:00:00. > :00:00.one of his daughter's friends. That's all from the BBC News at Six,
:00:00. > :00:17.so it's goodbye Screening for newborns will now be
:00:18. > :00:19.rolled out across the country. We'll be talking to the professor behind
:00:20. > :00:23.the breakthrough. Also tonight... Pensioner power.
:00:24. > :00:27.Campaigners claim a victory in their fight to keep free travel passes in
:00:28. > :00:33.South Yorkshire. A taste of things to come in Yorkshire? Cycling's
:00:34. > :00:36.superstars line up in Belfast for the biggest race ahead of the Tour
:00:37. > :00:39.de France. And in sport it's a big weekend for
:00:40. > :00:45.Rotherham United and York City as they start their campaigns in the
:00:46. > :00:50.football league playoffs. Some unsettled weather to come over
:00:51. > :01:00.the weekend. There will be heavy, thundery showers. I'll be back later
:01:01. > :01:06.with the weather forecast. Good evening ` and welcome to
:01:07. > :01:10.Friday's Look North. Tonight, every newborn baby in the country will be
:01:11. > :01:12.safer, thanks to pioneering research carried out at Sheffield Children's
:01:13. > :01:14.hospital. Routine testing for four genetic disorders is being rolled
:01:15. > :01:17.out nationwide. At the moment babies have a
:01:18. > :01:22.heel`prick test for five conditions when they are just a few days old.
:01:23. > :01:25.But they will now be tested for four more. An early diagnosis of a
:01:26. > :01:28.problem, means they can be treated, which in some cases won't just
:01:29. > :01:33.improve lives, it will save them. Tom Ingall has the story. Are you
:01:34. > :01:39.mending it? What's wrong with it? The clutch. Oh, no. That was an easy
:01:40. > :01:42.job. Like many seven`year`old boys, Xander Tattersall from Barnsley
:01:43. > :01:44.loves cars, but he has had a challenging start to life. He has
:01:45. > :01:48.experienced learning and behavioural problems. It turns out both he and
:01:49. > :01:51.his younger brother had an undiagnosed genetic condition which
:01:52. > :01:55.affected their development. Now that has changed and the family have been
:01:56. > :01:58.able to alter their diet and lifestyle, and the outlook is much
:01:59. > :02:01.brighter. I feel like there have been a lot of battles that could
:02:02. > :02:06.have been avoided. The children have statements of special educational
:02:07. > :02:09.needs. They might still have needed those statements, but it would have
:02:10. > :02:15.been much easier if we had had the diagnosis to start with. The heel
:02:16. > :02:21.prick test. Something forgotten by most parents as routine. It tests
:02:22. > :02:24.for five conditions. The results end up at screening centres like this
:02:25. > :02:28.one at the Sheffield Children's Hospital. Thanks to their recent
:02:29. > :02:31.pioneering pilot, the heel prick will now test for an additional four
:02:32. > :02:38.conditions, with the potential of offering vital early diagnosis. We
:02:39. > :02:42.have identified as part of this study, which has now been going on
:02:43. > :02:45.since the middle of July 2012, we have identified 20 children and
:02:46. > :02:48.their lives have been completely revolutionised. Some of them would
:02:49. > :02:56.have died if they had not been diagnosed. Will this relatively
:02:57. > :03:03.simple change save lives? Yes. Without a doubt. It will be amazing
:03:04. > :03:06.to get that diagnosis from the beginning, because the symptoms
:03:07. > :03:16.won't begin ` they won't have the symptoms, they won't develop
:03:17. > :03:19.symptoms. Xander and his brother, in fact the whole family, have had
:03:20. > :03:21.their lives changed by the diagnosis. Now generations into the
:03:22. > :03:28.future are being offered similar hope. Tom Ingall, BBC Look North,
:03:29. > :03:32.Barnsley. Next tonight. Campaigners fighting
:03:33. > :03:35.to keep their free travel passes in South Yorkshire are claiming a
:03:36. > :03:38.partial victory tonight. The county's transport authority
:03:39. > :03:40.decided to withdraw free train travel passes for pensioners and
:03:41. > :03:49.disabled people back in April, blaming government cuts. Since then,
:03:50. > :03:52.there have been weeks of protests. But today the authority said it had
:03:53. > :03:55.changed its mind, and campaigners say it's been a victory for
:03:56. > :04:05.pensioner power as James Vincent reports.
:04:06. > :04:11.You don't mess with people 's travel cards. Just two days ago, people
:04:12. > :04:14.besieged the interchange and the passage of executive told us there
:04:15. > :04:18.were no plans to change its cuts to concessionary fares full is top but
:04:19. > :04:24.now the Freedom Riders are claiming a victory. We are really pleased
:04:25. > :04:31.that our protests have made this difference. We were told it would
:04:32. > :04:36.make no difference. Our local MPs said our protests were stopping a
:04:37. > :04:40.deal being made. What we have done by getting huge numbers of people
:04:41. > :04:43.out for testing is to make the passenger transport executive and
:04:44. > :04:59.the local councils come to an agreement, which is a victory, but
:05:00. > :05:13.only a partial bit dizzy so far. Under proposals, disabled people
:05:14. > :05:16.would get half`price travel. If everybody else has problems with
:05:17. > :05:27.their bus pass and have to get their early in the morning, everybody is
:05:28. > :05:31.in the clinic. The decision has to be made on the 19th of May, just
:05:32. > :05:35.three days before the local and European elections. Campaigning will
:05:36. > :05:43.be weighing heavily on politicians' lives. Did they take on the wrong
:05:44. > :05:47.people? I think they did. There is a lesson for everyone, that processing
:05:48. > :05:53.does have an effect. The transport executive saying that the changes
:05:54. > :05:58.are nothing to do with the protests, but because community groups told
:05:59. > :06:01.them it was a bad idea. Well, we did ask to speak to the
:06:02. > :06:04.South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, but were told they were
:06:05. > :06:08.not available. But you've been letting us know what you think about
:06:09. > :06:11.this instead. Daniel Dalton got in touch on Facebook to say: "I think
:06:12. > :06:15.free travel on the trains and buses for the elderly and disabled should
:06:16. > :06:19.never have been stopped at all." But Jessica tweeted to say: "What a
:06:20. > :06:21.farce. This will cost the tax payer no end, and is unnecessary. South
:06:22. > :06:25.Yorkshire Passenger Transport should have stood their ground and not
:06:26. > :06:28.given in." Your views are always welcome ` here's a reminder of how
:06:29. > :06:32.to contact us. You can search for BBC Look North Yorkshire on
:06:33. > :06:37.Facebook. You can email us. And you can tweet us at BBC Look
:06:38. > :06:40.North, where you can follow us as well. Later on Look North...
:06:41. > :06:43.From the Dales dairy to the international food market. They've
:06:44. > :06:47.been making this product in Hawes for over a hundred years. And now
:06:48. > :06:55.there's a big push to get it onto the tables of gourmets abroad.
:06:56. > :06:59.The Morley MP and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls says he accepts that he'll
:07:00. > :07:02.be charged after failing to report an accident. Writing in his blog he
:07:03. > :07:06.says he knows he'll be getting points on his licence after hitting
:07:07. > :07:09.a parked car while manoeuvring but insists he contacted the owner of
:07:10. > :07:13.the other vehicle as soon as he found out it had been damaged. He
:07:14. > :07:18.said getting the points would be "a blow."
:07:19. > :07:21.South Yorkshire Police say they'll have over a 1,000 officers on duty
:07:22. > :07:23.in Rotherham tomorrow as rival demonstrations take place by the
:07:24. > :07:26.English Defence League and anti`fascist groups. Some businesses
:07:27. > :07:32.in the town centre say they'll be closing early. The police will have
:07:33. > :07:37.to pay an overtime bill of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
:07:38. > :07:39.A group of MPs has criticised the management and governance of a
:07:40. > :07:42.number of free schools, including Kings Science Academy in Bradford.
:07:43. > :07:45.The Public Accounts Committee says too much taxpayers' money has been
:07:46. > :07:50.spent on the schools without proper checks on where it's going. The
:07:51. > :07:53.Kings Science Academy has had a number of problems including the
:07:54. > :07:56.mishandling of tens of thousands of pounds in funding. Its principal was
:07:57. > :08:02.arrested earlier this year on suspicion of fraud.
:08:03. > :08:06.Morrisons have announced they're to cut around 100 jobs from their
:08:07. > :08:10.Wakefield distribution site. A spokesman for the supermarket says
:08:11. > :08:13.it's part of a bid to improve efficiency. The Bradford based
:08:14. > :08:16.company has been battling to bring back customers and yesterday
:08:17. > :08:21.announced an unprecedented drop in sales of 7.1%.
:08:22. > :08:25.Police investigating the disappearance of a Bradford woman
:08:26. > :08:28.have released a CCTV image of her on the day she went missing. Anita
:08:29. > :08:32.Racz, who's originally from Hungary, was last seen leaving home for work
:08:33. > :08:35.more than a week ago. She's thought to have got on the free city bus,
:08:36. > :08:38.but there've been no further sightings of her. Police say they
:08:39. > :08:48.are extremely concerned and have urged anyone who's seen Anita to get
:08:49. > :08:51.in touch. A Wensleydale cheesemaker is
:08:52. > :08:54.undergoing a massive investment that will double production at its Hawes
:08:55. > :08:57.creamery, and see millions of pounds pumped into the local economy.
:08:58. > :09:00.Wensleydale Dairy Products ` which faced closure 20 years ago ` is
:09:01. > :09:12.spending ?5 million to expand the business and to boost exports. Ian
:09:13. > :09:18.Reeve reports. They have made cheese in Hawes since
:09:19. > :09:24.1897. Its manufacture never changing down the years. We are about to
:09:25. > :09:36.witness the birth of the cheese, Wensleydale cheese. The creamery
:09:37. > :09:43.here is standing still. The plan is to double production and turnout
:09:44. > :09:49.6000 tonnes of cheese a year. ?5 million is being invested in a new
:09:50. > :09:58.extension. There is a growing sophistication in consumers, who
:09:59. > :10:01.demand an authentic product. About ?25 million will be pumped into the
:10:02. > :10:11.local economy when the creamery expands. 230,000 visitors come here
:10:12. > :10:14.each year. For Richard, it is a business that is unrecognisable
:10:15. > :10:20.since he started the year 15 years ago. The landscape is always
:10:21. > :10:24.changing, it will just grow and grow, I can't see any reason why it
:10:25. > :10:29.shouldn't go from strength to strength. That is good news for
:10:30. > :10:37.Matthew, just one of the local farmers who sell their milk to the
:10:38. > :10:40.creamery, thankful that he can. I think the majority of producers
:10:41. > :10:44.would be getting a lower price and probably it would make it
:10:45. > :10:50.unsustainable, they wouldn't be able to continue in milk production. Soon
:10:51. > :10:57.the creamery will be needing more milk, more cheese will be made and
:10:58. > :11:02.the big push to export it, getting the Wensleydale name and brand known
:11:03. > :11:05.worldwide. Billy Sharp's football career has
:11:06. > :11:08.been glorious. There have been goals from Southampton to Doncaster. But
:11:09. > :11:12.the loss of his son in October 2011 shattered him and his partner Jade.
:11:13. > :11:15.That's why he's determined to raise funds to combat the illness
:11:16. > :11:18.gastroschisis, which robbed them of their son. This weekend at his old
:11:19. > :11:21.Sunday league football club Middlewood Rovers in Sheffield he's
:11:22. > :11:26.organising two tournaments. And he's hoping for a lot of support. I went
:11:27. > :11:29.to see him earlier today. The day Billy and his partner Jade
:11:30. > :11:34.lost their son shattered their lives, but for Billy at least, he
:11:35. > :11:38.had football to turn to for help. I didn't know what to do for days
:11:39. > :11:42.afterwards, and it came into my mind, and out of the blue, I called
:11:43. > :11:50.the manager up at the time and asked him if I could play. He was
:11:51. > :11:57.delighted. He said, that's brilliant. It went from there, it is
:11:58. > :12:02.probably the best thing I could have done. No one will ever forget this
:12:03. > :12:10.moment. Billy scoring a goal and giving his own tribute to Luey. I
:12:11. > :12:14.can't remember much after the goal. I remember wanting to go down the
:12:15. > :12:18.tunnel and saying, that's it, I've done what I want to do. The result
:12:19. > :12:23.didn't go for us that night, but it will be with me for ever, that goal.
:12:24. > :12:26.That is why he is putting on two football tournaments this weekend at
:12:27. > :12:30.his old Sunday football club, and these are the trophies. It is called
:12:31. > :12:34.the LJS Cup, and it is over two days. Tomorrow, we have the
:12:35. > :12:43.under`18s. On Sunday we have the under`11s. The top two will go into
:12:44. > :12:46.the semifinal and final. The aim ultimately is to raise ?60,000 for
:12:47. > :12:51.the charity. Nobody would begrudge him that goal. We have people doing
:12:52. > :12:55.marathons, golf days, you name it, they are asking to do a lot of
:12:56. > :12:59.things. We are overwhelmed by it. It is making the charity a lot better
:13:00. > :13:10.and we can't thank people enough for that.
:13:11. > :13:14.Before seven o'clock. It's getting really exciting for the
:13:15. > :13:18.Millers. Could manager Steve Evans get chance to celebrate once more as
:13:19. > :13:22.Rotherham United take on Preston this weekend?
:13:23. > :13:39.And we find out how North Yorkshire is getting ready, set and go ` for
:13:40. > :13:42.the world's biggest cycle race. The Leeds Rhinos got the better of
:13:43. > :13:45.Castleford in Super League, but their coach, Brian McDermott, said
:13:46. > :13:49.it was their toughest game of the season so far. In the first half it
:13:50. > :13:54.was almost honours even with Cas going in at the half time break with
:13:55. > :13:57.a narrow lead, 14 points to 12. Marc Sneed with their second try. But
:13:58. > :14:01.Leeds pulled ahead after the break and there were two tries a piece for
:14:02. > :14:05.Ben Jones`Bishop and Kallum Watkins. The final score was 22`14 to the
:14:06. > :14:09.Rhinos who are three points clear at the top of the table. Rotherham
:14:10. > :14:13.United start their final push for promotion tomorrow. The Millers have
:14:14. > :14:16.surpassed expectations to make it into the League One play`offs `
:14:17. > :14:20.within touching distance of the Championship. They take on Preston
:14:21. > :14:25.in the first of a two`legged semi final. Our reporter Ian Bucknell has
:14:26. > :14:35.met the man who's making the Millers' dreams come true.
:14:36. > :14:39.Rotherham United have a lot to smile about. They are just three games
:14:40. > :14:51.away from winning a place in the championship . Full the man who has
:14:52. > :15:00.masterminded their assent is manager Steve Evans. We have worked hard for
:15:01. > :15:06.it all year. It will be a magical promotion, because I have spoken to
:15:07. > :15:10.a lot of managers who have been promoted through the play`offs as
:15:11. > :15:13.well as being automatically promoted, and they said if they had
:15:14. > :15:43.a choice, it would be through the play`offs. Character and talent is
:15:44. > :15:50.there in abundance. They are a top`class side, Preston. They have
:15:51. > :15:56.an abundance of talent. We probably feel that they are the strongest
:15:57. > :16:01.side in terms of physicality, so we have the greatest respect. I came to
:16:02. > :16:08.Rotherham with the point to prove. There have been some great managers.
:16:09. > :16:15.And they all failed. It is a big incentive to make it happen. I
:16:16. > :16:21.believe in our group, I believe in the spirit within the group. You can
:16:22. > :16:25.see the talent in the group, we have an abundance of talent. If we play
:16:26. > :16:30.at our best, I think we can win, but we have to be at our best. And what
:16:31. > :16:34.a season York City have had in League Two! After finishing seventh
:16:35. > :16:36.in the table, City now go into a playoff semifinal against Fleetwood,
:16:37. > :16:39.starting at home tomorrow night. Manager Nigel Worthington is as
:16:40. > :16:43.excited as any fan about the prospect of Wembley, and what might
:16:44. > :16:50.lie ahead. But he's pretty down to earth at the same time.
:16:51. > :16:57.I am not sure that we are ready for early one, but in saying that,
:16:58. > :17:03.either any clubs ready for the championship, probably not. I would
:17:04. > :17:07.turn the opportunity down. We have put ourselves in a fantastic as
:17:08. > :17:16.ocean. They will give it everything we have got. I hope people get ready
:17:17. > :17:18.soon. And in Rugby Union Leeds Carnegie and Rotherham Titans also
:17:19. > :17:21.start their playoff campaigns. The RFU have confirmed today that
:17:22. > :17:24.Rotherham will play their matches at Oakwell, the home of Barnsley, if
:17:25. > :17:37.they get promoted to the premiership.
:17:38. > :17:45.What will you do when the footballers or break? I don't want
:17:46. > :17:48.getting bored. `` I don't want you getting bored.
:17:49. > :17:51.Now, Yorkshire isn't the only part of the UK with a fancy foreign bike
:17:52. > :17:54.ride to boast about. Cycling's second biggest bike race, the Giro
:17:55. > :17:58.d'Italia, has begun in Belfast. For Rotherham's Ben Swift, who is
:17:59. > :18:02.part of the Sky Team, it's a chance to shine ` and also a preview of
:18:03. > :18:05.what Yorkshire will be like when the Tour de France comes here this
:18:06. > :18:08.summer. Our Tour de France Correspondent, Matt Slater, is in
:18:09. > :18:16.Belfast, soaking up the Italian atmosphere. Matt, how excited are
:18:17. > :18:23.the crowds? The crowd are very, very excited.
:18:24. > :18:28.Our colour scheme will not be pink, it will be yellow, but I'm in a part
:18:29. > :18:33.of Belfast used the grand enterprises. They built and launched
:18:34. > :18:37.the Titanic here and people have been throwing themselves into the
:18:38. > :18:44.big start, three weeks of racing that started about an hour ago,
:18:45. > :18:48.heading to Milan. I have been in the city for the last couple of days to
:18:49. > :18:55.find out how they prepared for this and what they hope to achieve. The
:18:56. > :19:02.answers have been illuminating. This island is usually known for its
:19:03. > :19:08.emerald tone, but not this week, this week, everything has gone pink.
:19:09. > :19:13.The bikes, the drums, even the cricketers, because Belfast is
:19:14. > :19:20.hosting the first stage of the Giro d'Italia, where everything is pink.
:19:21. > :19:24.Everywhere we go, we seek pink bikes, something pink everywhere.
:19:25. > :19:31.The Giro d'Italia is one of the biggest races in the world 's and it
:19:32. > :19:35.is good for us, it is different. I have come to Belfast to see how a
:19:36. > :19:42.British city response to one of these big bike racers. The evidence
:19:43. > :19:45.is that the country likes them and nobody is interested in my
:19:46. > :19:52.suggestion that this is a dress rehearsal for our big race. Bradley
:19:53. > :20:02.Wiggins is going to be reaching that he never got the pink jersey. I
:20:03. > :20:06.think it is about culture, the Giro d'Italia has a greater culture to it
:20:07. > :20:11.and it fits in with the party city of Belfast. We have a little bit
:20:12. > :20:17.more class about us. There is a great atmosphere. Everyone is having
:20:18. > :20:21.a great time. Northern Ireland wants the same things from the Giro
:20:22. > :20:34.d'Italia but Yorkshire wants from the Tour de France. Drama and
:20:35. > :20:38.passion. The global coverage will be about 75 countries around the
:20:39. > :20:40.world, suffered two days and showcasing Northern Ireland on the
:20:41. > :20:43.world, suffered two days and showcasing Northern Ireland and the
:20:44. > :20:49.island on a global scale in particular delivers that in spades.
:20:50. > :20:55.Until recently, if you would only have seen this much pink in Belfast
:20:56. > :21:00.after a sunny bank holiday, but it is amazing how colour can write in
:21:01. > :21:04.your Outlook. Everyone has embraced their feminine side and gone very
:21:05. > :21:07.pink. Regardless of what you think about
:21:08. > :21:15.the merits of their race or our race, I think pink is a more
:21:16. > :21:20.flattering colour yellow. There has been a huge crowds all day. One of
:21:21. > :21:27.the things I have been hearing today is how nice it is to talk about a
:21:28. > :21:31.colour other than orange or green. Yorkshire does not have that
:21:32. > :21:35.particular headache, but what impresses me about these big events
:21:36. > :21:38.is the power they have the draw people together and broadcast what
:21:39. > :21:45.is great and special about a blaze. I think Yorkshire has something
:21:46. > :21:51.great to look forward to and I have only had one complaint about road
:21:52. > :21:56.closures, but was in the taxi from the airport.
:21:57. > :22:00.Well, on the streets of Belfast they may be wearing pink ` and eating
:22:01. > :22:02.pizza. But a little closer to home in Harrogate and Knaresborough,
:22:03. > :22:06.they're preparing for the start of the Tour in two months' time by
:22:07. > :22:09.giving the towns a colour treatment. Yellow flowers, yellow jerseys ` and
:22:10. > :22:13.inevitably yellow bikes ` are just some of the ways they're gearing up
:22:14. > :22:25.for the biggest bike ride in the world in July. Cathy Killick spent
:22:26. > :22:30.the day there. In case you hadn't realised it,
:22:31. > :22:33.yellow is the official colour of the Tour de France. And if you come to
:22:34. > :22:36.an error is the official colour of the Tour de France. And if you come
:22:37. > :22:39.to an errors throughout, there is no escaping it. The time is on the
:22:40. > :22:45.route and the clues are everywhere. There are yellow bikes all over
:22:46. > :22:50.town. Spot them all and win a T`shirt, yellow, of course. This
:22:51. > :22:59.bike has slowly been turning the stone at the petrifying well. They
:23:00. > :23:03.have flags at the high street, the two bunting ladies who have made
:23:04. > :23:09.wonderful buntings hanging in the shops and along the streets.
:23:10. > :23:14.Everyone is excited, they are all preparing, everybody is geared up
:23:15. > :23:23.and this town is a beautiful spot, not to be missed. Remember this? It
:23:24. > :23:29.was the start of a planned to knit bunting for Harrowgate. And look
:23:30. > :23:36.what happened. They wanted 3000 little jerseys and they got 23,000.
:23:37. > :23:41.We don't want to peak early. People have asked why Harrogate is not
:23:42. > :23:48.decorated yet, but it is because we wanted to look good on the day.
:23:49. > :23:52.Children are making biodegradable sunflower plots, ready to come up
:23:53. > :24:02.into live. We will plan them and hopefully they will flower or when
:24:03. > :24:07.the Tour de France comes. It is a good thing to do it, because of the
:24:08. > :24:11.Tour de France. The seats have been sown, the preparations made. The
:24:12. > :24:17.Tour de France is coming, like a force of nature.
:24:18. > :24:20.And there's lots more about the Tour de France on your local BBC website,
:24:21. > :24:39.including a daily Tour Diary from Matt Slater. I want to introduce you
:24:40. > :24:47.to my colleague here. Doesn't he look nice? How am I meant to do the
:24:48. > :24:58.weather with you dress up like that? `` dressed up.
:24:59. > :25:02.Some unsettled weather to come over the weekend. Let's look at some of
:25:03. > :25:32.the pictures you have sent in. Keep your pictures coming in. The
:25:33. > :25:37.weekend looks like an unsettled one. A mix of sunshine and showers. Some
:25:38. > :25:45.of the showers could be heavy and underlay. An area of low pressure
:25:46. > :25:50.will dominate the weather. It might get better towards the end of next
:25:51. > :25:58.week, but until then, the theme is sunshine and showers. You can see
:25:59. > :26:11.broken cloud, and it will be tried this evening. `` it will be dry this
:26:12. > :26:32.evening. It will be wet towards the end of the night, temperatures eight
:26:33. > :26:38.or nine degrees. We should see the cloud then and the rain will move
:26:39. > :26:56.away tomorrow, but there will be some showers and some of them will
:26:57. > :27:01.be slow`moving, heavy and sundry. Sunshine and blustery showers
:27:02. > :27:06.through Sunday. It will be breezy on Sunday. Similar to Saturday, other
:27:07. > :27:12.than the blaze, there will be pleasant spells of sunshine. Some of
:27:13. > :27:25.the showers could be heavy and there could be thunder. On Monday, is mist
:27:26. > :27:27.of sunshine and showers. `` a mix of sunshine and showers. Hopefully,
:27:28. > :27:37.things will settle down towards the end of the week.
:27:38. > :27:44.Don't miss the York Minster programme on BBC Two this evening at
:27:45. > :27:48.eight o'clock. That's all, or tonight. Have a