12/05/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

indecently assaulted one of his daughter's friends

Investigators believe five members of the same family died

because a faulty charging device was left plugged in.

We'll hear how similar fires could be prevented in future.

Also tonight, the Bronte sisters were born there `

soon you'll be able to have a look round inside their first home.

And join me in Chesterfield where the town is out in force to

celebrate. Further heavy showers expected in the short term. Some

good news from midweek onwards. Join me for the latest.

An investigation into a house fire in Sheffield which killed five

members of the same family, has concluded it was likely to have

been caused by an electrical fault, probably a faulty charging device.

It's now a fortnight since the blaze broke out in the living room of the

Since then, the police and fire service have been working

It was described by the family as a tragedy beyond imagination. It is

now exactly two weeks since fire ripped through this terraced house,

killing three generations of the same family, including two young

brothers, their baby sister, grandmother and aunt. Since then,

South Yorkshire police and the fire service have been carrying out a

detailed investigation to find out how it started. Today they told us

the most likely cause was an electrical fault involving a

charger. What we would like to get across to the members of the public

is if you are going to have a charging device, follow the

manufacturer's instructions and try to avoid leaving appliances on

charged overnight. It is not the first time the fire service have

warned of leaving chargers plugged in. Last year they began a campaign

after fire gutted a house. Last week, funerals were held for the

victims of the Wake Road fire. The family plays the police, paramedics

and fire service for all they did that day. They also paid tribute to

Shabbina Begum, who died after re`entering the house to try to save

her grandchildren. Inquests will be held at a later date.

Kate Bradbrook joins us now from Sheffield.

Kate, it is shocking that a charger could create so much tragedy. What

kind of charger was it? Fire investigators here say the fire was

so intense, it caused so much damage, which is why it has taken so

long to establish a cause. We know it was some kind of electrical

charging device. We all have them at home. No more details on that as

yet. Several messages have come out today from the fire service. One is

to make sure that we're not charging them for any longer than stated.

Another message is to make sure that we're using the charger that with

the device. The one that was bought with it, and not an imitation. The

third messages to make sure that everybody in the house knows to do

if the smoke alarm goes off, knows a safe route out of the house. And to

make sure the smoke alarm is working.

Appeals for calm in Bradford ` we investigate claims that far

right activists targeted mosques in the city.

Police investigating a hit and run collision in Sheffield

which killed a 14`year`old girl, have said it's just a matter of

Jasmyn Chan died and her 12`year`old friend was

seriously injured in the incident on Normanton Hill in the Intake area

By the side of a road in Sheffield, flowers and toys. Witness to a young

life cut short. Jasmyn Chan was struck by a small dark`coloured

car. There are reports... Normanton Hill is a fast and busy road. The

accident happened at a foot crossing on the way to a local park. The

police have thanked everybody who has come forward with information

about the accident, saying it is just a matter of time before they

trace the car and the driver. The accident investigation marks cover

some distance. They are not just confined to the road. One neighbour

said she believed drivers regularly travel to fast. It should not have

took this but obviously something has got to be done. They pick up

speed with no idea that there is a concealed entrance, which is no

excuse. If they were giving to the restrictions, that's fine. My main

concern is obviously that... That the driver needs to come forward.

Please give yourself up. At Jasmine's school today, lessons as

normal, but also tribute and memories. Everybody will have a

memory of her. Not everybody wants to cry, not everybody wants to put

flours into the courtyard, some people want to be quiet. Today is

about being sensitive to how people want to do with their grief and

their sense of loss. Whatever the reasons why they didn't stop at the

time, those are not relevant and a more. The facts are that a

14`year`old girl has died. Her family, her friends are absolutely

devastated. We need for that person to come forward and deal with the

matter. What's done is done. The best we can do now is give semantics

to the family and bring the matter to a proper conclusion. Some of

Jasmine's friends gathered quietly to reflect this afternoon. One life

has been lost, dozens more are changed forever.

For many of Yorkshire's rural communities, they're a lifeline.

But over the years the number of village post offices has been

Postmasters say they're reaching crisis point, with fewer customers

and revenue from the sales of stamps and tax discs dwindling.

They were meeting for a national conference in Harrogate today,

and have called on the Government to do much more to help them.

Nigel has run this post office in Burrowbridge for 11 years. He has

paid that Mackie is paid less than 2p per stamp and relies on a

sidelining greetings cards to pay his wages. Today he was among this

crowd of 200 postmasters at a national conference in Harrogate.

The message: We are in crisis and need government help. Postmasters

say they have lost a lot of government business over the past

few years. For example, you can no longer pick up your benefit payments

at the post office, nor can you take at National savings. You have not

been able to buy a TV licence over the counter for a number of years.

As for car tax, and postmasters have recently had the money they get paid

per disc cut in half. Sealine may lose that as well. Many services are

still available, but Nigel says it is not enough. Takes a lot of 2p

is, for pensioners and temperance is to make a living. We have had

promises from the Government. We want to work, give us the work and

we will do it. Today's conference heard new work was not forthcoming.

The franchise is not as profitable as it was. Business people look at

the post office now and maybe it is not as attractive as it used to be.

The government says taxpayers need to get value for money, and post

offices should diversify. It is investing ?2 million in branches.

They are helping them to branch out so they have much more retail space

and better incomes into the future. We want post offices to remain at

the heart of our communities. Nigel Lawson 's job. His branch is still

busy body says help is needed and it is needed now. `` Nigel loves his

job. A 25`year`old Bradford man must

serve at least 15 years of his life sentence for the murder

of his former girlfriend during a row in a caravan in the Swain House

area of the city last November. The victim, Jade Watson,

who had two children from a previous relationship, was strangled

by James Gray in the caravan A judge said it seemed Ms Watson had

told him she was starting a relationship with another man who

could offer her Anita Ratch `

who's originally from Hungary ` Now a body's been discovered

in woodland in Bingley. Her death is not being treated

as suspicious. A former Mayor of Scarborough who

died 15 years ago, has been Police say Peter Jaconelli `

a long`time friend of the disgraced Jimmy Savile ` would have been

questioned over alleged child sex Scarborough Borough Council this

afternoon voted to remove Community leaders

in Bradford say there's been an attempt to deliberately provoke

a violent reaction amongst The allegations follow an incident

at the weekend when a gang of men It looks like any group of friends

posing on a day out. But the rest of the snapshot showed this was a more

sinister trip. They went to two mosques in Bradford and confronted

anybody they could find, producing Bibles. They certainly weren't not

Christian missionaries. In fact, this is who they are. Britain first

is an obscure, tiny far right political party, trying to look like

a paramilitary group. They have posted a video showing activists

training in unarmed combat. They boast they are preparing to defend

the British nation from the rise of Islam. In Bradford, they have a

different view of just what these people were trying to do. Police say

they can take any action. There was they can take any action. There was

no physical assault, no criminal damage. The Council of mosques in

Bradford say this was a deliberate act of provocation, trying to

provoke a violent reaction. Fortunately, nobody did. I think

they want publicity. They want a reaction. They want an aggressive

reaction. I am making an appeal to all young people, and all the

Muslims, to be calm and be peaceful and stay united. We can tackle an

evening if we are united. Next stop, here. The campaign headquarters of a

Labour councillor. They walked in here as volunteers were putting

together campaign literature. There was intimidation and aggression and

they weren't being provocative. But we are better than that. We told

them to leave the building. Police are considering what happened with a

view to see weather they can take view to see weather they can take

any further action. Before seven o'clock, the spy rights

reached new heights. Join me in Chesterfield where the party is just

getting started. It's a little village

on the outskirts of Bradford whose claim to fame is that is

the birthplace of the Brontes. But for years the building

in Thornton where the literary sisters and their brother were born,

has suffered neglect. Most recently the cottage was

used as bedsits before being But now its future has

a more literary bent, as It is a modest house in a regular

street. But this three`bedroom property was the birthplace of three

extra ordinary sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. The former

Prunty birthplace... It had been rendered as bedsits but a few years

ago it was bought at auction for ?120,000. It has since been

converted into a cafe but some say it should be a museum. It was an

argument that was put to me when we initially purchased the property. I

strongly disagreed. The Brontes need to be made a bit more current. You

only visit a museum once, twice, three times. What we are trying to

do is get people to visit on a regular basis. Ultimately that will

be in the interest of the branches. For market is a cool and trendy

environment keeping with the building's original character. This

is the main attraction. The Bronte sisters were born in front of this

fireplace. Will it attract tourists? I think these places should be kept

as real as they were. A daily next door would be fine but not in the

house itself. `` delicatessen. Would've been better if Bradford

Council had bought it when they had the chance. If the food is good and

it offers something to the committee, I cannot see a major

problem. It is a good thing. Could it be a rival for the Bronte Museum?

I don't think so because the places are so close together that it makes

it more viable for visitors wanting to come here and maybe carry out a

sort of pilgrimage. It is more for them to see. The cafe deli is

expected to be open for business next month.

How wonderful. No rain at booth presence denied? Not as much, at

least! In football,

York City will finally get their League Two play`off push underway

at Bootham Crescent tonight. The first leg tie against

Fleetwood Town was delayed, then called off on Saturday after

heavy rain waterlogged the pitch. The re`arranged fixture kicks`off

at 7.45 and you can listen to full Staying with the play`offs, and in

League One Rotherham travelled to Deepdale to face their semi`final

opponents, Preston, on Saturday. The Millers finished just

a point ahead of their opponents during the regular season,

so many expected a close game. Rotherham entered the play`offs

hoping to achieve their second consecutive promotion. They

dominated the first half and deserved the lead. Alex Revell

picked up possession at the halfway line, chested the ball past his

marker and calmly finished. Preston had struggled to create openings. It

took this spectacular strike from their top scorer, Joel Garner, to

level the match. Rotherham almost retook the lead when Lee's ``

fracking Tim was put through. `` Les Frecklington. The Preston keeper

denied them again in the final minute. If rather win the return leg

on Thursday, they will be in the league one final week on Thursday at

Wembley. There were also championship

play`offs in rugby union at the weekend. They have the home leg next

up. Leeds Carnegie beat London Welsh. They strike came in the 35th

minute. It finished 38`31. Leeds and Rotherham play the return leg on

Saturday. In boxing, congratulations to

the British and European title holder, Kid Galahad, who added

the Commonwealth super`bantamweight belt to his growing collection

after a comfortable win over Galahad was too strong for

Fred Mundraby in his home city of Sheffield on Saturday,

the Ausse didn't come out of his It marks a great eight months

for Galahad, who's won all three belts since picking up the British

title in September last year. I've covered three quarters of the

world in eight months. I'm getting better, I am learning. Hopefully

within the next 1218 months I am fighting for a world title. He

really piled the pressure on. He did well to stand up.

Cycling, and Otley's Lizzie Armistead pulled

out of the Women's Tour before the final stage yesterday `

she'd been trying to battle on despite struggling with illness.

Meanwhile, in the Giro d'Italia, Rotherham's Ben Swift, seen here in

the blue helmet, was pipped at the finish line by Marcel Kittel for the

It would have been Swift's first Grand Tour stage win, but the German

rider timed his sprint to the line in Dublin to perfection.

In the County Championship, Yorkshire are taking

Yorkshire resumed on 310 for eight, and they've had a good morning.

Liam Plunkett and Steven Patterson are enjoying a strong partnership

They stopped for lunch having reached a score of

While we are set here in the warm and the dry, we are missing a right

good knees up, aren't we? We are. The crowds have certainly turned out

to support Chesterfield. The Spireites are celebrating

their promotion to League One, and being League Two champions with

something of a street party. I am quite sad we have not been

invited. The sun is shining now. It hasn't been all day. Chesterfield

have got promotion into League One as champions of League two. It is

exactly what they wanted at the start of the season. That was nine

days ago. Today it is about giving the people of the town the chance to

thank the team. They have been doing just that. We had a word with some

of them early on. We have done it now. Let's get in division one next

year and get into the championship were We are the champions! It is

brilliant. We have won the lead. This is a fitting tribute to dad,

who passed on last year. I am sure he is pushing every goal of the line

up there. We won it three years ago. For it to come around again so soon,

is really good. It has been a fantastic success in the end. It has

taken a lot to get here. With less than one week to spare, Chesterfield

knew there were going up. On the last day of the season they clinched

the title. One of the most experienced players is Tommy Lee.

You have seen a lot here. What that success mean to you? It is

brilliant. We played some tough teams away from home and got the

results we needed. We have done that all season. Credit to everyone, the

staff, the players, for the way we bounced back. I don't want to put a

damper on it, but you have been up with Chesterfield before and came

straight back down. What gives you confidence it would be different

this time? You have got to be competent. It did not pan out last

time. I am sure the gaffer knows who he needs to bring in to strengthen

the club. We will do all we can to do better. Let's bring in the

gaffer. What plans do you have to keep Chesterfield up? The important

thing is we enjoy the promotion. Promotions are very tough to get.

They are hard earned. It takes a long time to get promoted. The

players and staff can enjoy that. The rebuilding has been going on

prolonged time. The important thing is to make ourselves better. That is

not over a day or a week, or a month, it is over time. We have to

keep improving and getting better. Do you have holidays as football

league managers? You must work hard at your job in most things if you

want to be successful. We have got a good club. UCB support today. The

infrastructure. We have good players. Football is about good

players. We have got a lot of them. Tommy has just given an interview.

We think he's the best goalkeeper around. My job is to keep trying to

improve the team and make it better. If we can do that, I'm sure we will

be OK. Councillor John Burrows, what does it mean to the town? It is a

big day for Chesterfield. We have the supporters out there in the sun

and they will be spending money in the bars and the taverns and the

restaurants. That is what Chesterfield is all about. The party

is just starting here in Chesterfield. Let's hope York City

join them. Word of a course record. Explain? I

am not explaining anything! At me show you three pictures that came

over the weekend. Some very big showers over the weekend. And today.

This is a nice one. I love this. Beautiful. Simplistic. Millington.

Keep the pictures coming in. Tomorrow, still a bit unsettled with

sunny spells and scattered showers. The good news is, high`pressure

reaches us on Wednesday. From midweek onwards, and hopefully for

the weekend, it looks fine and bright and warm. Temperatures by

Saturday could be up to 20 or 21 degrees. Fine weather on the way.

Some heavy showers over North Yorkshire. Reports of a mini tornado

crossed East Yorkshire. `` across. The showers will lose their

intensity over night. Still a few left by dawn tomorrow morning.

Temperatures coming in at six or 7 degrees. The sun rises in the

morning. Just after four o'clock in the morning. One to showers first

thing. They will sink southwards. The skies brightened from the

north. A good deal of sunshine developing through the morning. We

are expecting some thundery downpours to break out. The showers

will be far less widespread than they have been today. Some eastern

areas will stay dry. The breeze just light and mainly from the North. Top

temperatures coming in at about 14 Celsius. Looking further ahead,

Wednesday looks nice. Dry with sunshine. The fine weather lasts

through the week and hopefully for much of the weekend. Harry has been

waiting for this moment. Go on. 110! I added it wrong! If you don't play

golf, you're not interested. We will be back when we will have the

crucial York City result at 10:25pm. Good night.

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