.mist and fog outside. Soberhng to think that three decades ago there
:10:55. > :10:58.were 85,000 miners employed at 6 pits in our region alone. Tonight,
:10:59. > :11:01.TWO of Britain's THREE last remaining deep mines face the
:11:02. > :11:04.prospect becoming a footnotd in our industrial history. Somewhat ironic
:11:05. > :11:05.then that 40 per cent of our electricity needs in 2014, `re still
:11:06. > :11:13.produced from the black stuff! Thanks Phil. Well, there's been a
:11:14. > :12:09.lot of political reaction today Police searching for a misshng
:12:10. > :12:14.teenager in a river in York say he may have been trying to swil across
:12:15. > :12:20.it. The 18`year`old was seen going into the river of news in the early
:12:21. > :12:27.hours of this morning. He is the third person thought to havd drowned
:12:28. > :12:32.in York's river since Christmas This is an all too familiar
:12:33. > :12:36.location, on the Ouse. An 18`year`old man from York w`s seen
:12:37. > :12:40.getting into the water after a night out with friends. He didn't emerge.
:12:41. > :12:46.It's believed he intended to swim across the river. We have to
:12:47. > :12:50.establish the exact circumstances, I am appealing to any witnessds that
:12:51. > :12:55.may have seen the mail enter or exit the river to get in touch whth North
:12:56. > :12:58.Yorkshire Police. The search began at first light when the Scarborough
:12:59. > :13:04.and Ryedale Mountain rescue team were called. We were asked to go on
:13:05. > :13:09.search from the centre of York, alongside both sides of the river
:13:10. > :13:16.Ouse, we have been searching the river banks, where we can, hn the
:13:17. > :13:19.water. For the third time this year, divers are searching the water
:13:20. > :13:24.in York, concentrating on this particular stretch of the Otse,
:13:25. > :13:30.using solar equipment. The only protection here from the water are
:13:31. > :13:35.very open set of railings. @ month ago, a 20`year`old was found in the
:13:36. > :13:41.same river. Today her mother, together with the Royal lifd saving
:13:42. > :13:47.Society, issued a warning to youngsters about treating alcohol
:13:48. > :13:51.near rivers. It took weeks to find Megan and on the day she was
:13:52. > :13:55.discovered, 22`year`old Ben Clarkson disappeared in similar
:13:56. > :14:01.circumstances. You would thhnk or hope that in the last month or two,
:14:02. > :14:07.with what has gone on, that they would be a lull or people bding a
:14:08. > :14:14.bit more fearful, not taking risks or making certain decisions. But
:14:15. > :14:20.obviously, it's happened ag`in and it's just stunning, really,
:14:21. > :14:22.shocking. Specially trained police officers are supporting the
:14:23. > :14:30.18`year`old's family while divers continue their search.
:14:31. > :14:33.A man from Leeds has admittdd owning a dangerous dog that attackdd a
:14:34. > :14:36.pregnant woman, resulting in her death. Emma Bennett was expdcting
:14:37. > :14:40.her fifth child when she was set upon by the dog ` believed to be an
:14:41. > :14:44.American pit bull terrier ` in December. Today Lee Horner pleaded
:14:45. > :14:48.guilty to owning the dog, which attacked Emma at her home in East
:14:49. > :14:50.End Park ` she later died from her injuries. Leeds Magistrates' Court
:14:51. > :14:57.adjourned sentencing until June 16th.
:14:58. > :15:00.Two people have been arrestdd in Barnsley on suspicion of murder
:15:01. > :15:03.after an elderly woman's body was found last night. Police were called
:15:04. > :15:07.to Birkwood Avenue in Cudworth at about half past five yesterday. They
:15:08. > :15:10.discovered the body of a wolan in her seventies in the property.
:15:11. > :15:13.Police this morning confirmdd that a 23`year`old man and 17`year`old girl
:15:14. > :15:23.have been arrested. The news has shocked local people. We sed it on
:15:24. > :15:26.the television, with other people, and you can't imagine it happening
:15:27. > :15:32.in your own street, she was only four doors off me. It's a bht
:15:33. > :15:40.shocking, it is. I just feel for her family, wherever they are.
:15:41. > :15:42.The Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, has been meeting whth
:15:43. > :15:45.campaigners to hear their concerns about the future of A services at
:15:46. > :15:49.hospitals in Huddersfield and Halifax. The emergency departments
:15:50. > :15:52.are being looked at as part of a wider review of all local hdalth
:15:53. > :15:55.services. One scenario would see casualty in Halifax scaled back with
:15:56. > :15:58.all serious cases going to Huddersfield. But the local NHS say
:15:59. > :16:04.no decisions have yet been lade and a full consultation process will
:16:05. > :16:07.follow. Hospital services should only be
:16:08. > :16:11.changed if there is a clear, clinical case ` can lives bd saved
:16:12. > :16:18.or can harm be reduced by m`king these changes? And I have not heard
:16:19. > :16:21.that case has been made. The BBC has learnt that Phase Two of
:16:22. > :16:27.the re`development at Sheffheld s famous Park Hill flats is going
:16:28. > :16:30.ahead. Developer Urban Splash has confirmed the ?17 million
:16:31. > :16:34.investment, which is a joint venture with the landlord group Places For
:16:35. > :16:38.People. The regeneration of the Grade II`listed flats was fhrst
:16:39. > :16:45.announced in 2005. Last year the first tenants finally moved in. In
:16:46. > :16:54.the second phase, 182 new apartments will be created. Before 7pm: We ve
:16:55. > :16:58.got the latest in the Leeds United takeover saga. And we meet `
:16:59. > :17:00.powerlifter from Leeds who's hoping to be a world champion against all
:17:01. > :17:12.the odds. Before that, the start of the Tour
:17:13. > :17:15.de France is now just three months away and the sports minister Helen
:17:16. > :17:21.Grant was in Yorkshire todax to see how one school nearly is ushng the
:17:22. > :17:27.event to inspire its pupils. Now that's what I call a gr`nde
:17:28. > :17:30.depart. One Marc Cavendish `nd Co will do well to beat when the Tour
:17:31. > :17:45.de France visits Yorkshire this summer. Sports minister Heldn Grant
:17:46. > :17:49.was the guest of honour at Bentham Park School today as she was here to
:17:50. > :17:52.see how her department's ?10 million investment in that other gr`nde
:17:53. > :17:56.depart is coming on. Why ard you investing in this, why is it so
:17:57. > :18:00.exciting, what do you want to achieve? Did you see the faces on
:18:01. > :18:03.those children in that race? That's what it's about the end of the day,
:18:04. > :18:07.it's fantastic that the Tour is coming here. I think Yorkshhre will
:18:08. > :18:10.put on a fantastic event. It is estimated there could be ?100
:18:11. > :18:14.million worth of investment into the region, and in addition to `ll that,
:18:15. > :18:17.we are going to get more people riding bikes. Cracking the school
:18:18. > :18:22.commute conundrum would be ` good place to start. In the Nethdrlands
:18:23. > :18:26.and Scandinavia nearly half of all school commutes are by bike but in
:18:27. > :18:29.this country it's just one hn 5 . A statistic this school is determined
:18:30. > :18:33.to change. We have got a huge number of students who have decided to sack
:18:34. > :18:37.the car off and ride into school, we've also got a club we run every
:18:38. > :18:40.Friday. We don't just teach football and rugby and the usual sports, we
:18:41. > :18:49.teach cycling now. And as everybody knows, riding a bike is somdthing
:18:50. > :18:52.you only need to learn once. ??NEWINE Two of the groups wanting
:18:53. > :18:55.to run Leeds United have sahd they're working together to ensure
:18:56. > :18:59.the club doesn't go into administration. The Together Leeds
:19:00. > :19:02.consortium have been talking to Italian businessman Massimo Cellino
:19:03. > :19:13.` who's still awaiting a decision on his appeal to the football
:19:14. > :19:16.authorities. You'll remember they initially blocked his attempt to
:19:17. > :19:21.take over the club. Tanya's here. Mike Farnan from Together Ldeds has
:19:22. > :19:31.been talking, what's he had to say? We have talked about who we think
:19:32. > :19:37.that Together Leeds are, it is Mike Farnan, a business colleagud, and we
:19:38. > :19:42.have confirmed that Gary Verity and Adam Pearson, the current owner of
:19:43. > :19:47.Hull FC will be the executive of Together Leeds, if they took over.
:19:48. > :19:53.Behind them would be a group of assessment. They have been talking
:19:54. > :19:58.to Massimo Cellino, they sax that he has run for debut feathers `nd they
:19:59. > :20:04.could advise him on English football and Yorkshire, but they can also
:20:05. > :20:08.take over on their own. The club needs to go back into the h`nds of
:20:09. > :20:14.people who have connection with the club, genuinely, with the stpport,
:20:15. > :20:19.if it is Cellino, with his passion, I am on side, and if not, wd will
:20:20. > :20:24.work it ourselves, we have ` strong team behind us, not just exdcutive
:20:25. > :20:31.level but the funding aspect. Why are they talking to Cellino and not
:20:32. > :20:38.the club? They don't get on with GF H, but also, Massimo Cellino, as we
:20:39. > :20:42.understand it, has bought 74% of the shares are so if he fails in the
:20:43. > :20:48.appeal, it's up to him to sdll them. He needs to recoup as much loney as
:20:49. > :20:53.he can. GF H O and the club and run it but we think he owns 75% of the
:20:54. > :21:00.shares so anybody who wants to come in now has to negotiate with him.
:21:01. > :21:04.It's so complicated! But yot're keeping up well. On the pitch,
:21:05. > :21:11.pretty grim? It has been drdadful. They have won just once in ten. At
:21:12. > :21:13.his press conference today, Brian McDermott revealed he has bden
:21:14. > :21:18.getting angry phone calls in the middle of the night from fans. I got
:21:19. > :21:26.some phone calls the other night, very late at night, which is good
:21:27. > :21:33.but it's not right, it's just not right, or to useless. There is a
:21:34. > :21:40.right and wrong, and that's wrong. We will let you know the verdict of
:21:41. > :21:44.that appeal when we get it. Super League now. And the new owndr of
:21:45. > :21:46.Bradford Bulls Marc Green s`id today that the club are considering
:21:47. > :21:49.appealing against the six`point deduction imposed on them bx the
:21:50. > :21:53.RFL, for going into administration. Today at his first formal press
:21:54. > :21:56.conference since taking over at the Bulls, Green also unveiled ` new
:21:57. > :21:59.signing ` Jamal Fakir from Catalans. Green also had some very topical
:22:00. > :22:03.things to say about the Bulls' history, and their future, now that
:22:04. > :22:08.it lies in his hands. From what I have seen, the biggest issud in
:22:09. > :22:15.sport, with any club, is thd ability to separate the emotion of the love
:22:16. > :22:22.of the club, and the business. And I come at this from a business point
:22:23. > :22:25.of view. I know what Bradford was a novelty whatever I can to ptt it
:22:26. > :22:28.back where it should be. In Skiing, Sheffield's Katid
:22:29. > :22:30.Summerhayes is the new World Junior Slopestyle champion. The 18`year`old
:22:31. > :22:34.finished seventh in the winter Olympics in Sochi back in Fdbruary.
:22:35. > :22:46.She won the Junior title in Italy this morning. Her sister cale 1 th,
:22:47. > :22:56.by the way. A talented family! Now for an inspiring story. Yes, he s
:22:57. > :22:59.quite some character! Ali J`wad is bidding to become world chalpion.
:23:00. > :23:02.Born with no legs, five years ago Ali was diagnosed with Crohns
:23:03. > :23:05.disease ` a condition that can lead to severe inflammation of your
:23:06. > :23:06.digestive system. But he has broken the record three times in the last
:23:07. > :23:20.six months. I get the Rocky music on and I get
:23:21. > :23:25.really, really angry. I get to the point I'm so angry, I want to take
:23:26. > :23:29.it out on something. He prowls and on the bench, he prowls up `nd down
:23:30. > :23:35.the warm up room, the lobby of the hotel, down the corridors when his
:23:36. > :23:41.mind is really on it. You don't want to make me angry.
:23:42. > :23:46.So that's how Ali Jawad psyches himself up to lift upwards of 1 0
:23:47. > :23:50.kilograms, around three and a half times his natural body weight. Here
:23:51. > :23:57.he is lifting 197, new world record set earlier this year. I've always
:23:58. > :24:03.believed I have big weights in me but it's all about self belhef. A
:24:04. > :24:06.lot of it is 80% mental. I work really hard and for me, the world
:24:07. > :24:15.record represents how hard H've worked. The training is tough enough
:24:16. > :24:17.if you are fit and healthy. Ali has Crohn's disease, a painful `nd
:24:18. > :24:24.debilitating condition that affects your suggestion. Digestive system.
:24:25. > :24:28.Waking up every day when I was sick was the most horrible thing. You
:24:29. > :24:33.feel weak, you feel dehydrated all the time. You feel like you don t
:24:34. > :24:38.want to move, let alone comd to the gym and do a four hour sesshon every
:24:39. > :24:49.day. Luckily, with the way things have gone, I feel like I'm healthy
:24:50. > :24:52.now. I've always had a dreal of becoming Paralympic champion since I
:24:53. > :24:56.was younger, I've always thought nothing could stand in my w`y. I got
:24:57. > :24:59.diagnosed, it was another htrdle for me. It's been harder than I
:25:00. > :25:03.expected, it's taken me longer than I would like to get healthy, but I
:25:04. > :25:07.think now, I am mature enough and I've put the right things in place
:25:08. > :25:11.to give myself the best chance of doing really well at the worlds and
:25:12. > :25:15.hopefully Rio. Ali will havd to lift close to that world record or even
:25:16. > :25:17.more to get gold at the worlds. Expect him to be really angry at
:25:18. > :25:33.least for a while yet. Air pollution, its lingering, isn't
:25:34. > :25:37.it? In the south of the reghon, the Midlands, it has been high, the good
:25:38. > :25:43.news is it will clear up colpletely tomorrow.
:25:44. > :25:53.Another uninspiring day, th`t is a nice shots taken by Frank in
:25:54. > :26:06.Sheffield. The second one is from yesterday morning. Keep the pictures
:26:07. > :26:11.coming in. A good improvement coming through, it will be a drearx start,
:26:12. > :26:21.but brightening up for the afternoon. The Atlantic takds over,
:26:22. > :26:26.through tomorrow, and over the weekend into next week as wdll. But
:26:27. > :26:34.it's another dreary one out there, fog over the hills. Rain and drizzle
:26:35. > :26:38.coming up from the south`west. This evening, cloudy, misty and lurky,
:26:39. > :26:44.hill fog, some sea fog as wdll. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle. We
:26:45. > :26:58.will see temperatures around seven Celsius. It's a slow start,
:26:59. > :27:02.extensive hill fog, cloudy, drizzle and patchy light rain in pl`ces
:27:03. > :27:07.that will ease off into the North Sea and it becomes dry throtgh the
:27:08. > :27:12.switches, and the afternoon looks switches, and the afternoon looks
:27:13. > :27:16.quite promising. There should be some sunny breaks. It looks as
:27:17. > :27:29.though it will be an improvdment, just one or two showers, noticeably
:27:30. > :27:33.warmer along the coast. Bit of a mixed weekend. Saturday gets off to
:27:34. > :27:39.a good start, a bit of patchy light rain for the Pennines. Sund`y,
:27:40. > :27:41.always the risk of showery outbreaks.