17/05/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


17/05/2014

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That's it for now. We're back with the late news at 10. 15pm. Now it's

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Good afternoon from you. time for the news

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Good afternoon from you. Hundreds of cyclists took to the

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streets of Leeds today, raising awareness of safety issues and

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campaigning for more investment. The council say they have ?30 million to

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spend creating better facilities and new cycle lanes and the coming Tour

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De France is a chance to get more people on their bikes.

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A glorious day for a ride, no matter what your experience. There's no

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race here, just a point. At the moment, cycling planning seems to be

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piecemeal, so you will get a little bit of a cycle lane here or there.

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None of it really joins up and there isn't a network. So when people

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decide that they want to start riding a bike, there aren't any

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routes for people to get around. There are lots of cars around and

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there is not much space to get started. It is very, very dangerous

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on these roads. There's loads of chips out of the road, you are

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bouncing all over the place. You are in the way of cars. There's two

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routes to ride. The first is a loop around town and the second one is

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out for a picnic. The council have secured ?30 million in grants to

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improve the cyclists' lot. They recognise there will never be a

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better moment to get the city on to two wheels. The overall aim is to

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make it safer. The worst thing that could happen is that people watch

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the tour and go, fantastic. I will not do it in Leeds because it is not

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safe. We have lots of money to improve the cycle infrastructure,

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the so`called cycle superhighway. A 20 mile an hour limits, a bit of

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cycling along the canal, big money but it is only a start. In a few

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is when the race for a real cycling is when the race for a real cycling

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legacy for Yorkshire begins.Big money but it is only a start. In a

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few short weeks, once the Le Grand Depart has departed, that is when

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the race for a real cycling legacy for Yorkshire begins. `` A

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24`year`old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after

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a woman was shot in Bradford. The incident happened on Longfield

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Drive yesterday. The 22`year`old woman was with her child at the

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time. The child was not hurt and the woman's injuries are not thought to

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be life threatening. Hundreds of Yorkshire ambulance

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workers have gone on strike this afternoon in a long running dispute

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over staffing and union recognition. Staff who are members of the Unite

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union walked out this afternoon and will return at seven tomorrow

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morning. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust said it was very

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disappointed with the action. A brand new world record has been

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set today ` for the fastest toilet in the world Trevor Duckworth's

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converted toilet took the land speed record at Elvington Airfield. The

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record was previously held by a Canadian whose motorised toilet

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reached 55 miles per hour. But today Trevor and driver Shaun Walker beat

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that record with a spectacular 70.9 miles per hour at the first attempt.

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70.9 miles an hour is absolutely phenomenal. We didn't expect to do

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that on the first run. The old record, 55 miles an hour, and we

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have just blitzed it. Completely. So we are going to do some

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modifications. We have some more gear to put on it and we reckon we

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can go quicker. On to sport, and in rugby union,

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Rotherham Titans kicked off about an hour ago in their championship

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semifinal second leg against Bristol. They're three points behind

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after the first leg and the latest score is Rotherham three, Bristol

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three. Cycling of a different kind now and the build up to the Tour De

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France coming to Yorkshire is being marked by a range of arts events

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called the Yorkshire Festival. Last night there was an ambitious

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show in the centre of Leeds organised by Phoenix Dance ` and

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it's on again tonight. Here's Spencer Stokes.

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Bikes, lights and riders combining for a dance display like no other.

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It's called the Ghost peleton., With dozens of volunteers taking part in

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a display before an audience of 2000 people, many of whom were not quite

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sure what to expect. Their collaboration with dance, that

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really intrigues me, the idea of cyclists being choreographed, I

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thought it would be really exciting. Accompanied by films and music, the

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performers spent every afternoon after last week registering. They

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have given us their time, they have trusted us with their bikes and they

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have just given it 110%. It is amazing. When the riders are speeded

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up, you see the full effect, and the whole thing takes place again

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tonight. Incredible stuff. You have the

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weather for it. Here is the weather forecast. Good evening the dry and

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fine weather continuing for the rest of the weekend. Some places turning

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easy. The temperatures overnight are around 12 or 13 degrees. Some

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sunshine on Sunday against the morning. There is more in the way of

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clout as we head through the afternoon, a chance of the odd

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shower the afternoon. Highs of around 22 or 23 degrees. Things

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turning were settled next week. around 22 or 23 degrees. Things

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turning were settled next Thank you for your company. We are back

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tomorrow with the sport and the rest of the day's news. Goodbye.

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Good evening. Who needs an expensive holiday? Today at 24 degrees,

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Suffolk was warmer than Ibiza and Crete. There was

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