29/05/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Good evening and welcome to Thursday's Look North.

The latest car crash in a south Yorkshire village, residents

They've now issued an urgent plea to their council.

Get your finger rows before somebody is killed. They won't do anything.

We'll hear what Rotherham Council has to say.

Boxing champion Nicola Adams talks to us ahead of her European

title defence and she's given herself another challenge.

I've got a saying at the moment, and I hashtagged it BBE and I'm striving

to be Britain's Best Ever so I'm hoping I can do that this year.

And the incredible story of a York family of brothers who all fought

in and survived the first World War One.

We have seen the back of the rain for now so bright and try tomorrow

and I will be back later in the programme with all the details.

First tonight, residents of a South Yorkshire village which has been

plagued by a spate of car crashes are demanding urgent action from

There have been 25 road accidents in Nether Haugh so far this year,

including one as recently as yesterday

when a driver escaped unharmed after crashing into a stone wall.

People living in the village near Rotherham say the high number of

Our reporter Kate Bradbrook is there for us this evening.

This has been described by residents as the most dangerous in Yorkshire.

Only yesterday, a car ploughed through the wall behind me ending up

on its roof causing a lots of shock. Nobody was hurt. It crashes like

this are becoming more and more frequent. There are calls for urgent

action. This is becoming an all too common site for people living here

in Nether Haugh. This picturesque village just outside Rotherham has

seen 25 crashes this year alone. Including this one yesterday. I

heard a big third and I knew I had an accident with a car. I walked out

and saw in my neighbours garden a mini convertible that is on its

roof. I jumped over the wall and open the door just to make sure they

were fine. She was OK? She was upside down and his seat belt was

still on. I had a word with her, she didn't have any pain so I gently

took the belt off and eased out of the car. People living here say they

are wary they won't be such a happy ending. I think they are hitting the

curb of going too fast. Last night they discussed the issue and the

message that the council was clear. Get your finger out before somebody

is killed. Basically. They won't do a thing. Take a look at this

picture. Earlier this year, we reported residents concerns. There

had been 14 crashes by February. The council has installed warning signs

and more recently new bollards. But for people like Ted Grayson who is

too scared to users garden it is far too little and many crashes too

late. I don't really have a life because I am awake all night

wondering if this is the one that will hit the house. I then use my

kitchen or half hours. As it come around this: It is easy to see how

cars and leaving the road, crossing over and hitting the wall opposite.

Residents say this even it means to be lowered. `` the speed limit. I am

enjoying by Carl Battersby from Rotherham council. What is the

council doing about it? We have some planned work on site for the

slowdown markings. We're working with South Yorkshire police to look

at a mobile camera and surveillance camera on site silicon record driver

behaviour. We have limited resources. It's important target

those two things that will be effective. We need to look at an

option `` options stop residents are asking for a 20 mph speed limit and

permanent cameras. Can you do that? The regulations for the permanent

cameras are set nationally. In terms of speed limit, those have to be

self enforcing so to change the speed limit who would have to

enforce traffic calming measures. That is something we'll explore and

see whether we think that a deal with the issue. Whenever we look at

issues like this we have to make sure its evidence `based. We have to

understand what has caused the accident is we can consider how best

to deal with issues. People here say they are simply scared to walk on

the payment `` pavement. Is that acceptable? No. We have a good

record. We want an attractive environment for the residents stop

what them to feel safe in their homes. We will work with the

residents and the action group to make sure we address the issues as

far as we are able. We will continue to follow this.

The jury at the new inquests into the Hillsborough disaster has

been shown footage from the FA cup semi final of 1981 between

Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers, during which, there was

Fans were injured and had to take refuge on the side of the pitch.

Questions were raised about the design and the capacity

of the stand, where 96 Liverpool fans later died in 1989.

Dan Johnson has been at the inquests in Warrington

This game was played eight years before the Hillsborough disaster but

Even before kick`off, what was described

as congestion had developed outside the Leppings Lane turnstiles.

An exit gate, Gate C, the same one that was opened

on 15 April 1989 had to be opened to alleviate that pressure.

It is estimated more than 300 Tottenham fans went through there

and onto the terrace without having their tickets checked.

The jury was today shown footage from the match which fans could be

seen climbing over the fence onto the pitch to escape the crushing.

You could see St John's Ambulance staff taking stretchers up to

the terrace end of the ground to deal with the injured.

38 were injured, 3o to that hospital.

Two required stitches, two had broken arms

After the match the Football Association, the football

club and the police questioned what had gone wrong, how this near miss

The capacity of the stand was brought

into question as was the design of the terrace and the turnstiles.

It wasn't long after that fences were put in across the Leppings Lane

It is in those pens that 96 Liverpool fans

Medals galore! And gold at that!

We meet Nile Wilson, the Leeds gymnast who scooped

A 28`year`old woman from Rotherham is in a coma in hospital

after a group of youths threw stones at her whilst she was riding her

The mother of two was riding Murphy on a private track in Wickersley

And Derek bridleway linking stables with open fields. Lindsay Hawkins

has written here many times but last week she and her horse were hit by a

hail of stones as they made their way along the track. This man owns

the stable and is one of the first to see her after the attack. The

horse had cleared, thrown her wrath, attracted a short distance and then

run up to the farm. She got herself up, was wandering down the lane when

one of the guys from the farm got to her. The boys who pelted the horse

and Lindsey were aged between 13 and 15 are made off without checking on

her. She managed to explain what had happened but is now in an induced

coma in Sheffield Northern General Hospital after suffering a bleed on

the brain. It is one of the first that few instances in that area of

anti`social behaviour. It is serious and we need to find out as much as

we can about it. That is why we are appealing to the members of the

public. The incident took place on Murphy 's seventh birthday. He

wasn't injured but appears to have been affected. He has been very

nervous since this which you would expect. If you go near his head he

moves away. He is so quiet and placid. It seems that he seems more

on edge. Filise this is an unusual attack and don't know why it

happened. That police say. It has left a mother of two in hospital

with serious injuries. Police say they're not looking

for anybody else in connection with an explosion at a house in Tingley,

south of Leeds, yesterday. The blast happened at a bungalow

on The Crescent. A 45`year`old man was arrested

after he walked out of He's being treated in hospital

for his injuries and will be Police say they are concerned for

the welfare of a 15`year`old girl Adela Copakova was last seen

yesterday evening at around nine o'clock when she left

a house in Wolfe Road. Adela, who is Slovakian,

is known to have friends across Anyone who's seen her should

contact South Yorkshire Police. A meeting's underway in Leeds where

councillors will decide whether new floodlights can be built

at Headingley cricket ground. Yorkshire County Cricket Club says

new lights are needed to secure the ground's future as a venue

for test matches. Residents want

the lights to be telescopic and the new 58 metre masts to be retractable

so they don't blight the skyline. The club says that would

be too expensive. Police in North Yorkshire are

warning people to be on their guard after fraudsters targeted five

farmers from Selby and conned them out of their savings by posing

as bank staff on the telephone. Police say the conmen are

knowledgeable and highly convincing and their scam involves taking over

phone lines so victims think they're You are sitting at home minding your

own business when the phone rings. Hello? It is your bank. They know

your name and your account number and they say someone is trying to

cash a cheque for ?11,000 of your money. You know anything about it?

You say now. In that case, says the nice man, you need to phone your

bank. The number with the back of your bank card. It is. You dial the

number, safe in the knowledge you are talking to your bank. Only

you're not. The nice man is a conman and he has kept your telephone line

open so now you are actually talking to his accomplice. When the victim

brings the number they have been contacting the fraudster. He then

gets the possible details and they are asking the victim to transfer

many from their bank account into what the fraudsters call a safe bank

account. This couple have just lost all their life savings. They feel

totally fooled. They want to remain anonymous. At the same time, they

want a warm people of the con. There are no words. There are no words

that can actually try to make people understand. We are both 66 in a few

weeks. We have no money. It is our nest egg and we have worked hard for

it. To be left with nothing, it is just hard. The couple hoped their

bank, Lloyds, would reimburse them is because they themselves

transferred the money into the fraudsters account the loss is

deemed to be down `` their fault. When someone brings you out of the

blue to say that is a flawed in your bank account don't believe them.

Don't believe them. You have to speak to someone in your bank or

brands. The advice from BT, wait three minutes between hanging up and

making the return call. That is still, use a different phone line.

`` better still. That is pretty awful. Good advice.

Nicola Adams tells us about the hashtag titled challenge

she's set herself along with her upcoming fights.

And we've got the story of a York family who contributed no fewer than

ten brothers to fight in World War One.

Rotherham United's manager Steve Evans has agreed

Evans signed on the dotted line this lunchtime

following the club's promotion to the Championship last Sunday.

Chairman Tony Stewart says he's delighted with what Evans has done

The chairman is a very ambitious man. When he took over the football

club he talked about championship football. It took a year longer. But

what a year he has. The infrastructure he has put in place

and the team and has given everyone a chance. That is all we can ask. It

is going to be a very exciting season next season. It never stops!

Gold medals in gymnastics are hard to come by at

the best of times but 18`year`old Nile Wilson from Leeds made history

last weekend when he pocketed no fewer than five in one fell swoop.

He came away from the Junior Championships in Bulgaria with top

billing in the pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar events

But that was his swan song as a junior and now senior competition

Gentlemen, thank you for coming in. Nice to see you. This is only your

second major event. You have got five gold medals. Look at those,

fantastic. How hard it have to train? Pretty hard. Since I started

when I was five years or they have been working towards these

competitions. Major competitions are amazing to go there and experience.

To come home with five medals is unbelievable. You are doing your

rain levels at the moment. You train through your GCSEs, how would you

find time to fit it all in? It is a struggle. My focus is on gymnastics

but are trying to do school with it. I've seen my friends from school and

all that kind of stuff. I work hard on both and I keep pushing. How many

hours a week do you train? 30 hours a week. Gosh, that is a full`time

job! Is that twice a day? I start at 12 o'clock every day and go one to

eight. I go to school in the morning. How do you prepare from

going from junior to senior? It is a big step up. The senior team is very

strong. He has got to try and get on that team alongside Lewis Smith and

the likes of him. It'll be a big step up. Hopefully, he will get

selected for the Commonwealth Games. That is the shot of the

moment. How big is gymnastics at the moment? Are they getting into it?

Since the Olympic games, the profile of the sport has been lifted. Our

club has moved facilities and we have gone to 1000 members. There are

loads and loads of kids who want to get involved in gymnastics. A staff

from babies right through to adults. You need a lot of courage to

do some of the moves. You started when you were young. You still train

at the club where you first started. I started leaves a five

years old. Why did you start gymnastics? I was a clumsy child and

always falling over. I have a lot of hospital ships with my head. My

parents wanted me to learn how to fall and have awareness. This is one

of the five medals you came home with. How ready do you feel for the

next day? This week has given me great confidence and I think the

selection for the Commonwealth Games in the next two weeks, I am ready

for the challenge. I am ready to get stuck in. Let's know how you got on.

Has he got what it takes to be a champion? Definitely. His main aim

is Olympics in Rio. He has done fantastic so far I am very proud of

him. Good luck to both of you. They are quite solid! What him, he will

slip it in his pocket! Now to someone else with

an impressive medal haul. Leeds Olympic gold medal boxer,

Nicola Adams, starts the defence of her European

title this weekend in Bucharest. It's the start of a busy year which

sees her bidding to make history at the Commonwealth Games by winning

the first gold in women's boxing. Then it's the World Championships,

the one title that's eluded her. Tanya caught up with her at the

team's training base in Sheffield. Having won that historic gold medal

in London, 2013 was a chance for Nicola Adams to adjust to

a whole new way of life. It is really good being Nicola Adams

now, going to premiers and collecting awards

and meeting various celebrities, and doing really fun things I would

never have been able to do unless I Now she is very much focused

on boxing. She starts with this week's

European Championships, then there is the Commonwealth Games

and the World Championships. Winning medals,

that is what I like doing. It is nice being back in

the ring and doing what I do best. It would mean everything to

me to have the full set. That is my aim,

to get the full the set this year. If I stick to everything the coaches

are saying, work hard, work at my faults and work on my good skills

as well, I should be able to do it. That is the one,

that is the one that is missing. Definitely,

that is a really big one for me. I think,

besides the Commonwealth Games, I had three silver medals

in the World Championships There is always someone,

I think there is always going to be somebody wanting my spot,

wanting to take the gold. Every time I step in that ring there

always wanting to beat me, they want I keep that in mind

and it gives me the fuel to be I have got a saying at the moment,

I have hashtagged it, BBE. I am striving to be

Britain's Best Ever. She always so positive about life.

It is really depressing. `` refreshing.

Next tonight, the moving story of ten brothers

from York who all served in the First World War and survived.

At the end of the 19th century, the Calpin brothers grew up

in the city's slums with little money or prospects.

The war offered them a chance to escape their impoverished lives.

All ten joined up and were sent into battle and remarkably all ten

They were hailed as heroes but their story was quickly forgotten.

In the late 19th century, Walmgate in York was notorious

Sarah MacDonald and Patrick Calpin were born in the slums.

Their parents had moved there from Ireland during the potato famine.

The couple married and had 11 children.

They all lived in a house on Hope Street.

By the time World War I had broken out, the boys had grown into men.

One by one they signed up to fight for King and country.

Miraculously, one by one, they all returned home again.

Today, the grandson of Ernest, still proudly displays

an original poster of all 10 men at his home near Thirsk.

My dad always had it since we were little.

We think it was presented to the family by the Lord Mayor of York

It was in recognition of the 10 brothers enlisting.

The poster features a picture of each of the brothers and

Presented to the family in 1914 it still describes

Unbeknownst to them, it would become World War I.

Their commitment was recognised by King George V who sent his deepest

Their pictures were also shown in local cinemas to encourage other

Although all 10 men made it back home not all lived long

John Calpin had been gassed in the trenches of France

He died from his injuries in 1916 and was given a war grave which

The Lord Mayor promised in his letter that there would be

some kind of recognition given to them after the war had finished.

Most of them, I think, ended up unemployed again after

Now, 100 years is coming around and I'm

It is thought the Calpin brothers are the most number of siblings

from anyone family to have fought in the same war.

An accolade which may soon feature in the Guinness Book of Records.

Tomorrow on Look North, we're beginning the second part of our

year`long series looking at how the First World War affected people at

The BBC has been working with Imperial War Museum on the project

Our first story tomorrow will look at the German Zeppelin attack

And to see more stories from the World War One at Home

Time for the weather now. Glad to say it has lots of little bit drier.

Some places with this afternoon. I don't think anybody wants to go out

to send photographs. This first picture is from Scarborough. This is

first thing this morning. I suspect the coast that the four Ash horrid

few days. `` has had a horrid few days. You can keep your pictures

coming in. We are having an improvement so through the course of

this evening and overnight into tomorrow, brighter, dry and milder.

It will feel much more pleasant. Things are settling down for Friday

and Saturday that it is not going to be wall`to`wall sunshine. We had a

lot of cloud around today, it has persistently been producing rain and

drizzle. More nuisance value than anything else. It is starting to dry

up now and it should be dry through this evening. We will keep a lot of

the cloud. We might see a few clear spells filtering down into north

Yorkshire. Temperature perhaps looking into single figures around

eight or 9 degrees. The sun will rise tomorrow morning at 4:44 a.m..

The next high water will be at 5:41am. Tomorrow morning, it'll be

an improvement on this morning. Much story. There will be quite a lot of

cloud to be greater and I think they will be some spell of sunshine. The

best will be on the coast. It'll be a largely dry day, it'll feel

different as well. A much brighter day with temperatures getting up to

around 16 degrees. Some places in the Pennines didn't get up to double

figures today. On Saturday, variable at times. Large amounts of cloud.

There will be a few light showers and that will help to turn the cloud

over. On Sunday, largely cloudy day, the cloud thickening up bringing

outbreaks of rain in the afternoon. Unsettled again for next week. I

have forgotten what the sun looks like! And it is nearly June.

We will be back at 10:25 p.m.. I will be back next week. From one of

us, good night.