:00:00. > :00:00.you can head to our website. Now on BBC One we
:00:07. > :00:09.you can head to our website. Now on Welcome to Look North. Tonight:
:00:10. > :00:12.Could there be a stay of execution for our threatened pits? Miners wait
:00:13. > :00:25.to find out if Government money will postpone their closure. But it won't
:00:26. > :00:29.keep Kellingley and Thorseby open. It is going to be hard for a lot of
:00:30. > :00:31.men, because it is quite an old workforce.
:00:32. > :00:33.We'll be live at Kellingley Colliery following crisis talks between
:00:34. > :00:36.management and unions. Also on tonight's programme: Massimo
:00:37. > :00:39.Cellino talks exclusively to Radio Leeds reporter Adam Pope as the
:00:40. > :00:51.Italian completes his takeover of Leeds United. I hope to get the fire
:00:52. > :00:56.lit. I am going to drive to Leeds tomorrow, to my new town.
:00:57. > :00:59.I don't know what these girls are doing, that they are going to get me
:01:00. > :01:04.dancing, apparently. Find out why later.
:01:05. > :01:05.And it is a sunny end to the afternoon, very pleasant conditions,
:01:06. > :01:22.but what about the next few days? But first tonight to the latest on
:01:23. > :01:24.the bid to try and salvage the planned closure of Kellingley
:01:25. > :01:28.Colliery near Knottingley. Its owners UK Coal and the NUM have been
:01:29. > :01:31.holding crisis talks this afternoon about the future of both Kellingley
:01:32. > :01:34.and Thoresby pit in Nottinghamshire. Well, today the Government said it
:01:35. > :01:38.will announce within 48 hours whether it can help financially. But
:01:39. > :01:42.that help would still only mean their closure would be delayed. Phil
:01:43. > :01:49.Bodmer is at Kellingley for us now. Phil.
:01:50. > :01:55.The pit wheels are still turning here at Kellingley, but for how much
:01:56. > :01:58.longer? UK coal and union officials have been locked in talks all
:01:59. > :02:03.afternoon about the future of this pit, and what it will mean for the
:02:04. > :02:07.local community, and many people who have spend their whole adult lives
:02:08. > :02:13.working in the mining industry. One minor now fears for the future of
:02:14. > :02:18.the industry. Victor has been a minor for 35 years. For the last
:02:19. > :02:26.ten, he has worked at Kellingley, and like many, thought the pit had a
:02:27. > :02:33.long`term future. It has proved it can produce the coal, supply it. Why
:02:34. > :02:39.try to go halfway around the world? I can't see the sense and wanting to
:02:40. > :02:42.get rid of it. But the hopes and dreams of a brighter future for
:02:43. > :02:48.Victor and his colleagues were shattered after news of the pit's
:02:49. > :02:53.impending closure was broken on a TV news bulletin. One of the lads on
:02:54. > :02:57.the night shift said, have you seen the news? We are closing. That is
:02:58. > :03:07.the first I knew about it. You had no letter? Nothing. How do you feel
:03:08. > :03:12.about that? I think it's a disgrace. UK coal that runs Kellingley and
:03:13. > :03:26.thaws B needs ?10 million to begin an 18 month phase chat down ``
:03:27. > :03:33.shutdown. 1800 jobs will go. 53 years old with 35 years mining,
:03:34. > :03:37.where do I go? My family is here. I will be chasing jobs against lads
:03:38. > :03:45.who were 20. Who are they going to pick? It is going to be hard. It
:03:46. > :03:50.will be hard for a lot of men at Kellingley, because it is quite an
:03:51. > :03:53.old workforce. Is meetings between unions and UK coal being held
:03:54. > :03:57.today, the energy minister Michael Fallon said the government is
:03:58. > :04:00.considering whether it can contribute to a private sector
:04:01. > :04:08.proposal to deliver a managed closure. Coalfield communities have
:04:09. > :04:11.endured many bitter industrial disputes over the decades. But for
:04:12. > :04:15.Victor and his colleagues, this is about survival. The difference
:04:16. > :04:20.between whether this once mighty industry has life left in it, or it
:04:21. > :04:25.continues a slow and agonising death.
:04:26. > :04:28.Since the closure plans were announced, there has been widespread
:04:29. > :04:37.cross`party support for this, and today the Conservative MP Nigel
:04:38. > :04:42.Adams put forward an emergency debate, but it was turned down by
:04:43. > :04:47.the speaker. I think the perilous financial situation that UK coal
:04:48. > :04:52.finds itself in, the whole house should look at avenues that may be
:04:53. > :04:58.open for this industry. Lets get some reaction about those talks held
:04:59. > :05:05.here this afternoon. Keith Hartshorn from the NUM, you won't present, but
:05:06. > :05:09.there was a delegate present? There was, but it was a consultation
:05:10. > :05:15.exercise, and I think that is as much as what happened. There is a
:05:16. > :05:23.meeting with the national officials and the directors of UK Coal here at
:05:24. > :05:27.Kellingley at 9.30 on Thursday, so hopefully we will get some news out
:05:28. > :05:34.of that. But we are fighting this all the way. What is the mood
:05:35. > :05:39.tonight? How are people feeling? I think it is about the same. We said
:05:40. > :05:45.we were fighting, and that is what we intend to do. The TUC and the NUM
:05:46. > :05:50.have got a meeting with the energy Minister tomorrow, so the fight goes
:05:51. > :05:54.on. As Keith says, we're expecting more information, a Government
:05:55. > :05:58.announcement maybe tomorrow, and on Thursday there will be another
:05:59. > :06:02.meeting here, and as the situation changes and we hear news, we will
:06:03. > :06:06.bring it straight year. We did ask UK Coal for a comment,
:06:07. > :06:10.but they haven't got back to us. Next to an issue which is often a
:06:11. > :06:13.taboo subject, but one which affects millions of women and girls around
:06:14. > :06:15.the world, and thousands right here in Yorkshire. It involves an
:06:16. > :06:20.agonising procedure to circumcise women, and has been a custom in many
:06:21. > :06:24.African countries for years. But it scars them for life. And as
:06:25. > :06:27.Sheffield becomes the first city in the UK to officially support one
:06:28. > :06:31.African state's bid to become independent, we ask what's being
:06:32. > :06:38.done to stop it. Kate Bradbrook has this special report.
:06:39. > :06:43.Thousands of women in the UK have been subject to two procedure so
:06:44. > :06:48.intrusive, in many cases it has affected their ability to have
:06:49. > :06:51.children and live life to the full. For one woman in South Yorkshire,
:06:52. > :07:00.like many all over the world, the trauma of circumcision began when
:07:01. > :07:03.she was nine. I walked into a room with three of my auntie is, and I
:07:04. > :07:07.had a feeling there was something wrong. They held me down and said
:07:08. > :07:17.everything was OK, that I wouldn't feel anything. I was screaming so
:07:18. > :07:20.hard that I went numb. It is a practice that has gone on for
:07:21. > :07:25.centuries, but has been banned in the UK for three decades. My body
:07:26. > :07:33.went into shock. I remember shouting, I will never forgive you.
:07:34. > :07:36.It is not known how many women and girls in Yorkshire have undergone
:07:37. > :07:41.this major procedure, which can have many life changing effects. Despite
:07:42. > :07:46.some reports, it is not a religious practice. It is purely a cultural
:07:47. > :07:50.one. We know thousands of women here in Sheffield and which has a high
:07:51. > :07:55.Somali population, have had it done, but the true figure could be much
:07:56. > :08:02.greater. Last week, the city became the first in the country to
:08:03. > :08:04.officially back Somaliland's independence from Somalia, but
:08:05. > :08:11.despite the territory strive with democracy, officials admit the
:08:12. > :08:16.practice still goes on there. It is not something that is encouraged by
:08:17. > :08:21.the government. Old habits take time to die, but we are actively engaged
:08:22. > :08:26.in educating that this is not a religious thing, it is a cultural
:08:27. > :08:32.thing. The reason for circumcision is supposedly to keep women pure
:08:33. > :08:35.until they marry. It is practised in 29 African countries as well as
:08:36. > :08:43.parts of the Middle East. But the fear now is that it is happening
:08:44. > :08:47.much closer to home. I am concerned that it is happening in the UK,
:08:48. > :08:51.Yorkshire, the South, anywhere. The only way we can fight against it is
:08:52. > :09:02.to educate the next generation don't educate our parents now and say,
:09:03. > :09:08.stop this. And it is this that an MP has been pushing for. We need to
:09:09. > :09:12.ensure that women and girls are aware of the dangers, and that
:09:13. > :09:17.teachers in schools are aware of those who might be vulnerable. Later
:09:18. > :09:23.this month, the UK's first prosecutions for female circumcision
:09:24. > :09:25.will go through the courts. An estimated 100 million women and
:09:26. > :09:29.girls around the world are now living with the consequences.
:09:30. > :09:34.Later on Look North: Legal or not? The City of York Council meets
:09:35. > :09:36.lawyers to establish if their Lendal Bridge fines on motorists can
:09:37. > :09:44.continue. The Italian businessman Massimo
:09:45. > :09:52.Cellino has completed his takeover of Leeds United. That's according to
:09:53. > :09:56.his lawyers. His company, Eleonora Sport, has bought 75% of the shares.
:09:57. > :09:59.It follows him winning an appeal against the Football League blocking
:10:00. > :10:04.the deal after they said he failed the "fit and proper persons" test.
:10:05. > :10:09.He's given an exclusive interview to Adam Pope, who asked him about the
:10:10. > :10:15.state of the club he's just bought. We knew that it was not in good
:10:16. > :10:28.shape financially. We are going to look at the numbers. We have got
:10:29. > :10:34.more work to do, and if we can win a couple of games, that is something.
:10:35. > :10:40.That is more important thing, that we have a stadium and the fans, and
:10:41. > :10:45.the rest we can fix. You love the fans, it seems? I love them. They
:10:46. > :10:55.are something that you cannot really organise and buy from anywhere.
:10:56. > :11:00.Leeds has got big fans. That is something that you can't build. And
:11:01. > :11:14.are you worried about how much money will need to spend? I haven't slept
:11:15. > :11:23.for the last 30 days! Lets say if we are going to be strong, we will work
:11:24. > :11:28.it out. And what will be success for you? When will you achieve success
:11:29. > :11:33.at Leeds? I think that Leeds has got the potential to compete in the
:11:34. > :11:41.premiership. We have to work to bring it back. And it is a better
:11:42. > :11:49.game to play, because it is supposed to be more of a level. It is Brian
:11:50. > :11:55.McDermott's birthday today. 21! That is a good number. Have you got some
:11:56. > :12:00.good news for him? He has got a contract. I like the guy. I think
:12:01. > :12:07.that we can work together, and we have to work for Leeds. We will find
:12:08. > :12:20.a way. I like to joke and tell jokes. He is a nice guy. I like the
:12:21. > :12:30.guy! He certainly has charisma. He did mention Leeds financial
:12:31. > :12:38.situation. They have posted ?9.5 million of losses. The gate receipt
:12:39. > :12:45.is down. The directors wages are up 141%. That takes you to the year`end
:12:46. > :12:48.2013. We understand he is taking over a club with around ?30 million
:12:49. > :12:54.of debt. One would expect those losses to have increased as well. He
:12:55. > :12:57.is going to the game at Watford tonight, then driving to his new
:12:58. > :13:05.city of Leeds to start work tomorrow, and he has an almighty job
:13:06. > :13:09.on his hands. He has charisma, but whether he can pull it off, who
:13:10. > :13:16.knows. I don't think it is going to be dealt with him in charge. To
:13:17. > :13:18.other news now. Police investigating historic sex
:13:19. > :13:20.abuse allegations against a well`known businessman in
:13:21. > :13:24.Scarborough are urging anyone with information to get in touch. The
:13:25. > :13:27.late Peter Jaconelli was once mayor of Scarborough and died in 1999. In
:13:28. > :13:30.February, the BBC's Inside Out programme interviewed some of those
:13:31. > :13:33.who say they were abused by Jaconelli when they were children.
:13:34. > :13:35.Last week, North Yorkshire Police referred itself to the Independent
:13:36. > :13:37.Police Complaints Commission about the way it handled allegations
:13:38. > :13:44.against him and Jimmy Savile. A conference aimed at finding the
:13:45. > :13:49.best ways of tackling human trafficking is taking place in Leeds
:13:50. > :13:52.today. West Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner is staging the
:13:53. > :13:55.event. Mark Burns Williamson says new ways of supporting victims and
:13:56. > :14:02.targeting perpetrators need to be found. One of the things I want to
:14:03. > :14:07.take forward is a national working group with the Police and Crime
:14:08. > :14:12.Commissioners to look at how we set a strategy for working together,
:14:13. > :14:18.because of course this is happening in other parts of the country, not
:14:19. > :14:21.just West Yorkshire, across orders, and the criminals we know don't even
:14:22. > :14:25.respect international orders, let alone UK borders.
:14:26. > :14:27.Leeds and York have made it into the top ten UK destinations, according
:14:28. > :14:30.to travellers' reviews on the Tripadvisor website. York took sixth
:14:31. > :14:33.place and Leeds was voted number nine. Both cities have risen
:14:34. > :14:38.significantly in the award rankings when compared to last year, when
:14:39. > :14:43.neither was named among the top ten. London came top.
:14:44. > :14:46.The Princess Royal has opened a new stable block at a riding centre for
:14:47. > :14:50.disabled people in Bingley. Princess Anne was taken on a tour of the
:14:51. > :14:52.facilities at Riverside Riding for the Disabled before she unveiled a
:14:53. > :14:58.commemorative plaque at the stable block. She also joined one hundred
:14:59. > :15:01.invited guests to watch some of the centre's riders demonstrate their
:15:02. > :15:07.abilities and presented them with rosettes.
:15:08. > :15:16.Before seven o'clock, a man of many talents. We're joined by the creator
:15:17. > :15:20.of Dusty Bin who went on to design York's first Jorvik Viking Centre.
:15:21. > :15:22.And find out why Ian took to the floor for a flash mob performance
:15:23. > :15:31.with a difference! The City of York Council is expected
:15:32. > :15:34.to make an announcement tonight on the future of the controversial
:15:35. > :15:36.Lendal Bridge traffic restrictions. Meetings are taking place with
:15:37. > :15:40.lawyers this evening to establish if the ban on drivers using the bridge
:15:41. > :15:50.should continue. Spencer Stokes is here with the latest. Where are we
:15:51. > :15:59.up to? This is the ban on cars being allowed to drive of a candle bridge
:16:00. > :16:07.between 10:30am and 5:30pm. Last night the adjudicator said that this
:16:08. > :16:10.was unlawful. But they did say that cameras would be recording
:16:11. > :16:14.numberplates, but finds wouldn't be issued for now, but might be a
:16:15. > :16:18.future date, so lots of confusion. The council is meeting with lawyers
:16:19. > :16:24.this afternoon and into this evening, and they are expected to
:16:25. > :16:27.make some sort of decision. And this decision will be taken by James
:16:28. > :16:34.Alexander, the leader. So what might they say tonight? I couldn't say.
:16:35. > :16:37.The cameras might remain on, or people might be free to drive over
:16:38. > :16:42.the bridge. There is a cabinet meeting on May the 6th and the whole
:16:43. > :16:45.future will be decided. But the city of York Council have said to us as
:16:46. > :16:51.they will signal their firm intention to night over what happens
:16:52. > :16:56.next. We should know by 10.25. Thank you very much indeed. Moving
:16:57. > :16:59.on now. The row over the cancellation of
:17:00. > :17:04.Sheffield's half marathon has taken more twists and turns today. Water
:17:05. > :17:07.Direct, who'd been asked to supply water for runners, have said they
:17:08. > :17:11.didn't recieve payment in advance, and as a result did not deliver
:17:12. > :17:18.water for Sunday's race. Shamir Masri has more.
:17:19. > :17:21.The race today is cancelled. The reasons behind the last`minute
:17:22. > :17:26.cancellation of the half marathon took another twist this afternoon.
:17:27. > :17:30.Organisers cancelled Sunday's race with thousands poised to set off
:17:31. > :17:34.from the start line. Many still ran, but officially, the race had
:17:35. > :17:38.been called off will stop runners complained, saying their entry fee
:17:39. > :17:44.should be re`funded. But organisers blame the water supplier, saying it
:17:45. > :17:51.wasn't safe for people to run without enough water provision along
:17:52. > :17:57.the route. They told look North they would go bankrupt if they were to
:17:58. > :18:01.refund entry fees. If we had to refund every runner after all the
:18:02. > :18:05.costs to put on the marathon, we couldn't pay them all. We would go
:18:06. > :18:09.bankrupt, and there wouldn't be another Sheffield half marathon. But
:18:10. > :18:13.this was before this afternoon's revelation, when the suppliers of
:18:14. > :18:35.the water, Water Direct, released this statement, saying:
:18:36. > :18:41.What happens now remains uncertain. If organisers are forced to refund
:18:42. > :18:43.money paid by runners, they will be in no position to organise a race
:18:44. > :18:59.next year. In the last half an hour, we have
:19:00. > :19:04.Riz Eve `` received a statement refuting the claims of Water Direct,
:19:05. > :19:08.so the saga continues. Tens of thousands of visitors flock
:19:09. > :19:11.to York each year to experience life in the Viking Age. Now in its 30th
:19:12. > :19:15.year, the Jorvik museum has been widely recognised as heralding the
:19:16. > :19:18.start of the heritage industry in the UK. It allowed you to experience
:19:19. > :19:21.history like never before. The man behind that revolutionary idea was
:19:22. > :19:25.John Sunderland from Wakefield. His book, On My Way To Jorvik, tells the
:19:26. > :19:33.true story of a Wakefield schoolboy inspired to create the world famous
:19:34. > :19:38.attraction. John joins us now. I remember going to the Jorvik as a
:19:39. > :19:41.child. It was a fantastic experience. The Vikings, the smells,
:19:42. > :19:45.the coins. It was different to any other museum I'd ever experienced.
:19:46. > :19:50.You could even stamp your own coin at the end. It was brilliant. Thank
:19:51. > :19:56.you? How did you come up with the idea? Believe it or not, it started
:19:57. > :20:00.when I was 11, and my maths master at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in
:20:01. > :20:10.Wakefield. I got in and scholarship, and I was terrified of maths, I just
:20:11. > :20:20.couldn't do it. So I came up with a plan for truancy. I told him one day
:20:21. > :20:28.I was going blind. What kind of an excuse is that? I didn't have a
:20:29. > :20:34.note, and basically it said, unfortunately, sir, I'm going blind,
:20:35. > :20:37.I have to go to Clayton Hospital the regular exercises, and every week,
:20:38. > :20:46.it coincides with your lesson. And he bought it! I was 11, natives of
:20:47. > :20:52.the one. So I had to find somewhere to hang out, so I went to Wakefield
:20:53. > :21:03.Art Gallery, the museum and the fleapit cinema. I used to Nick off,
:21:04. > :21:06.as we say, and after awhile of being in the museum on my own an awful
:21:07. > :21:14.lot, and the gallery, and the cinema, it all started as Len
:21:15. > :21:18.together, and iron in the museum, and this is a dusty old Victorian
:21:19. > :21:21.place, and I was going to choir practice at the Cathedral School,
:21:22. > :21:29.and I stood at the top of Westgate, and I said out loud, why can't
:21:30. > :21:39.museums be more like films? And Jorvik was like a film! 23 years
:21:40. > :21:43.later, I heard from a friend that the York archaeological trust have
:21:44. > :21:51.got this plan, and bells rang for me. I took my long`suffering wife
:21:52. > :21:55.and told her that I wanted to do it, and I was determined I was going to
:21:56. > :22:02.do it. The crazy thing was, I had no qualifications whatsoever to do it.
:22:03. > :22:07.And you have done loads of others. Around the world, yes. I managed to
:22:08. > :22:15.get one questioning! You are good talker, and in your
:22:16. > :22:18.book, you talk as you write. You're also responsible for creating
:22:19. > :22:21.another cult attraction in the '80s, the character Dusty Bin from hit
:22:22. > :22:28.quiz show 3`2`1. Yes, and I kept it a secret. I didn't think anyone
:22:29. > :22:30.would take me seriously. Nice to talk to, well played. Lovely to meet
:22:31. > :22:34.you. Now, students at a college in
:22:35. > :22:37.Doncaster were given a very special surprise today by a group of golden
:22:38. > :22:41.oldies who performed a dancing flash mob to thank them for the work they
:22:42. > :22:44.do. Sir Thomas Warton College organises tea parties for the group
:22:45. > :22:47.of nans, grandads, great aunts and uncles. And to say thanks for the
:22:48. > :22:49.entertainment they provide, the silver dancers provided some
:22:50. > :22:56.entertainment of their own. Ian White was in on the surprise.
:22:57. > :23:05.They call themselves the recycled teenagers. Three times a year, they
:23:06. > :23:08.are invited to St Thomas Wharton community college for lunch and
:23:09. > :23:14.entertainment. But today is different. They are going to provide
:23:15. > :23:20.the attainment, performing a dance routine to the song All That Jazz.
:23:21. > :23:24.They have been queueing outside to come in, probably hear an hour
:23:25. > :23:32.before the event starts, and it is lovely to see them all. We have an
:23:33. > :23:42.old lady who is 102. She is not 200! That's passed a joke, that is!
:23:43. > :23:45.We're going to prove to everybody just how young you are, because we
:23:46. > :23:52.are going to jig about together. Could anybody do this? Could look
:23:53. > :23:58.North reporter do it? Absolutely, yes! All you need is a big smile and
:23:59. > :24:09.a sense of fun. I'd Mac we will see, won't we?
:24:10. > :24:22.Margaret, have you been drinking? I think I could do with one!
:24:23. > :24:26.And after the big rehearsal, it was time for the big show, which brought
:24:27. > :24:49.the schools will stand still. Well played, Ian. OK, what has the
:24:50. > :25:09.weather in store? We had a few sharp showers this
:25:10. > :25:15.morning, as forecast. This was one of the showers that went through, a
:25:16. > :25:21.fantastic rainbow. The second picture is a lovely panoramic one of
:25:22. > :25:27.Sheffield the centre `` city centre.
:25:28. > :25:50.A mostly fine day to come tomorrow, although there will be a little
:25:51. > :25:53.patchy rain around times. It will still be quite a breezy day, a
:25:54. > :26:02.moderate and gusty south`west winds to come. All of us have ended on a
:26:03. > :26:08.dry and sunny note. But pretty fresh and cool. Temperatures will fall
:26:09. > :26:17.away in the next few hours, and it does look drive. Cloud increasing
:26:18. > :26:20.later. One or two spots further eastward, with lowest temperatures
:26:21. > :26:31.tonight coming in at five or six see us. That risk westerly wind will
:26:32. > :26:33.ease by dawn. The sun will rise 6.21, setting 7.56. Times of high
:26:34. > :26:45.water: The cloud first thing could be thick
:26:46. > :26:46.enough for a few rain patches, but that will become confined to the
:26:47. > :26:56.Dales. There will be some sunny spells
:26:57. > :27:02.coming through, especially across more eastern areas. Temperatures in
:27:03. > :27:10.Gray also higher than today, around 13 Celsius.
:27:11. > :27:14.Thursday looks fairly similar, mostly dry and fine, although a week
:27:15. > :27:25.cold front will bring thicker cloud. A little patchy rain Thursday night
:27:26. > :27:28.into Friday morning, but then Friday and much of the weekend looks
:27:29. > :27:36.predominantly dry with very little rainfall on offer.
:27:37. > :27:43.That's it from us. Join me at 10.25 when I will be speaking to the
:27:44. > :27:45.leader of York Council, James Alexander, on the bridge situation.
:27:46. > :28:34.Goodbye. Some businessmen have turned
:28:35. > :28:38.failing companies around.