:00:00. > :01:22.rest of the week is looking more promising.
:01:23. > :01:25.Good evening. A family from Wakefield whose two children died
:01:26. > :01:29.while on holiday in Corfu h`ve met the Prime Minister today as part of
:01:30. > :01:31.their campaign for a proper hearing and inquiry into the tragedx.
:01:32. > :01:33.their campaign for a proper hearing and inquiry into The inquest into
:01:34. > :01:37.the deaths of Bobbi and Chrhsti Shepherd is due to take place next
:01:38. > :01:40.year, more than eight years after they died from carbon monoxhde
:01:41. > :01:43.poisoning. But their parents have been refused help to pay for legal
:01:44. > :01:46.representation at the inquest, something they say is vital if they
:01:47. > :01:54.are to find out exactly what happened. Emma Glasbey reports. They
:01:55. > :01:58.have spent nearly eight years fighting to get the full facts about
:01:59. > :02:02.the death of their children. Today the parents of Bobbi and Christi
:02:03. > :02:09.Shepherd took their campaign to Downing Street. They were jtst six
:02:10. > :02:14.and seven years old when thdy died from carbon monoxide poisonhng
:02:15. > :02:18.during a holiday in Corfu. There were overcome by fumes from a faulty
:02:19. > :02:23.boiler. A hotel manager and two other members of staff work in the
:02:24. > :02:28.lid of manslaughter by neglhgence. To Thomas Cook employees were
:02:29. > :02:30.cleared but with the trial held in Greece the family struggled to
:02:31. > :02:34.understand much of the eviddnce Now they're hoping the full British
:02:35. > :02:40.inquest will see more of thdir questions answered. Right now their
:02:41. > :02:44.parents are talking to David Cameron here in Downing Street. This meeting
:02:45. > :02:49.was organised by the local LP who raised their case during prhme
:02:50. > :02:52.ministers questions. They'rd angry at being refused legal aid for the
:02:53. > :02:57.inquest into the deaths of their children. They say they need for
:02:58. > :03:01.legal representation is now urgent. It was just a short meeting behind
:03:02. > :03:07.the doors of Downing Street but the family felt it was a positive one.
:03:08. > :03:14.We are exhausted and it is dmotional `` emotionally draining. Mr Cameron
:03:15. > :03:19.as does to provide some addhtional information to the legal aid agency
:03:20. > :03:23.which is promising and means that hopefully they will review the case
:03:24. > :03:28.again. We are fighting a massive tour company, and massive industry.
:03:29. > :03:35.We have received no help wh`tsoever from them from day one. Thex have
:03:36. > :03:41.completely ignored as. We are just nothing to them. And it is the
:03:42. > :03:46.chance we have got to learn how our children died. The coroner has
:03:47. > :03:49.promised a full and fearless investigation when inquest gets
:03:50. > :03:59.under way in Wakefield earlx next year. The parents are deterlined
:04:00. > :04:05.lessons will be learned. We're joined now by the family's LP, Mary
:04:06. > :04:08.Creagh, from our London studio. Mary, why is it so important to the
:04:09. > :04:17.families to have legal representation? Well, it is vital.
:04:18. > :04:21.The wider public interest in preventing deaths from carbon
:04:22. > :04:24.monoxide poisoning in hotels and caravans and campsites, not just in
:04:25. > :04:30.the UK but across Europe, is very important. We know these accidents
:04:31. > :04:36.keep happening for people on holiday so it is vital that we hear the full
:04:37. > :04:40.facts of what happened. And that the coroner is then able to isste his
:04:41. > :04:43.recommendations as to what governments and the European union
:04:44. > :04:48.should do to prevent these kind of death happening in future. So what
:04:49. > :04:52.happens now for the parents? Will the Prime Minister has asked us to
:04:53. > :04:58.provide further information. We have been working closely with the family
:04:59. > :05:03.and their solicitor. And also the Labour MEP for Yorkshire who has
:05:04. > :05:07.been working with the familx for several years, looking at the case
:05:08. > :05:12.across the European union, `t the patchwork of national regul`tions
:05:13. > :05:16.that exist. And we'll be putting our proposals to the legal aid `gency
:05:17. > :05:20.trying to show them how thex got wrong and how the lessons of this
:05:21. > :05:24.tragedy had not been learned and how they have a chance to put it right
:05:25. > :05:32.by funding the legal aid and ensuring that the parents h`ve the
:05:33. > :05:36.full facts. Later on look North The latest on Lendal Bridge. Now York
:05:37. > :05:42.council says it won't fine lotorists who use the bridge after a tribunal
:05:43. > :05:45.said it might be unlawful. Runners who paid to enter
:05:46. > :05:48.yesterday's chaotic Sheffield half marathon won't get their entry fee
:05:49. > :05:51.refunded, even though the r`ce was cancelled as thousands of pdople
:05:52. > :05:54.gathered at the start. Organisers took the radical step to kedp
:05:55. > :06:01.competitors safe after being unable to provide enough drinking water.
:06:02. > :06:11.But many were unaware and sdt off. One runner woke up in intensive care
:06:12. > :06:16.after collapsing from dehydration. James Vincent reports. The race
:06:17. > :06:20.today is cancelled. Disbelidf and despair at the start line. The race
:06:21. > :06:29.was called off but as peopld started running anyway most had no hdea at
:06:30. > :06:36.the back what was going on. Runners streamed past the time car. They
:06:37. > :06:39.were determined to carry on. The only thing to do was keep the
:06:40. > :06:45.infrastructure in place and continue with it as normal. So those
:06:46. > :06:50.facilities that we had were used and have to be paid for. But whdn it
:06:51. > :06:59.ceases to be a race people should have a refund? Our terms sax there
:07:00. > :07:03.are no refunds. But it's not just about money. Tom Moore coll`psed at
:07:04. > :07:07.the end of the race. Breathhng. His father said it was because of
:07:08. > :07:10.dehydration and his son onlx found out that the race had been cancelled
:07:11. > :07:16.when he woke up in hospital. He should have been safe throughout the
:07:17. > :07:21.race. He may have collapsed it never had the water, but the water was not
:07:22. > :07:26.there for him to make that choice. He did not have an informed choice.
:07:27. > :07:31.He thought the race was on `nd water would be available. An investigation
:07:32. > :07:36.has started today about why water did not arrive and whose fatlt it
:07:37. > :07:39.was. The lack of liquid gavd Sheffield people the chance to step
:07:40. > :07:44.in. Cafes and the public silply handing it out themselves. Something
:07:45. > :07:52.has gone wrong but what an `mazing city. It was not just us, I know
:07:53. > :07:57.friends who had gone to shops to buy water and they were just given it.
:07:58. > :08:03.Everyone as soon as the news broke, they said let's get to it. But the
:08:04. > :08:07.organisers of the race might need more than that Sheffield st`tement
:08:08. > :08:17.`` Sheffield spirit. In a statement today they said they hoped the event
:08:18. > :08:21.would be on again next year. Here's what you thought about what happened
:08:22. > :08:23.yesterday. Richard Harris elailed to say, I'm absolutely appalled at the
:08:24. > :08:27.organisers' attitude. Sheffheld a city of sport? First the delise of
:08:28. > :08:30.Don Valley Stadium and now this debacle. However, Steven Taxlor
:08:31. > :08:34.wrote, it's pretty much standard that you aren't refunded if a race
:08:35. > :08:37.is cancelled. I'm not saying it s right, but it's definitely common
:08:38. > :08:43.practice. Anna Austin was one of those who ran. She said, I ran it
:08:44. > :08:47.and don't want a refund. I got my medal, T`shirt, and faith in human
:08:48. > :08:57.kind restored. And you can join in the conversation
:08:58. > :09:01.on our Facebook page. A former Army officer has bden
:09:02. > :09:05.jailed for a minimum of 34 xears for the murder of an estate agent in
:09:06. > :09:08.York. Jeremy Green had burgled Nicole Waterhouse's flat, mtrdering
:09:09. > :09:13.her and trying to kill her colleague Karen Browne. A judge said Green's
:09:14. > :09:19.savagery had been almost bexond belief. Our Crime Correspondent John
:09:20. > :09:26.Cundy reports. Jeremy Green, once a public
:09:27. > :09:29.schoolboy, later an army officer discharged for stealing. Sthll
:09:30. > :09:34.seeking money, the conman mtrdered Nicole Waterhouse in a flat in York
:09:35. > :09:40.last October. As well as his life sentence today he was given a 2
:09:41. > :09:45.year concurrent sentence for trying to kill Karen Browne. She still
:09:46. > :09:50.bears the scars from the attack Leeds Crown Court heard how Jeremy
:09:51. > :09:57.Green subjected Nicole Waterhouse and Karen Browne to eight hours of
:09:58. > :10:03.terror that October day. He cut Nicole's throat with a knifd. And he
:10:04. > :10:09.left Karen lying in the flat with life`threatening injuries. He tells
:10:10. > :10:15.lies to make himself more appealing to females. But in short he is
:10:16. > :10:20.callous and devious, manipulative and self`centred. Nicole
:10:21. > :10:24.Waterhouse's family left cotrt saying what she had endured that
:10:25. > :10:31.terrible day, they must endtre for ever.
:10:32. > :10:37.A new study is to look at how it can be made easier for passengers to
:10:38. > :10:42.reach Leeds Bradford airport. The transport Minister said that access
:10:43. > :10:48.to the air Port was a long`running issue and she had the study would
:10:49. > :10:59.unlock real progress. Then she hoped.
:11:00. > :11:01.Building work has begun tod`y on a new multi`million pound shopping
:11:02. > :11:04.centre in Leeds. The Victorha Gate development will house a fl`gship
:11:05. > :11:25.John Lewis store, a shopping arcade, restaurants and a casino. It's due
:11:26. > :11:27.to open in two years. There's been yet another development in the
:11:28. > :11:30.Lendal Bridge`Coppergate saga in York. York council has decided not
:11:31. > :11:33.to issue fines for drivers who use the area, but will still be
:11:34. > :11:36.recording their vehicles. On Friday the government's traffic adjudicator
:11:37. > :11:44.said issuing fines to motorhsts who ignore the driving restricthons may
:11:45. > :11:50.have been illegal. A trial period ended in February. At that stage
:11:51. > :11:57.?1.3 million had been raised from fines. But finds continued to be
:11:58. > :11:59.issued. Last weekend it was said that the council may have acted
:12:00. > :12:05.unlawfully. City of York Cotncil then thought there own legal advice
:12:06. > :12:10.with an independent lawyer, ruling that they could continue to issue
:12:11. > :12:14.penalty tickets. Today numbdr pay `` number plates were being recorded
:12:15. > :12:20.but finds were not issued. We spoke to one driver who stopped at traffic
:12:21. > :12:22.lights at the end of bridge. Several vehicles have been coming across the
:12:23. > :12:29.road this afternoon. This is one of them. Does he know that he lay be
:12:30. > :12:35.getting a fine? Do you know about the rules on Lendal Bridge `t the
:12:36. > :12:44.moment? You may have incurrdd a fine. It bothers me but there's not
:12:45. > :12:50.a lot I can do. Do you think that the signs are clear? Probably not.
:12:51. > :12:56.City of York Council say although they have received ?1.3 million in
:12:57. > :12:59.fines, their income is just ?70 ,000 because of the running costs of the
:13:00. > :13:07.scheme. But this seems to bd little support. It takes me 35 minttes
:13:08. > :13:13.whereas it is five or ten mhnutes this way. What about people who have
:13:14. > :13:19.already been fined. It is confusing. We are all a bit confused. Ht is a
:13:20. > :13:22.ridiculous idea. A final decision on the fines is expected later this
:13:23. > :13:33.week. The future of the Lendal Bridge and Coppergate closure scheme
:13:34. > :13:38.will be decided on the 6th of May. Earlier today I spoke to Darren
:13:39. > :13:46.Richardson from York City Council. This has been embarrassing for your
:13:47. > :13:52.council? I do not think so. Not at this moment in time. We havd been
:13:53. > :13:58.doing a lot of work on the scheme. It is a trial and we are le`rning
:13:59. > :14:03.from it. The adjudication process is an issue that we have two address.
:14:04. > :14:06.It is a learning experience and we will see where that goes. When
:14:07. > :14:10.involved with the council you have to make controversial decishons
:14:11. > :14:17.Sometimes both to upset the apple cart. Sometimes you make bad
:14:18. > :14:20.decisions. I think this was controversial and I think it was a
:14:21. > :14:26.bad decision. And thousands would agree. White can the council not
:14:27. > :14:31.just turnround and say they have got it wrong. It is certainly a
:14:32. > :14:37.controversial decision putthng restriction such as this in place.
:14:38. > :14:41.Because it affects people's habits. In terms of a bad decision, I cannot
:14:42. > :14:45.agree with that because we need to see the outcome of the trial is
:14:46. > :14:49.Seeing what the experiences have been like overall. What is hmportant
:14:50. > :14:53.is that we need to think of the future for York and doing nothing is
:14:54. > :15:00.not an option. If pollution at one of the issues? If you tell le now
:15:01. > :15:07.that I need a gas mask to go over the bridge I would accept it. But it
:15:08. > :15:10.is marginal at the worst. Wdll you raised the point about pollttion and
:15:11. > :15:14.that is just part of it. Thd main mover behind the trial was trying to
:15:15. > :15:18.improve people 's Mac habits and get more people on the buses, creating
:15:19. > :15:24.space on the highway so you have more room to manoeuvre around the
:15:25. > :15:28.city. If a person has got a fine sitting on the table at homd now,
:15:29. > :15:31.what should they do with it. If you have been fined follow the process.
:15:32. > :15:37.Do not believe that anything has changed. Follow that through. Use
:15:38. > :15:39.the penalty charge notice whth the information on the back and make
:15:40. > :15:45.sure you deal with a fine accordingly. Pay your money, in
:15:46. > :15:50.other words. And addressed the process as it says. Still to come
:15:51. > :15:54.before seven o'clock. They're nearly there. Rotherham United are now
:15:55. > :15:58.unbeaten in 16 games as thex continue their push for automatic
:15:59. > :16:09.promotion. And Pearce on panto and standup. Billy's here to tell us
:16:10. > :16:14.about his latest tour. Now to the weekend's sport. Yet more
:16:15. > :16:17.developments at Leeds United this weekend when the Italian businessman
:16:18. > :16:20.Massimo Cellino won his appdal against the football league's
:16:21. > :16:24.decision to bar him from taking over the club because he failed their fit
:16:25. > :16:34.and proper person test. So hs that it? Tanya's here. He is still
:16:35. > :16:38.waiting to get the golden share from the foot or league. There is a
:16:39. > :16:43.meeting of the full league on Thursday. But the ruling was quite
:16:44. > :16:49.complicated. It was not what we thought it might be, about Htalian
:16:50. > :16:52.law and whether he was innocent until proven guilty. It was on the
:16:53. > :16:59.fact that the Italian judge when he was convicted of not paying import
:17:00. > :17:03.duty on his yacht, she has not delivered her court verdict yet So
:17:04. > :17:09.the QC who was overseeing this said I cannot say if he was dishonest or
:17:10. > :17:17.not. That is the word that hs key to failing that fit and proper person
:17:18. > :17:25.test. But what we could find is that he at `` has now passed the Football
:17:26. > :17:30.League. But if he is found to be dishonest, what do they do then He
:17:31. > :17:37.is still very outspoken. He is reported to have been surprhsed by
:17:38. > :17:44.the fact that McDermott had not stood by himself. Yes and Ldeds have
:17:45. > :17:49.been on a shocking run. Thex lost again at the weekend and have won
:17:50. > :17:51.just one game in 11. This is against an horrendous background of what has
:17:52. > :17:56.been going on behind the scdnes Brian McDermott was speaking today.
:17:57. > :18:01.He said he has yet to speak to Massimo Cellino and he is not
:18:02. > :18:07.thinking about that. The proof of the pudding will be in due time see
:18:08. > :18:13.what happens. The most important thing is it is now an excithng time.
:18:14. > :18:14.We have got an owner. Well on the pitch it was not just Leeds who had
:18:15. > :18:24.a difficult weekend. . Rotherham United were the only
:18:25. > :18:27.winners from our ten teams. On Saturday, the Millers kept tp their
:18:28. > :18:41.League One promotion push whth a stunning fightback at Gillingham.
:18:42. > :18:44.Time for a super substitute. Tom Hitchcock equalised twice for the
:18:45. > :18:57.Millers. There were just minutes to go. The fourth consecutive win for
:18:58. > :19:06.the promotion chasing team. Mother of eight Sheffield United tonight.
:19:07. > :19:10.Jamie Murphy took this cool finish. The only team to take a point in the
:19:11. > :19:16.championship for Barnsley. This header bouncing back off thd bar.
:19:17. > :19:22.And they settled for a goalless draw against Brighton. Points for York at
:19:23. > :19:26.Rochdale. The goalkeeper in fine form to make it seven clean sheets
:19:27. > :19:32.in a row as the Minster men returned to the play`offs places. And you can
:19:33. > :19:37.see action from all the teals on our programme later tonight. Thdre was
:19:38. > :19:40.controversy in Rugby League this weekend as the Huddersfield Giants
:19:41. > :19:48.were denied victory in the Challenge Cup fourth round yesterday. With the
:19:49. > :19:50.scores tied at 16` all with St Helens, Huddersfield captain Danny
:19:51. > :19:54.Brough thought he'd clinched the match with a drop goal. But referee
:19:55. > :19:58.Phil Bentham judged the kick had gone wide and Saints went on to win
:19:59. > :20:01.by scoring a drop goal of their own. And you can see highlights from all
:20:02. > :20:04.16 fourth round ties on tonhght s Super League Show at five to
:20:05. > :20:09.midnight. Sheffield Eagles @ndrew Henderson is alongside Brian Noble.
:20:10. > :20:11.In cricket Yorkshire have hdld their official season launch this morning.
:20:12. > :20:14.The squad travel to Northampton tonight for their final fridndly
:20:15. > :20:18.before they take on Somerset in their County Championship opener on
:20:19. > :20:21.Sunday. Yorkshire also confhrmed that England batsman Joe Root has
:20:22. > :20:27.signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2016. The
:20:28. > :20:37.23`year`old and the rest of the squad have high expectations for the
:20:38. > :20:42.season ahead. The boys are really confident going into the sulmer
:20:43. > :20:48.Yulia this every year but rdally this year we have a strong squad and
:20:49. > :20:53.we will be pushing hard to lock `` to put down a marker and show
:20:54. > :20:58.everyone how good we are. Wd had a really good winter and hopefully we
:20:59. > :21:01.can go further. We have put in a lot of hard work. Some great news in ice
:21:02. > :21:04.hockey, as the Sheffield Stdelers pulled off a shock win last night to
:21:05. > :21:08.become play`off champions. Drew Fatta scored the winning go`l in
:21:09. > :21:10.overtime for a 3`2 win over league champions Belfast. It means
:21:11. > :21:15.Sheffield have become play`off champions for the first timd since
:21:16. > :21:19.2009. And congratulations to Leeds powerlifter, Ali Jawad, who we
:21:20. > :21:23.featured on Thursday's Look North. He's become the IPC World Champion
:21:24. > :21:29.in Dubai over the weekend, `nd he did it in some style. He set a new
:21:30. > :21:39.world record, lifting 190 khlos well over three times his own body
:21:40. > :21:43.weight. And I confidently predict there is more to come from him. Now
:21:44. > :21:45.to a funny man who needs no introduction ` Yorkshire coledian,
:21:46. > :21:50.panto star and all round entertainer Billy Pearce! He's just started his
:21:51. > :21:52.current tour, An Adult Evenhng With Billy Pearce. And before we have a
:21:53. > :21:59.chat, here's a reminder of his inimitable brand of fun!
:22:00. > :22:06.One fellow ran the maternitx hospital panicking. He said my wife
:22:07. > :22:14.has just gone into labour. He said, is it a first baby? He said no, this
:22:15. > :22:22.is a husband. The nurse said how dilated is she. He said, shd has
:22:23. > :22:32.over the moon. `` she is. So 60 dates in four
:22:33. > :22:37.months. You must shattered. The driving is the worst bit. It took me
:22:38. > :22:43.six hours the other night. H took my car in for a service and thd
:22:44. > :22:48.mechanic said we cannot fix your brakes so we have made the horn
:22:49. > :23:03.louder. How do you keep finding You have to keep working about ``
:23:04. > :23:18.working on it. What do you think of reality shows? Well I came tp
:23:19. > :23:25.through New Faces. And it altered my life. It is a great thing. H wrote
:23:26. > :23:32.off for a course of books and how to become a comedian. They nevdr turned
:23:33. > :23:39.up but then I saw the postm`n on Britain's got talent! So it is a
:23:40. > :23:46.different world now. I did that 25 years ago. And the pantomimd is very
:23:47. > :23:54.much part of your tradition. I love it there. There is so much dnergy.
:23:55. > :24:00.It is all about being kids. You have to have energy or the kids would be
:24:01. > :24:06.bored. Have you ever died on stage in terms of the audience. Not gone
:24:07. > :24:21.down very well. I could tell you some horror stories. I have been
:24:22. > :24:27.booed off walking on! I was in a club one night and did not do very
:24:28. > :24:47.well. Then I was in another club the other night and they were ndxt door
:24:48. > :25:00.to each other. I did not re`lise. I got booed as soon as I set foot on
:25:01. > :25:09.stage. Great to talk to you. Let me show you some photographs
:25:10. > :25:14.that came in. Double rainbows. Thank you for that. And that was the
:25:15. > :25:18.sunset last night. And this is beautiful, Sunrise this morning
:25:19. > :25:34.What a beautiful sky. Keep those victories coming in. `` those
:25:35. > :25:44.pictures. It is a bright and breezy day to come tomorrow. That trees
:25:45. > :25:50.could have quite an chill in it `` and chill. There has been a lively
:25:51. > :25:55.cold front this afternoon. That is just about clearing the coast now.
:25:56. > :25:59.And to the west guys have cleared. Though this evening and overnight it
:26:00. > :26:05.is a mixture of clear spells. Some showers coming in just after
:26:06. > :26:12.midnight. But they will tend to ease away later in the mike. And
:26:13. > :26:21.temperatures around four Celsius. `` later in the night. A bright and
:26:22. > :26:26.breezy day to come tomorrow. Some showers around especially in the
:26:27. > :26:32.morning in Pennine area. But they will tend to fizzle out. Thdre is a
:26:33. > :26:37.good deal of fine weather tomorrow with variable cloud and somd
:26:38. > :26:45.sunshine. The East Coast having the best of the weather. And a fresher,
:26:46. > :26:57.Cloverfield. A few degrees down on where we have been over the last few
:26:58. > :27:00.days. Some sunshine on Wedndsday. Some rain possible later on Thursday
:27:01. > :27:10.but much of this week and the weekend looking fine and
:27:11. > :27:16.weekend looking fine There could be a role for you in the
:27:17. > :27:23.pantomime later this year! Good night.