:00:00. > 3:59:59getting to Europe illegally. More than 40,000 have made the journey so
:00:00. > :00:08.Coming up on tonight's programme: far this
:00:09. > :00:12.Hundreds of people gather in Sheffield to pay respect to a World
:00:13. > :00:16.People came from far and wide after a public appeal.
:00:17. > :00:21.A Wakefield family whose children died
:00:22. > :00:24.on holiday are granted legal aid for an inquest into their deaths.
:00:25. > :00:27.And could One Direction's Louis Tomlinson be in talks to be
:00:28. > :00:38.And saw the best of the sunshine today. Will there be more over the
:00:39. > :00:47.weekend? First tonight, at least 500 people
:00:48. > :00:50.have attended the funeral of a Sheffield war veteran after hearing
:00:51. > :00:54.he had no family and few surviving George Thompson died 16 days ago
:00:55. > :01:00.in a care home in Sheffield, but his story captured the imagination
:01:01. > :01:17.of hundreds of people who made the They have come from far and wide,
:01:18. > :01:23.moved by the story of a veteran with no family and few surviving friends
:01:24. > :01:29.to bid him farewell. His neighbours had feared no one would mourn George
:01:30. > :01:38.Thompson. How wrong they were. I think he would have been absolutely
:01:39. > :01:44.overwhelmed by it. He was a fairly quiet, ordinary guy. He would be
:01:45. > :01:50.staggered at the turnout today. His matinee idol eyes look at us from a
:01:51. > :01:55.past generation. This is George Thompson, a World War II pilot who
:01:56. > :02:00.joined the RAF at the age of 24. Life expectancy in one of the
:02:01. > :02:07.world's `` war's most dangerous jobs was for two six weeks. But he
:02:08. > :02:14.survived and died on May the 14th aged 96. His local RAF Association
:02:15. > :02:21.were told of his death and did their best to ensure a decent funeral. We
:02:22. > :02:28.had no idea it was going to escalate as it has done. We were expecting to
:02:29. > :02:36.possibly get 25 or 30 people, something of that sort. But, of
:02:37. > :02:40.course, it has gone global. If it was not for the likes of George and
:02:41. > :02:46.others like him, who knows what we would be like. Who knows what
:02:47. > :02:53.language we would be speaking. I am thankful to him and to those who are
:02:54. > :02:57.not here today. It is easy to understand why members of the armed
:02:58. > :03:03.services would take the time to come to Sheffield, but why civilians?
:03:04. > :03:09.What has touched them? I buried my father for months ago and he was an
:03:10. > :03:12.old soldier and he was `` there was hardly anyone for his funeral and I
:03:13. > :03:22.didn't want it to be the same for this gentleman. We want to pay our
:03:23. > :03:27.respects. The service was packed, respectful and heartfelt. Many
:03:28. > :03:32.well`wishers waited outside, sparing a half`hour to think of what a
:03:33. > :03:39.stranger did for them and perhaps what they could do for a stranger.
:03:40. > :03:43.A lovely story. The parents of two children
:03:44. > :03:46.from Wakefield who died on holiday in Corfu have today won their long
:03:47. > :03:49.battle to be granted legal aid Bobby and Christi Shepherd died
:03:50. > :03:53.from carbon monoxide poisoning Their families took
:03:54. > :03:57.their fight all the way to Downing Street ` and today the Government
:03:58. > :04:11.announced a change of heart. It has been almost eight years since
:04:12. > :04:17.Christi and Bobby Shepherd went on a half term holiday and never came
:04:18. > :04:20.home. They were staying on a villa on the Greek island of Corfu when
:04:21. > :04:25.they started to complain of feeling sick and dizzy. Halfway through the
:04:26. > :04:29.trip, the children went to sleep and never woke up. Their parents have
:04:30. > :04:34.been fighting for answers ever since. The pain that you suffer and
:04:35. > :04:38.the way it changes your life never ever goes away. To think that
:04:39. > :04:46.nothing came of their deaths would just be horrendous. The children
:04:47. > :04:52.died in 2006. A faulty gas boiler was identified as because. In 2010,
:04:53. > :04:58.holiday operator Thomas Cook and two of its ribs were cleared of ``
:04:59. > :05:03.cleared of blame but three of the hotel staff were convicted of
:05:04. > :05:10.manslaughter by negligence and sentenced to seven years in jail in
:05:11. > :05:17.total. Thomas Cook was given a reported ?1 million in compensation
:05:18. > :05:23.last year by the hotel chain. " in Sheffield will be the first time the
:05:24. > :05:30.story has been investigated in the UK. Legal aid was initially refused
:05:31. > :05:35.but with the help of their MP, they took their fight to the Prime
:05:36. > :05:39.Minister and today came the news that they had won. This is a
:05:40. > :05:44.stunning victory and this highlighted the witnesses `` the
:05:45. > :05:50.weaknesses in the European holiday industry. The inquest will be a
:05:51. > :05:55.landmark inquest and we should seize the top change right across Europe
:05:56. > :06:02.so that no other family experiences such a tragedy. In a statement,
:06:03. > :06:07.Sharon would thank those who had helped her family saying, legal
:06:08. > :06:11.representation at the inquest will help us have the chance to hear the
:06:12. > :06:17.truth of what happened on that awful day when we lost our children. Neal
:06:18. > :06:21.Shepherd said, a fair inquest is now achievable and this decision will
:06:22. > :06:24.insure Christi and Bobby did not die in vain.
:06:25. > :06:27.A woman from Leeds who fears her daughters
:06:28. > :06:29.will be subjected to female genital mutilation in Nigeria won't be
:06:30. > :06:33.deported for at least another day, according to friends of the family.
:06:34. > :06:36.Afusat Saliu, who's 31, was due to be sent back to her home
:06:37. > :06:39.country last night, along with her two young daughters.
:06:40. > :06:41.She was arrested by border agency staff on Wednesday.
:06:42. > :06:45.A social media campaign to keep her in the UK continues and her lawyers
:06:46. > :06:50.Two groups hoping to revive the former Odeon building
:06:51. > :06:53.in Bradford have handed their plans to the council.
:06:54. > :06:55.The landmark building, which is owned by the council,
:06:56. > :06:58.has been derelict since it closed its doors in 2000.
:06:59. > :07:01.Rival groups Bradford One and Bradford Live both want to turn
:07:02. > :07:07.There were celebrations in Scarborough today
:07:08. > :07:10.as fundraisers from the Camping and Caravanning Club completed
:07:11. > :07:14.They've cycled more than 400 miles, following much of the route
:07:15. > :07:17.of the Tour de France in Yorkshire, and camping along the way
:07:18. > :07:19.in order to raise money for alternative transport schemes.
:07:20. > :07:22.They did it all in the tweeds and bloomers in vogue
:07:23. > :07:25.when the Camping and Caravanning Club was created back in 1901
:07:26. > :07:38.and the BBC's Julia Bradbury joined them for their triumphant finish.
:07:39. > :07:47.It is national campaign and caravanning week so these guys have
:07:48. > :07:52.travelled hundreds of miles on these very uncomfortable bikes in order to
:07:53. > :07:55.engage the public across the country. Really to just encourage
:07:56. > :07:59.people to get involved in camping and caravanning. Was that a Penny
:08:00. > :08:03.Farthing? A century on from the start of
:08:04. > :08:08.World War One, we look back 29 people died and
:08:09. > :08:12.the steel city was left shattered Next tonight,
:08:13. > :08:19.around 200 miners at Kellingley and Thoresby collieries have been
:08:20. > :08:22.sent redundancy notices today. UK Coal, which owns the pits,
:08:23. > :08:25.is planning to close them within 18 Union leaders say it's
:08:26. > :08:43.disappointing news as they're still It is business as usual today but
:08:44. > :08:47.people arriving for work to date did not know if they were one of the
:08:48. > :08:52.miners here to face compulsory redundancy. They should get the news
:08:53. > :08:57.in a letter tomorrow. Weeks of uncertainty about the two pits have
:08:58. > :09:02.been tough for the miners. They don't know if they have got a letter
:09:03. > :09:06.coming through the letterbox in the morning to tell them not to come to
:09:07. > :09:11.work on Monday morning. That is very difficult. It is just a few weeks
:09:12. > :09:20.since UK coal said it would have two" Alinghi colliery with the loss
:09:21. > :09:36.of hundreds of jobs. Miners voted 80% to except the deal, but it has
:09:37. > :09:40.not yet been signed. Kellingley has had a few profitable weeks so the
:09:41. > :09:45.unions say that issuing redundancy has not been sensible. We were
:09:46. > :09:51.trying to safeguard future employment at Kellingley. We want an
:09:52. > :09:59.employee buyout. The mining unions are still putting a case to the
:10:00. > :10:03.Minister that it is an option, so everything is still up in the air
:10:04. > :10:07.and for UK coal to dig themselves into a hole which says, no, we are
:10:08. > :10:19.doing what we want to do is not right. If we do not do this deal,
:10:20. > :10:21.the NUM proposal of looking at a members, you can kiss goodbye to
:10:22. > :10:25.that because that will take six months to get that in place. If we
:10:26. > :10:32.do not get beyond next week, we are all out of work, no redundancies.
:10:33. > :10:35.Letters have also been sent to a workers at full speed pit and some
:10:36. > :10:42.staff at UK coal's headquarters. Doncaster Council's support
:10:43. > :10:45.for its schools is ineffective, according to a new report
:10:46. > :10:47.from the education watchdog Ofsted. It says more than half
:10:48. > :10:50.of the borough's children attend a school that's inadequate or
:10:51. > :10:52.requires improvement. Tom Ingall is
:10:53. > :11:04.in Doncaster with more. Normally when we are standing
:11:05. > :11:08.outside the council offices in Doncaster Rovers it is the children
:11:09. > :11:15.services which have taken a knock. Tonight, the theme is education. The
:11:16. > :11:20.council have been told they are not doing enough for the children in the
:11:21. > :11:22.town. If you are a parent with children in primary or secondary
:11:23. > :11:38.school might you might want to look at these figures. Ofsted say:
:11:39. > :11:42.it is those stats that made Ofsted come up here and look at what was
:11:43. > :11:48.happening and they have criticised the council for three things `not
:11:49. > :11:54.keeping their own performance data correctly, not keeping any record of
:11:55. > :11:57.how governors were improving schools and for not using their powers of
:11:58. > :12:05.intervention consistently. This is what they said this morning bull is
:12:06. > :12:09.top what we found was the local authority was not aware of what the
:12:10. > :12:15.issues were across it schools. They have not been able to deal with them
:12:16. > :12:18.historically. It has got a bit better recently and they must get
:12:19. > :12:22.credit for that but historically, they have not known where the issues
:12:23. > :12:27.were in order to address them. We requested an issue from the council
:12:28. > :12:30.but they declined, giving us a lengthy statement instead. They said
:12:31. > :12:35.it has been a year since the mayor was elected and there have in
:12:36. > :12:38.changes in policy since then. They understand what Ofsted are saying
:12:39. > :12:43.that they are pointing to the work they have done in the last year,
:12:44. > :12:45.establishing a school alliance where schools can help failing
:12:46. > :12:51.institutions. Thank you very much. Now let's catch up with a campaigner
:12:52. > :12:55.from Yorkshire who's travelling all 215 miles of the Trans`Pennine trail
:12:56. > :12:58.in his wheelchair to try and improve Roy Taylor ` who works for the RSPB
:12:59. > :13:03.` was diagnosed with motor neurone He's now making it
:13:04. > :13:07.his mission to make the great Our reporter Sally Young joined him
:13:08. > :13:23.on day six of his challenge. One year ago, Roy would have made
:13:24. > :13:25.this journey by that but he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease
:13:26. > :13:32.in September and his mobility has decreased rapidly. I feel alive one
:13:33. > :13:36.I am outside. I am grumpy when I am indoors. We have found that the
:13:37. > :13:41.paths which were accessible to me six months ago are no longer
:13:42. > :13:48.accessible to me. You cannot get over the horse barriers or 3`piece
:13:49. > :13:51.chicanes. Today, Roy has planned ahead and arranged for the council
:13:52. > :13:57.to unlock the gate for him but it is not always that simple. The worst
:13:58. > :14:01.bit was when we started in a gale and we got to an obstacle in the
:14:02. > :14:05.peak district on the exposed Moores and we thought, there is no way
:14:06. > :14:09.round this. We will have two back track in the rain. That is what I am
:14:10. > :14:15.trying to change. That disappointing feeling when you realised you can't
:14:16. > :14:19.get somewhere. This barrier is designed to stop motorbikes getting
:14:20. > :14:23.onto the trail but it also stops wheelchairs and makes life difficult
:14:24. > :14:27.for a whole other bunch of people. I am an amputee and I find this kind
:14:28. > :14:33.of obstacle difficult. There might be a parent with a child in a
:14:34. > :14:40.pushchair. By improving access for people in wheelchairs, it makes life
:14:41. > :14:44.easier for everyone. Roy's 215 mile challenge has already raised over
:14:45. > :14:49.?20,000, money that will help to remove some of the barriers on the
:14:50. > :14:54.RSPB site where he works. He has been supported along the way by his
:14:55. > :14:59.wife and a full top it is his independence. He has always just
:15:00. > :15:05.gone and done things. That is what got him sofa and got him so many
:15:06. > :15:08.friends and people that admire him. To cut his independence like that
:15:09. > :15:12.from day to day just because he is in a wheelchair, that is really
:15:13. > :15:18.unfair and that is why he is fighting for his freedom. If all
:15:19. > :15:25.goes to plan, Roy will follow `` finishes challenge in Hornsea next
:15:26. > :15:30.Tuesday. We had Roy in the studio a couple of
:15:31. > :15:43.weeks ago. Such a determined character. Highlighting the problems
:15:44. > :15:52.people have. Before seven p.m., we look at the
:15:53. > :15:56.boxing. And we knew Louis Tomlinson was a big fan of Doncaster Rovers,
:15:57. > :16:05.but could he be about to buy the site?
:16:06. > :16:08.Next tonight, we return to our series marking the centenary of
:16:09. > :16:13.The World War One At Home project is being carried out throughout
:16:14. > :16:15.the BBC, working with Imperial War Museums.
:16:16. > :16:17.We're looking at how the war affected people away
:16:18. > :16:22.One of the most terrifying aspects was the threat posed by German
:16:23. > :16:24.Zeppelins ` the huge gas filled airships used in bombing raids.
:16:25. > :16:26.Sheffield was targeted in September 1916,
:16:27. > :16:29.leaving 29 people dead and a trail of destruction throughout the city.
:16:30. > :16:50.As the aeroplanes were overhead, everywhere was in darkness. It all
:16:51. > :16:57.went dead. Vivid recollections from a Sheffield resident who look to
:16:58. > :17:02.these guys one September night in 1916. Looming above the clouds a 500
:17:03. > :17:09.foot predator preparing to release its explosives. Piloted by German
:17:10. > :17:13.Tim, Martin Dietrich, the Zeppelin dropped its bonds demolishing homes
:17:14. > :17:18.and killing 29 people including ten children. Many of the innocent to
:17:19. > :17:26.big Hemsworth families asleep in bed. At the beginning of the First
:17:27. > :17:31.World War, the Zeppelin was the ultimate terror weapon. It could fly
:17:32. > :17:37.further, faster and higher than anything else and people were
:17:38. > :17:42.incredibly worried about it. Somebody said they had seen an
:17:43. > :17:46.airship go over. I looked out the back window and I could see this
:17:47. > :17:55.dark object going down towards rubber rim. Then there was acutely
:17:56. > :18:00.booming noise. I was only young so I was frightened. Local woman Margaret
:18:01. > :18:07.Smith which this to the horror, writing to her aunt Alan, I saw a
:18:08. > :18:13.great red flare across the sky then a flash and another. They were high
:18:14. > :18:21.explosive shells and they shook the Earth. They lit the whole sky up.
:18:22. > :18:27.They were incendiary bombs. 36 crashed down, the first ironically
:18:28. > :18:33.hitting a cemetery, the final resting place for most of its big
:18:34. > :18:37.games. Searching amongst thousands of headstones, we found the grave of
:18:38. > :18:41.Elizabeth Bellamy. It was reported the roof caved in as she was walking
:18:42. > :18:46.across the bedroom to protect her child. The seventh bomb hit Kobe
:18:47. > :18:56.Street and killed seven members of the same family. This is the grave
:18:57. > :19:03.of a husband and wife and their five children. The youngest just two
:19:04. > :19:08.years old. They were ordinary people from Sheffield. Quite often people
:19:09. > :19:13.he had attempted to join up but it had been decided they were more
:19:14. > :19:19.important at home. They stayed at home to do their bit and suddenly
:19:20. > :19:24.the war came to them. In 1916, the great War descended on Sheffield in
:19:25. > :19:25.the most terrifying and violent way. The Zeppelin returned safely to
:19:26. > :19:32.Germany. You can hear more on that story
:19:33. > :19:36.on BBC Radio Sheffield on Monday. All our local radio stations `
:19:37. > :19:39.Sheffield, Leeds and York ` will be broadcasting their own World
:19:40. > :19:43.War One At Home stories from Monday And to see more World War One At
:19:44. > :19:48.Home stories, go to the website. Now, sports fans will have one eye
:19:49. > :19:57.on England's friendly against Peru tonight but an even bigger sporting
:19:58. > :20:00.occasion will be taking place It's billed as the biggest night
:20:01. > :20:05.of British boxing ever, with a crowd of 80,000 people expected
:20:06. > :20:08.for the Groves ` Froch rematch. But also fighting for a world
:20:09. > :20:31.title in front of the same crowd The IBF world champion, hailing from
:20:32. > :20:39.Don cast, let hear it for Jamie MacDonald. Today's very public way
:20:40. > :20:44.in is taking place at Wembley Arena. There are thousands here for
:20:45. > :20:52.this pre`fight spectacle. Tomorrow night, there are two world title
:20:53. > :21:01.fights, one featuring Don cast a's Jamie Murray Donald. My preparation
:21:02. > :21:07.has been fantastic. I feel great. It is great to be a part of this. There
:21:08. > :21:12.will be 80,000 people at Wembley. The last one I thought was in front
:21:13. > :21:18.of 3000 people. It is unbelievable I am fighting in our national stadium.
:21:19. > :21:24.Great to be a part of this. Preparation has gone fantastically.
:21:25. > :21:28.I am ready to get in there. MacDonald will be one of a number of
:21:29. > :21:32.fighters making history tomorrow night. He will enter the ring in
:21:33. > :21:42.front of 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. His promoter is hoping for
:21:43. > :21:48.a big performance tomorrow. It will be fantastic. I am so pleased he
:21:49. > :21:54.gets the opportunity. A bad decision went against him last year and a
:21:55. > :21:57.chance to become a two`time champion this year would be amazing. There
:21:58. > :22:03.are more people here already than in some of our shows. A great moment
:22:04. > :22:06.for British boxing. We will find out whether Yorkshire will be hailing
:22:07. > :22:11.MacDonald as champion again. A 15`year`old girl from
:22:12. > :22:13.West Yorkshire has been named in England's weightlifting team for
:22:14. > :22:16.this summer's Commonwealth Games. Rebekah Tiler from Keighley is
:22:17. > :22:18.already the youngest weightlifter to She says it's a great feeling to
:22:19. > :22:23.represent her country and she can't believe she's living
:22:24. > :22:26.her dream at only 15 years old. Meanwhile, Ali Jawad from Leeds `
:22:27. > :22:30.who was born without legs ` has made the team
:22:31. > :22:34.in lightweight powerlifting. Doncaster Rovers has confirmed it's
:22:35. > :22:37.in talks over a possible takeover. But get this, the new owner could be
:22:38. > :22:41.One Direction's Louis Tomlinson. It's understood he's teaming up with
:22:42. > :22:44.former Doncaster chairman John Ryan. Louis is a big Rovers fan
:22:45. > :22:47.and he's even played for them but James Vincent is
:22:48. > :23:06.our own Directioner. If you can't get a regular game, why
:23:07. > :23:13.not just buy the club. You might recognise Doncaster Rovers number
:23:14. > :23:18.28. He is a pretty big deal. He is their most famous fan and even on
:23:19. > :23:21.their books as a player. Soon though, he could be in the
:23:22. > :23:27.boardroom. You will know him better like this, in the world's biggest
:23:28. > :23:31.boy band and we understand he wants TU some of the money he has earned
:23:32. > :23:46.with them to try to get Doncaster Rovers promoted. Argue a one
:23:47. > :23:55.Direction ban? No. Who is your favourite? Him from Doncaster. He
:23:56. > :24:05.might be buying Doncaster Rovers. What do you think of that? I think
:24:06. > :24:14.it is a good idea. He has got the cash and he must be keen, so why not
:24:15. > :24:22.let him do it. I understand he has been a fan since they young kid and
:24:23. > :24:33.he respects the club, so I can respect that. There was no mention
:24:34. > :24:41.of Louis Tomlinson or boy bands in the statement. Jeremy Clarkson could
:24:42. > :24:49.drive them to games, Lesley Garrett could give half`time entertainment
:24:50. > :24:54.if you need help from other celebrities. It is estimated that he
:24:55. > :25:00.earned ?10 million last year though, so he probably won't need financial
:25:01. > :25:05.help. It is one thing buying the club, another thing to get them back
:25:06. > :25:13.to the championship. Where will he find the time to sign
:25:14. > :25:16.all those autographs. Phil is going to see one Direction tomorrow
:25:17. > :25:28.night. I am not! I wanted him to end his
:25:29. > :25:35.report with a one D. It has brightened up quite nicely. The best
:25:36. > :25:37.of the sunshine today has been along the coast. Here are some
:25:38. > :26:02.photographs: sunshine today, but we should all
:26:03. > :26:09.see it whether `` we should all see good weather for the weekend. Going
:26:10. > :26:14.down hill next week. It will not be wall`to`wall sunshine, but it is
:26:15. > :26:19.settled as the high pressure will be dominating this weekend. When
:26:20. > :26:26.low`pressure replaces that, it will be changeable again. The best of the
:26:27. > :26:33.sunshine has been down the coastal strip. As we go down through this
:26:34. > :26:39.evening, there is still quite a lot of clout. The cloud will remain
:26:40. > :26:45.broken at times along the coast. That is where we are expecting the
:26:46. > :26:52.lowest temperatures, but generally around ten or 11. The sun will rise
:26:53. > :26:58.in the morning at 4:43 a.m., setting and 925 p.m. . Tomorrow, variable,
:26:59. > :27:04.at times, large amounts of clout, but it will be varied. Not
:27:05. > :27:10.completely dry. There could be the odd light shower, but you would be
:27:11. > :27:17.unlucky to catch one. The breeze will be light and temperatures will
:27:18. > :27:22.get up to where they should be for the time of the year, around 16 or
:27:23. > :27:28.17 degrees, possibly even sneaking the odd 18 Celsius. On Sunday, a
:27:29. > :27:32.better chance of catching a sunny spell. Dry on Sunday, variable
:27:33. > :27:38.cloud. Hoping for better spells sunshine on Sunday with temperatures
:27:39. > :27:43.up to 19 or 20. Make the most of it though because unsettled conditions
:27:44. > :27:45.return on Monday and next week. So much for flaming June.
:27:46. > :27:54.Mike, you don't need CAR HORN BLARES
:27:55. > :28:01.Whoa! HE GASPS
:28:02. > :28:08.Driving parents crazy. You have to tell the police
:28:09. > :28:24.whatever it is that you know.