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That's it for now. We're back with the late news at 10. 15pm. Now it's | :00:00. | 3:59:59 | |
Good afternoon from you. time for the news | :00:00. | :00:14. | |
Good afternoon from you. Hundreds of cyclists took to the | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
streets of Leeds today, raising awareness of safety issues and | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
campaigning for more investment. The council say they have ?30 million to | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
spend creating better facilities and new cycle lanes and the coming Tour | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
De France is a chance to get more people on their bikes. | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
A glorious day for a ride, no matter what your experience. There's no | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
race here, just a point. At the moment, cycling planning seems to be | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
piecemeal, so you will get a little bit of a cycle lane here or there. | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
None of it really joins up and there isn't a network. So when people | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
decide that they want to start riding a bike, there aren't any | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
routes for people to get around. There are lots of cars around and | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
there is not much space to get started. It is very, very dangerous | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
on these roads. There's loads of chips out of the road, you are | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
bouncing all over the place. You are in the way of cars. There's two | :01:01. | :01:10. | |
routes to ride. The first is a loop around town and the second one is | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
out for a picnic. The council have secured ?30 million in grants to | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
improve the cyclists' lot. They recognise there will never be a | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
better moment to get the city on to two wheels. The overall aim is to | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
make it safer. The worst thing that could happen is that people watch | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
the tour and go, fantastic. I will not do it in Leeds because it is not | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
safe. We have lots of money to improve the cycle infrastructure, | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
the so`called cycle superhighway. A 20 mile an hour limits, a bit of | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
cycling along the canal, big money but it is only a start. In a few | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
is when the race for a real cycling is when the race for a real cycling | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
legacy for Yorkshire begins.Big money but it is only a start. In a | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
few short weeks, once the Le Grand Depart has departed, that is when | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
the race for a real cycling legacy for Yorkshire begins. `` A | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
24`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
a woman was shot in Bradford. The incident happened on Longfield | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
Drive yesterday. The 22`year`old woman was with her child at the | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
time. The child was not hurt and the woman's injuries are not thought to | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
be life threatening. Hundreds of Yorkshire ambulance | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
workers have gone on strike this afternoon in a long running dispute | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
over staffing and union recognition. Staff who are members of the Unite | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
union walked out this afternoon and will return at seven tomorrow | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
morning. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust said it was very | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
disappointed with the action. A brand new world record has been | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
set today ` for the fastest toilet in the world Trevor Duckworth's | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
converted toilet took the land speed record at Elvington Airfield. The | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
record was previously held by a Canadian whose motorised toilet | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
reached 55 miles per hour. But today Trevor and driver Shaun Walker beat | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
that record with a spectacular 70.9 miles per hour at the first attempt. | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
70.9 miles an hour is absolutely phenomenal. We didn't expect to do | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
that on the first run. The old record, 55 miles an hour, and we | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
have just blitzed it. Completely. So we are going to do some | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
modifications. We have some more gear to put on it and we reckon we | :02:56. | :03:05. | |
can go quicker. On to sport, and in rugby union, | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
Rotherham Titans kicked off about an hour ago in their championship | :03:10. | :03:11. | |
semifinal second leg against Bristol. They're three points behind | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
after the first leg and the latest score is Rotherham three, Bristol | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
three. Cycling of a different kind now and the build up to the Tour De | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
France coming to Yorkshire is being marked by a range of arts events | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
called the Yorkshire Festival. Last night there was an ambitious | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
show in the centre of Leeds organised by Phoenix Dance ` and | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
it's on again tonight. Here's Spencer Stokes. | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
Bikes, lights and riders combining for a dance display like no other. | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
It's called the Ghost peleton., With dozens of volunteers taking part in | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
a display before an audience of 2000 people, many of whom were not quite | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
sure what to expect. Their collaboration with dance, that | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
really intrigues me, the idea of cyclists being choreographed, I | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
thought it would be really exciting. Accompanied by films and music, the | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
performers spent every afternoon after last week registering. They | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
have given us their time, they have trusted us with their bikes and they | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
have just given it 110%. It is amazing. When the riders are speeded | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
up, you see the full effect, and the whole thing takes place again | :04:11. | :04:11. | |
tonight. Incredible stuff. You have the | :04:12. | :04:24. | |
weather for it. Here is the weather forecast. Good evening the dry and | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
fine weather continuing for the rest of the weekend. Some places turning | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
easy. The temperatures overnight are around 12 or 13 degrees. Some | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
sunshine on Sunday against the morning. There is more in the way of | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
clout as we head through the afternoon, a chance of the odd | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
shower the afternoon. Highs of around 22 or 23 degrees. Things | :04:56. | :04:56. | |
turning were settled next week. around 22 or 23 degrees. Things | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
turning were settled next Thank you for your company. We are back | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
tomorrow with the sport and the rest of the day's news. Goodbye. | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
Good evening. Who needs an expensive holiday? Today at 24 degrees, | :05:11. | :05:20. | |
Suffolk was warmer than Ibiza and Crete. There was | :05:21. | :05:21. |