:00:10. > :00:26.We'll be live outside the ground as tributes are paid to those who lost
:00:27. > :00:29.their lives in the worst sporting disaster in history.
:00:30. > :00:31.Also on tonight's programme ` a seven`day reprieve for Kellingley
:00:32. > :00:35.Colliery. The pit stays open, but only until miners vote on its
:00:36. > :00:38.future. We'll have the latest live from Kellingley.
:00:39. > :00:44.And, pleased to meet you ` the moment ex Yorkshire cricketer Geoff
:00:45. > :00:50.Cope met his new guide dog, Queenie. We have all enjoyed some beautiful
:00:51. > :00:59.sunshine today. Will it continue tomorrow? I will be back later in
:01:00. > :01:02.the programme with the forecast. First tonight, two great cities
:01:03. > :01:05.united by grief. In Liverpool thousands of people have gathered at
:01:06. > :01:09.Anfield to remember the 96 football fans killed in the Hillsborough
:01:10. > :01:12.disaster 25 years ago. And in Sheffield tributes from the
:01:13. > :01:15.city where the worst sporting disaster in British history took
:01:16. > :01:24.place. Our correspondent John Cundy was in the Leppings Lane on that
:01:25. > :01:31.fateful day. `` Leppings Lane end. He joins us now from Hillsborough.
:01:32. > :01:40.Very emotional, I am sure. It certainly has been. These two
:01:41. > :01:48.cities have carried the burden of having Britain's worst sporting
:01:49. > :01:55.disaster. Sheffield itself has had an enormous burden to carry as well.
:01:56. > :02:00.They were traumatised all around the ground that day, residents took in
:02:01. > :02:05.Liverpool fans who were barely get and allowed them to use their
:02:06. > :02:09.telephones to contact loved ones. This is how Sheffield today
:02:10. > :02:15.remembers 25 years on. We meet today to remember. To
:02:16. > :02:24.remember those who died. Tehran member those who were injured.
:02:25. > :02:28.Remembering the day a city can never forget. Hundreds at the Hillsborough
:02:29. > :02:35.stadium room all `` memorial to the 96 fans who died that day. Six
:02:36. > :02:41.minutes past three, the moment when the football match was stopped as
:02:42. > :02:46.tragedy unfolded. Remembering one victim, Paul Carlile, who died at
:02:47. > :02:56.age 19. His sister Donna and her family travelled from Liverpool to
:02:57. > :02:59.pay tribute. It is wonderful what is happening at the Kop but I wanted to
:03:00. > :03:06.come to Sheffield to remember that Paul is never forgotten along with
:03:07. > :03:13.96. Across Sheffield the day was remarked `` was marked by a city's
:03:14. > :03:18.respect. Runners completed a charity trek from Liverpool to Sheffield.
:03:19. > :03:24.Candles were lit and prayers offered at Sheffield Cathedral. We have been
:03:25. > :03:28.at the Cathedral and it is a very poignant day so we thought we would
:03:29. > :03:33.like some candles in the crypt to pay are spectres. The church has a
:03:34. > :03:38.clear message of hope that even terrible suffering can in the end be
:03:39. > :03:43.healed. The reason we are holding this short commemoration today is to
:03:44. > :03:49.show that we stand with the people who suffered and who suffer still as
:03:50. > :03:53.a result of what happened is 25 years ago, and we believe that
:03:54. > :04:00.supporting each other healing will come. Healing which families like
:04:01. > :04:08.Donna Miller's have sought for so long. Devastation, really. Even
:04:09. > :04:15.after 25 years we are still looking for answers and we hope this inquest
:04:16. > :04:19.will give us what we want. It is a need for all of the families. I
:04:20. > :04:22.don't know if we can ever move on but maybe we could move on with
:04:23. > :04:29.healing if we get some of the answers we need. 25 years to the
:04:30. > :04:35.day, Sheffield found a truly fitting way of remembering the 96. While all
:04:36. > :04:38.that was going on in Sheffield, there was a massive anniversary
:04:39. > :04:43.service going on at Liverpool football club at Anfield. An
:04:44. > :04:48.estimated 25,000 people were fetching up there and two of the
:04:49. > :04:53.speakers were Andy Burnham, who was the culture Secretary five years ago
:04:54. > :04:57.when he came under a terrific barrage of shouting from the Kop. He
:04:58. > :05:03.was so shocked that he ordered the enquiry. Another speaker was Trevor
:05:04. > :05:08.Hicks, the Keighley businessman who became one of the leading
:05:09. > :05:13.campaigners for the families. There is still an uncertain road
:05:14. > :05:19.ahead but the country is with you now. It now knows the 96 better than
:05:20. > :05:25.it did before and it knows them as your sons, daughters, fathers,
:05:26. > :05:30.cousins, all with their own hopes and dreams. What was your call five
:05:31. > :05:39.years ago is mine today. Justice for the 96. There will be a great deal
:05:40. > :05:50.of heartache ahead for all of us but we will get there, just as we have
:05:51. > :05:56.been here for 25 years. Families, we mourn our loved ones constantly, and
:05:57. > :06:02.especially today, but the spirit of the 96 earns in our hearts and
:06:03. > :06:07.drives us on. John, I know that to this day you
:06:08. > :06:11.still feel what happened at Hillsborough personally. Is there a
:06:12. > :06:16.movement in some shape or form, however small, towards closure for
:06:17. > :06:20.the victims and the families? I think it is a long way off. I was
:06:21. > :06:28.one of the lucky ones, I was in the Leppings Lane ends, but I was in one
:06:29. > :06:35.of the side pens, not the central pen where people were crushed to
:06:36. > :06:39.death. We will have the enquiries from the Independent Police
:06:40. > :06:44.Complaints Commission and the John Stobart enquiry into what happened
:06:45. > :06:50.that day. I think we are long way from completion on this. I think
:06:51. > :06:56.this history that has gone on for quarter of a century will go on for
:06:57. > :07:04.some years yet. I know you will be there for every step of the way.
:07:05. > :07:07.Next tonight, Kellingley Colliery has been given a seven day reprieve
:07:08. > :07:10.while miners vote on a phased closure of the pit. Some union
:07:11. > :07:14.members have already rejected a ?10 million loan from the government
:07:15. > :07:16.which would keep it open for 18 months.
:07:17. > :07:19.But UK Coal has urged them to reconsider and is tonight sending
:07:20. > :07:23.out ballot papers to all members. Let's take a look at how we got to
:07:24. > :07:26.this point. On two April UK Coal said it was shutting Kellingley and
:07:27. > :07:29.Thoresby pits and needed urgent financial help to stave off
:07:30. > :07:32.insolvency. The following week the government offered to provide a ?10
:07:33. > :07:34.million loan to keep the pits running, but only for a further 18
:07:35. > :07:38.months. On Sunday night union members at
:07:39. > :07:40.Kellingley rejected the idea of a phased shutdown, saying they wanted
:07:41. > :07:44.the government to explore further options to keep the pits open. There
:07:45. > :07:48.were fears that vote would lead to an immediate closure but today UK
:07:49. > :07:51.Coal said it was sending out ballot papers and urged the miners to
:07:52. > :07:54.support the plan. The results of that ballot will be announced next
:07:55. > :08:04.Wednesday. Our reporter Emma Glasbey joins us now from Kellingley.
:08:05. > :08:09.The miners leaving Kellingley tonight have been telling me they
:08:10. > :08:14.are arriving every day to work not knowing what will happen, what the
:08:15. > :08:18.day will bring. Tomorrow, letters will be arriving at their homes from
:08:19. > :08:26.UK Coal asking them to confirm if they will agree to a gradual
:08:27. > :08:31.shutdown at this pit. Safe for seven days, but UK Coal
:08:32. > :08:35.says this kit will close. The company are sending out ballot
:08:36. > :08:40.papers to all workers asking them if they will agree to a managed closure
:08:41. > :08:50.over 18 months. Miners of all ages told me this afternoon they are
:08:51. > :08:58.devastated. It is my job and that is all I have known, mining, I have
:08:59. > :09:07.been doing it 35 years. It is a sad day. I feel let down. I am one of
:09:08. > :09:14.the nine new starters so I thought I might be ten years here. There are
:09:15. > :09:19.25 years of coal down there, I don't care what anyone says, it is all
:09:20. > :09:28.profitable. How is everybody feeling? Is dreadful. The University
:09:29. > :09:34.of Southampton has rejected a managed closure but one minor today
:09:35. > :09:40.told me he has agreed to the plans for a gradual shutdown. `` the
:09:41. > :09:45.National Union of Mineworkers has rejected.
:09:46. > :09:52.If the only other option is closing sooner, a gradual shutdown is the
:09:53. > :09:57.only way. A lot of people will not have any way to look for other ``
:09:58. > :10:04.for anything else. UK Coal today insisted and managed
:10:05. > :10:10.closure by autumn 2015 is the best option for everybody.
:10:11. > :10:16.I would love for somebody to step in with ?100 million but there is
:10:17. > :10:22.nobody. Are only option is 18 months. My job will go, many others
:10:23. > :10:27.will go, some of us will be able to work for 18 months, our suppliers
:10:28. > :10:30.and customers will be paid and we will all get better redundancy.
:10:31. > :10:35.Otherwise we will go into liquidation in the next few days and
:10:36. > :10:39.nobody gets anything. The ballot papers are expected to be sent out
:10:40. > :10:45.in the post tonight. Workers will have until next week to respond.
:10:46. > :10:53.With me now is Chris Kitchin from the NUM. What can you tell me about
:10:54. > :10:56.what will the in this letter? It is seeking the commitment of the
:10:57. > :11:06.members who work at Kellingley to work as normal towards the UK Coal
:11:07. > :11:12.managed closure plan. What is your advice to your members going to be?
:11:13. > :11:16.We have always kept the position that wherever the pit is open we
:11:17. > :11:22.will continue to campaign because we believe it makes economic sense to
:11:23. > :11:28.keep it open and keep mining the coal that is burned down the road at
:11:29. > :11:34.Drax power station so we will campaign to extend the life beyond
:11:35. > :11:44.18 months. So you will be advising them to vote no to UK Coal's plan?
:11:45. > :11:48.We will be advising them to vote to keep it open short`term so we can
:11:49. > :11:54.advise them in the long term on the future it can have. UK Coal are not
:11:55. > :11:58.writing to the workers because they have in principle agreed to a
:11:59. > :12:10.managed closure. What is your response to that? Thoresby colliery
:12:11. > :12:17.is under a different union so they work differently to the `` to the
:12:18. > :12:22.NUM. What happens will not become clear until all the workers here get
:12:23. > :12:27.to have their say? Later on, the Queen of shops Mary
:12:28. > :12:32.Porter 's returns to Rotherham. `` Mary Portas.
:12:33. > :12:34.Anti`fracking campaigners have staged a protest in North
:12:35. > :12:37.Nottinghamshire. They say the practice will damage the local
:12:38. > :12:41.environment but the company at the centre of the protest says it is
:12:42. > :12:44.aiming to reduce carbon emissions. This morning one protester scaled a
:12:45. > :12:48.drilling rig belonged to Dart Energy in the Daneshill Energy Forest just
:12:49. > :12:57.north of Retford. Our reporter Kate Bradbrook watched the drama unfold.
:12:58. > :13:01.It was definitely a date to be out in the sunshine but green campaigner
:13:02. > :13:11.will Thompson took that advice to another level, literally. `` Will.
:13:12. > :13:17.Can you tell me what you are doing up there? It is the people who live
:13:18. > :13:23.locally who are being adversely affected by all of this. Following
:13:24. > :13:26.on from this, all the people who will be affected if this technology
:13:27. > :13:36.continues to spread across our country. Will is one of a number of
:13:37. > :13:39.protesters who have been camped here for weeks. They are worried that
:13:40. > :13:42.exploratory drilling will ultimately lead to fracking. The process
:13:43. > :13:51.involves drilling down into the ground and blasting rock with water
:13:52. > :13:58.to release shale gas. Campaigners insist it is unsafe. We are worried
:13:59. > :14:06.about the process contaminating the Aqua fire and also the methane that
:14:07. > :14:13.gets released will also go into the atmosphere. Dark energy, which owns
:14:14. > :14:17.the site, says it is working towards a low carbon future and that gas
:14:18. > :14:23.will play an important part. It also says gas produced in the UK means
:14:24. > :14:29.security of supply, tax revenues and jobs.
:14:30. > :14:32.Will has been up there for just over eight hours, he has been negotiating
:14:33. > :14:41.with the police but he has just shouted out, I am not going
:14:42. > :14:48.anywhere. But 20 minutes later he was on his way. The fight against
:14:49. > :14:54.fracking in our region, it seems, has only just begun.
:14:55. > :14:58.A 61`year`old woman who was found dead in Leeds on Monday has been
:14:59. > :15:00.named by police. The body of Pauline Butler was discovered in the Rawdon
:15:01. > :15:04.area. A postmortem examination revealed she died of stab wounds. A
:15:05. > :15:08.65`year`old man is in custody in connection with the murder.
:15:09. > :15:11.The new groups running the NHS in North Yorkshire seem to have turned
:15:12. > :15:14.around the funding problems that have faced the county for years.
:15:15. > :15:17.Last year, four Clinical Commissioning Groups, made up of
:15:18. > :15:21.GPs, took over from the primary care trust which left them with millions
:15:22. > :15:25.of pounds of debt. But so far, three of the four groups have reported a
:15:26. > :15:31.SURPLUS for their first year of business, totalling over ?4 million.
:15:32. > :15:35.Six North Yorkshire beaches have been given an "excellent" rating for
:15:36. > :15:38.water quality. Whitby, Sandsend, Filey, Cayton Bay and the North and
:15:39. > :15:43.South bays in Scarborough have all been given the top rating. The
:15:44. > :15:47.Marine Conservation Society says the main reason was the dry weather last
:15:48. > :15:51.summer. All ten of North Yorkshire's beaches have reached at least the
:15:52. > :15:54.minimum standard. Demolition work is under way at the
:15:55. > :15:58.former Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post building in Leeds. The
:15:59. > :16:01.landmark offices on Wellington Street were opened by Prince Charles
:16:02. > :16:08.in 1970, when they housed more than 1300 staff. The building was the
:16:09. > :16:12.home of the two newspapers until 2012, when it was put up for sale
:16:13. > :16:24.and staff were moved to new offices on Whitehall Road. Let's talk about
:16:25. > :16:27.one of my favourite pastimes, shopping. You might render a few
:16:28. > :16:38.years ago the Porter is Roger was launched. `` Portas. Towns up and
:16:39. > :16:42.down the country were given a ?100,000 grant and one of those
:16:43. > :16:50.selected was in South Yorkshire. It was innovative and bagged another
:16:51. > :17:00.?280,000. Today Mary Portas went back there to check up on progress.
:17:01. > :17:07.You are not looking at Hebden Bridge or Harrogate. This is Rotherham. If
:17:08. > :17:11.you haven't stopped by recently, forget all of your prejudices. It is
:17:12. > :17:19.now home to dozens of new independent shops. 23`year`old Nora
:17:20. > :17:23.does up furniture in her store. It is a totally different
:17:24. > :17:27.experience, offering something different from the chain stores. A
:17:28. > :17:34.lot of people are still finding us and they really sit `` they are
:17:35. > :17:39.really surprised. Robber is a Portas town, named after Mary Portas, who
:17:40. > :17:46.advises the government on how to serve the high Street. `` Rotherham
:17:47. > :17:52.is. Today she is back to check on progress.
:17:53. > :17:59.How are your shoes doing? I remember you really well.
:18:00. > :18:02.I saw a high street in a town that was desperate for regeneration that
:18:03. > :18:09.was looking very sad and today you can see is extraordinary steps have
:18:10. > :18:13.been made, a vibrancy and an energy. What you have here are lots of new
:18:14. > :18:17.independent businesses but if you are like me and you think they won't
:18:18. > :18:21.last it might surprise you to find out that a lot of the shops are
:18:22. > :18:27.celebrating their third and fourth years in business. Like Gemma, who
:18:28. > :18:33.runs creative workshops from her base in the town's Imperial
:18:34. > :18:37.buildings. I have been in brother for four years and I have noticed a
:18:38. > :18:44.massive change, it is vibrant and unique. It is buzzing. The number of
:18:45. > :18:50.empty shops is down, shoppers are up, but have Rotherham residents
:18:51. > :18:55.really noticed? It is absolutely brilliant, a nice regeneration is
:18:56. > :19:02.going on. If you see it today it is great, isn't it? I don't know about
:19:03. > :19:09.changed, it has a prime mark on the banks, market. It is all right,
:19:10. > :19:12.yeah. 14% of shops here remain empty but with every new venture that
:19:13. > :19:21.opens it improves the chance that Rotherham as a whole will succeed.
:19:22. > :19:27.Let's hope so. Before seven o'clock...
:19:28. > :19:32.One very special man and his very special dog. When Jeff met Queen
:19:33. > :19:46.Nick ` we meet the former Yorkshire and England cricketer as his new
:19:47. > :20:01.guide dog settles in. `` when Geoff met Queenie.
:20:02. > :20:13.Sheffield Steelers have named Jared at `` Jared Payne is as their
:20:14. > :20:17.permanent coach. He has earned a two`year deal after
:20:18. > :20:24.winning 11 of his 13 games in charge.
:20:25. > :20:28.Any animal lover knows that the arrival of a new dog in the family
:20:29. > :20:30.is a big deal, and for former cricketer Geoff Cope it's been a bit
:20:31. > :20:34.of a roller`coaster. Geoff is registered blind and
:20:35. > :20:41.depends on guide dogs. You may have been following his journey with us
:20:42. > :20:51.from his previous dog retiring to him finding a new one. Cathy Killick
:20:52. > :20:57.went to see him. Meet Queenie, 20 months old and
:20:58. > :21:02.raring to go. And her new owner, Geoff Cope. It is the start of a
:21:03. > :21:08.very special relationship, as he allows Queenie to become his new
:21:09. > :21:12.guide. Helping both is instructor Sue MacDonald. The process will take
:21:13. > :21:17.the best part of a year as they learn to work together. Providing
:21:18. > :21:22.the bonding is right she will respond to me and that is the
:21:23. > :21:28.important thing, that the two of us bond together and form a
:21:29. > :21:32.partnership. As a former Yorkshire and England
:21:33. > :21:39.cricketer, Geoff knows the importance of teamwork. When he
:21:40. > :21:44.first lost his sight, a labrador became its guy and they lasted six
:21:45. > :21:51.years together but the dog retired last year and went to live in need
:21:52. > :21:58.Dale. He is proving a tough act to follow but Queenie is getting there.
:21:59. > :22:03.A dog is only as good as its handler so a lot of training has to go in
:22:04. > :22:07.for Geoff. There is a lot of memory, a lot of directional things he has
:22:08. > :22:13.to remember, a lot of things he has to do with his body and his feet to
:22:14. > :22:20.give her the best chance of doing what she needs to do. Guide dogs are
:22:21. > :22:25.an elite in the canine world. Training costs thousands. Queenie
:22:26. > :22:33.has already experienced this kind of training and now she is doing it for
:22:34. > :22:38.real. Good girl. Steady. Foreword. The first time I went out on my own
:22:39. > :22:42.I was very nervous to say the least and she took me through it and
:22:43. > :22:45.suddenly you think, what are you worrying about, she can do it,
:22:46. > :22:51.providing we stick together we will be all right.
:22:52. > :22:58.They will be welcomed down at Headingley, I can tell you. The
:22:59. > :23:05.previous dog has a fantastic home machine is going to live with
:23:06. > :23:11.Geoff's got caught. `` God daughter. You can find out more on
:23:12. > :23:28.our Facebook page. If my cat was on a lead he would
:23:29. > :23:35.walk me off the edge of a cliff. Yesterday I put some timely lot ``
:23:36. > :23:42.suntan lotion on his ears, everybody thought I was mad. If they are white
:23:43. > :24:04.they can get cancer on their ears so it is very important.
:24:05. > :24:22.High pressure remains in charge over the next few days. On Thursday there
:24:23. > :24:26.will be a few spots of rain but the high pressure will break down any
:24:27. > :24:30.spots, making the rain light and patchy. Tomorrow looks like a fine
:24:31. > :24:35.day with sunny spells, the best through the morning. Through the
:24:36. > :24:48.afternoon a bit more high cloud from the North. High pressure dominates ,
:24:49. > :24:52.tomorrow a fine day. Not much cloud around this week, it has been
:24:53. > :24:57.lovely, but quite chilly along the coast, and the temperatures dropping
:24:58. > :25:02.of rapidly through this evening and overnight. We expect another frost.
:25:03. > :25:11.Last night in the Vale view what we got down to `3.3. I don't think it
:25:12. > :25:17.will be that cold but still temperatures getting down to
:25:18. > :25:26.freezing in spots. Cool enough everywhere for a touch of ground
:25:27. > :25:31.frost. Tomorrow morning the sun will rise at four minutes past six. A
:25:32. > :25:37.fine start but a chilly one with a touch of Frost in some chilly spots.
:25:38. > :25:42.Sunshine through the day but we will see more cloud through the
:25:43. > :25:46.afternoon, turning the sunshine a bit more hazy. The breeze will be
:25:47. > :25:51.light from the south`east and this will be a benefit to the coast.
:25:52. > :26:00.Slightly higher temperatures, around 15 degrees. Inland, 16 for Leeds.
:26:01. > :26:06.Some pretty impressive temperatures for the time of year. Make the most
:26:07. > :26:13.of it because it will be cooler and cloudy on Thursday, one or two spots
:26:14. > :26:14.of rain. Not too bad for Friday and Saturday, definitely the better days
:26:15. > :26:24.of the Easter weekend. I think the story of the
:26:25. > :26:29.Hillsborough disaster is one of the worst stories we have ever had to
:26:30. > :26:37.cover on Look North. Today, people have been remembering the victims of
:26:38. > :26:47.the worst ever sporting disaster. We leave you with moments from the
:26:48. > :26:52.tributes from two great cities, Liverpool and Sheffield.
:26:53. > :26:57.We will never forget them. Good night.