:00:09. > :00:10.Good evening. First tonight ` Look the papers on
:00:11. > :00:13.Good evening. First tonight ` Look North has learned that the
:00:14. > :00:18.controversial traffic ban on Lendal Bridge in York will be liftdd on
:00:19. > :00:21.Saturday. Fines of over ?1 lillion have been issued since the ban on
:00:22. > :00:24.general traffic was introduced. But York City Council Leader Jales
:00:25. > :00:31.Alexander says he's listened to the concerns of business and thd public.
:00:32. > :00:38.We'll hear from him in a molent but first Spencer Stokes looks `t the
:00:39. > :00:43.background to the story. The restrictions were introduced in
:00:44. > :00:51.August last year. For bus journeys journeys were speeded up th`t cars
:00:52. > :00:55.have faced long diversions. Last week the Independent adjudicator
:00:56. > :01:01.said the council may have acted I'm loftily so finds are not behng
:01:02. > :01:09.issued. But the penalties could be issued at a later date. Motorists
:01:10. > :01:15.say they are confused. Now the cameras are on and you may or not
:01:16. > :01:20.receive a fine. It is not jtst York residents having to content with the
:01:21. > :01:26.rules. Visitors to the city also have to work out if he can or cannot
:01:27. > :01:33.drive across Lendal Bridge. In total, ?1.3 million has been raised
:01:34. > :01:40.by the council 's `` by the cameras but the net gain to the council is
:01:41. > :01:42.only ?700,000. The council has received independent legal `dvice
:01:43. > :01:51.saying they have not acted hllegally will stop at meetings with lawyers
:01:52. > :01:53.have been taking place will stop IM joined now by council leader James
:01:54. > :02:00.Alexander. This is embarrassing at the
:02:01. > :02:05.council. Why are you scrapphng it? We always said this was a trial The
:02:06. > :02:12.results we have looked that she there has been an increase hn bus
:02:13. > :02:16.patronage. Air quality has hmproved. Hotel accommodation has acttally
:02:17. > :02:19.increased during the period. We have to act knowledge this has bden a
:02:20. > :02:22.polarising issue and a lot of people feel they are unhappy with their
:02:23. > :02:30.restriction so we do need to build consensus. The challenges are not
:02:31. > :02:35.going to go away and therefore we think it is right that from Saturday
:02:36. > :02:39.we reopen the bridge and be set up a cross`party commission to look at
:02:40. > :02:46.the challenges. Is this anything to do with the advice from an
:02:47. > :02:51.independent adjudicator? No, the signage was approved by the
:02:52. > :02:55.Department of Transport `` this is about the public feedback and
:02:56. > :03:00.feedback from businesses and residents. We have listened and we
:03:01. > :03:08.have taken that into account and we do need to build that consensus
:03:09. > :03:13.Thousands of people have bedn fined, will they get a refund? No, we're
:03:14. > :03:21.going to the adjudicator. The money goes into road repairs and so on.
:03:22. > :03:27.This has not been about gendrating income. If you go on Lendal Bridge
:03:28. > :03:34.tomorrow you may get a fine but from Saturday you want? My devicd would
:03:35. > :03:41.be not to go across to moral but on Saturday. My advice would bd that
:03:42. > :03:47.the fines should be waived because there has been some confusion.
:03:48. > :03:51.The Government says it will announce within 48 hours whether it can help
:03:52. > :03:55.to delay the closure of two pits in our region. 1400 jobs will go with
:03:56. > :03:57.the closure of Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire and Thordsby in
:03:58. > :04:01.Nottinghamshire. It's feared the pits could close within weeks but an
:04:02. > :04:04.injection of around ?10 million could mean a managed rundown over 18
:04:05. > :04:07.months. It's claimed rural businessds in
:04:08. > :04:10.some parts of Yorkshire are struggling to survive because of the
:04:11. > :04:12.slow roll`out of superfast broadband. The Conservative MP for
:04:13. > :04:16.Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones, led a debate in Parlhament on
:04:17. > :04:19.the issue today. He says many rural businesses still don't have fast
:04:20. > :04:28.connections and they're being left behind.
:04:29. > :04:30.The Italian businessman, Massimo Cellino, has completed his takeover
:04:31. > :04:35.of Leeds United. His companx, Eleonora Sport, has bought 75% of
:04:36. > :04:38.the shares. It follows his succesful appeal against the Football League's
:04:39. > :04:42.ban on the deal. They said he wasn't fit to run a league club. Mr Cellino
:04:43. > :04:49.arrived at Watford's Vicarage Road ground tonight for the game against
:04:50. > :04:53.Leeds. He's been telling us what he thinks of Leeds fans and thd fans
:04:54. > :05:05.have been saying what they think of him. I hope finally to get two Leeds
:05:06. > :05:12.safe after a difficult trip. We have the match tonight. To drive to my
:05:13. > :05:23.new town. The fans are something you can not organise. They have it finds
:05:24. > :05:29.and the beautiful stadium. H think it is a great step forward for the
:05:30. > :05:34.club. The years of uncertainty, I think this hopefully will bd the
:05:35. > :05:39.stability we are looking for. Let's hope it is on an upward scale now.
:05:40. > :05:43.Within a couple of years we will be back in the Premiership, whdre they
:05:44. > :05:53.should be. If he can put sole money into the club and if we havd a
:05:54. > :05:55.manager, if he can have the summer to build a team then we can look
:05:56. > :05:58.forward to next season. Well, there's certainly not much to
:05:59. > :06:02.shout about this season for Leeds. They were well beaten tonight, going
:06:03. > :06:05.down 3`0 nil at Watford. It was an important night for Barnslex in
:06:06. > :06:08.their battle against relegation Things are looking desperatd for the
:06:09. > :06:11.Tykes, they went down 1`0 at home to Burnley, leaving them second from
:06:12. > :06:15.bottom. Doncaster went down 2`1 at home to Bolton and there was another
:06:16. > :06:18.defeat for Huddersfield, thhs time at the hands of Ipswich. Shdffield
:06:19. > :06:23.Wednesday were 3`1 up at Nottingham Forest but had to settle for a
:06:24. > :06:26.point. And in the South Yorkshire derby in League One it finished
:06:27. > :06:28.Sheffield United one Rotherham zero. Rotherham stay in third.
:06:29. > :06:43.Here's the weather. It is not looking too bad for
:06:44. > :06:50.tomorrow. It should stage I. High pressure in charge. Cloud whll
:06:51. > :06:55.increase later tonight and there could be some patchy rain. Lowest
:06:56. > :07:05.temperatures coming in at shx Celsius. Much more cloud around to
:07:06. > :07:11.moral and some patchy rain. The cloud should break up from time to
:07:12. > :07:19.time, particularly in the afternoon. Temperatures a degree or so higher,
:07:20. > :07:27.13 or 14 Celsius. There looks set to be bright but it will cloud over. A
:07:28. > :07:31.bit damp on Thursday night but Friday and Saturday look mostly fine
:07:32. > :07:32.with some sunshine. I will leave you with a
:07:33. > :07:35.with some sunshine. I will leave you with a summary.
:07:36. > :07:40.on the other side of the world. As you have been hearing, there is not
:07:41. > :07:44.a great deal happening in the you have been hearing, there is not
:07:45. > :07:48.weather over the UK over the next couple of days.
:07:49. > :07:51.Meanwhile, we have been attacked thing -- tracking an active spring
:07:52. > :07:58.storm in the US. There have been reports of flash flooding and
:07:59. > :08:03.tornadoes. You can see a narrowband which is weakening and heading out
:08:04. > :08:06.to the Atlantic. It is the Atlantic tonight that will pick up whether
:08:07. > :08:09.funds to the north of the UK, bringing with them or cloud and
:08:10. > :08:14.outbreaks of rain. Meanwhile, pressure remains relatively high to
:08:15. > :08:18.the south. There is a small chance of patchy mist and fog and low cloud
:08:19. > :08:19.by the end of the night. But temperatures