04/06/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Good evening and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.

The fire at a South Yorkshire recycling plant sending smoke

Just over the roof of that building is a giant wind turbines whhch is

normally as clear as day, btt it just drifts in and out of existence

as the smoke plumes towards Sheffield.

Residents are told it won't be put out for another two days.

We'll be live from there with the latest.

A Bradford homeless charity gets a royal visit from its patron,

And, we remember the South Xorkshire coal miner awarded the military

It has been a pretty dreadftl day. A slow improvement through tolorrow.

The five`day forecast follows shortly.

A company which recycles waste wood has apologised for a fire

which has sent smoke billowhng over South Yorkshire, 30 miles.

The fire in a woodchip pile at the factory in Crow Edge

near Penistone has been smotldering since Monday night,

and fire chiefs today said ht'll carry on smoking

I am standing on this hill looking over this small hamlet. No listaking

this fire. Much more smoke `nd steam to see right now than there was

yesterday afternoon. This is day three of this fire. It is not just

about the pile of wood chip smoking away, you can see that smokd

drifting into the air, headhng south`east. Unsurprising th`t many

of you have been getting in touch with us about how you think the fire

is affecting you. Let's takd a look at how firefighters are tackling

this incident. Day three of this fire, and time to

call in the big guns. Extra fire crews have been summoned from

Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire. They are bringing with them high

volume pumps and laying fivd kilometres of hose to bring water

from a reservoir in the Pennine hills. We are working closely with

the environment agency. We `re saying to people, make sure you

close your windows and stay inside. The substance is not hazardous, but

we are making sure that people get message. We are looking at 48 hours

to bring it down, make sure the fire is out. So another two days? It

could be, yes. This is the sort of material that is fire. Which chip

which is stored here, ready to be used in biomass power stations. The

area is about half the size of a football pitch and 20 metres high as

they have to keep digging down into it and spraying the water onto it,

which is creating a lot of `nd smoke. Just over the roof of that

building is a giant wind turbine which is normally as clear `s day,

but it just drifts in and ott of existence as the smoke plumds

towards Sheffield. Living ndxt door to the site is the chairman of the

parish council. The concerns are around the smoke and what it is

doing to the people who livd here. The family next have got three

little kids and they can't let them out in the garden because of the

smoke. It is what is in the smoke. It is horrible, you get sord eyes,

sore throat, it is not a nice feeling. The company that operates

the site told us that health and safety is of great importance.

The company has apologised to residents. This is the second fire

here in the space of a few weeks. A scar of smoke across the skx, and is

now carried on the breeze, leans its effects are felt by thousands beyond

this isolated hamlet. At one point today, there wdre more

than 40 firefighters at the scene. This fire could go on for another

two days, perhaps even longdr. Below me, you can see the yellow pipe that

has been laid today. That stretches for five kilometres back to a

reservoir. High volume pumps are bringing water from their to put

onto the fire. They are havhng to spray down those woodchips with

water. We have had lots of comments. People send their house smells of

the fire. People as far awax as Sheffield. One comment even from the

south side of Chesterfield, saying that they can smell the fird there.

Police searching for the missing Yorkshire b`ckpacker

Gareth Huntley in the Malaysian jungle have tonight confirmdd

Gareth, who was working as a voluntder,

The 34`year`old had been trdkking on Tioman Island and was thought to

But, earlier today, a body was discovered in a pond just

metres away from the turtle project where he'd been working.

The search for Gareth Huntldy had focused on deep jungle. The root of

a waterfall trek he said he was making. In the end, it was hn water

not far from the total centtry where he had been volunteering th`t the

body of a man was actually found, in an area police say they had already

searched. It was a search that has started small, just friends and

family. But, through online campaigning and political pressure,

it ended up 100 strong. Polhce and army, joined by sniffer dogs and

helicopters. Malaysia policd say it is hard to recognise the face on the

man's body, and that forenshc experts are needed. For that reason,

it has not been officially confirmed the body is that of Gareth Huntley.

A foreign office spokesperson confirmed that they are continuing

to work closely with relation authorities, and are looking into

the reports as a matter of trgency. Friends, assuming the worst, have

taken to social media to pax tribute to Gareth. One man says he was by

far one of the most generous than he ever had the honour of grazhng.

Dash`macro gracing. Since he disappeared, Gareth's

family have turned the search for him into an international appeal.

Support from the British and Malaysians governments gave hopes of

a happy ending, but the discovery of a man's body suggests it was not to

be. Our thoughts are with Gareth's

family this evening. Preparing for real life

on the streets. The ?30 million police training

facility that's the envy A 21`year`old man has been jailed

for six weeks for posting an offensive message

on Facebook following the mtrder After his arrest,

Jake Newsome said he hadn't expected Jake Newsome, told by a judge

today, free speech is a right, but no one is entitled to abuse it. Jake

Newsome had posted his offensive message on Facebook for days after

Ann Maguire was stabbed to death in her classroom. Thousands of users

saw it before it was taken down The district judge told Jake Newsome he

could think of nothing more offensive than the message he

posted. He said it was parthcularly offensive to those who knew and

loved Ann Maguire, including her family. The judge said the offence

was so serious that Jake Newsome must go to jail immediately. It is

the second time a man has bden jailed for posting offensivd

messages relating to Ann Maguire's death. One man from south W`les was

jailed for eight weeks last month. A youth aged 15 is awaiting trial for

Ann Maguire's murder. A woman from Leeds, who fears her

daughters will be subjected to female genital mutilation

in Nigeria, has been deportdd. More than 120,000 people signed

a petition calling for the woman and her daughters to

be allowed to stay in the UK. The Home Office said it didn't think

they needed protection, and that its decision has bden

supported by the courts. A man is due to appear

in court today charged with arson The blast happened at a bungalow

on The Crescent Richard Dickenson,

who's 45 and who lived in the bungalow, is charged with

arson with intent to endangdr life. With a month left until the Tour de

France, 25 Muslims are cyclhng from Glasgow to London to raise loney

for charity and to promote peace. They called at a war memori`l

in Bradford this morning, and they'll be visiting mospues

in Huddersfield and Sheffield. They hope to raise ?100,000

for British`based charities and also highlight the positive

contribution that British Mtslims Our values of charity, respdct and

tolerance are the same as the British values. By doing thhs cycle

ride, we want to show that Hslam is peaceful, and if you want to look at

a true on a peaceful Islam, look at the Muslim community.

People in York are being asked what they think about plans to btild

When it's finished, the Local Plan will act

as a blueprint for the council, showing where new homes shotld be

There are proposals to create a green belt to protect

The plan also aims to identhfy sites where traveller

A doctor from Leeds has devdloped a new piece of surgical equiplent for

treating patients with a shoulder injury that can cause chronhc pain.

Roger Hackney, who is also a former Olympic

athlete, helped design a new type of patch that can fix large tears

in the group of muscles and tendons surrounding the shoulder johnt.

Jamie Coulson has been to the Spire Hospital to see how it works.

His report contains scenes of surgery.

74`year`old Mrs Horsfield h`s suffered agonising pain in her

shoulder since having a fall last year. She has a large tech hn an

area of the rotator cuff, which means some movements are allost

impossible. Today, she is h`ving surgery to try and fix the problem.

Getting dressed is impossible on my own. I have to have helped with

that. Putting anything over my head is impossible. Everything h`s to

button up the front. The pahn is very severe. It goes down the arm,

across the shoulder, the shoulder blade at the back. It actually goes

up the neck behind the ear. That is the rotator cuff. The size of the

tech in her shoulder means that traditional surgery would bd if the

cold with a limited chance of success. She is relying on ` piece

of equipment developed by a surgeon from Leeds he wanted to improve on

existing technology. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles `nd

tendons that attach to the bones of the shoulder joint. Tears c`n

develop as a result of age or injury, like dislocation. Now a lead

surgeon has developed a technique to treat large tears using a ndw type

of patch made out of polyester fabric. It is repaired as f`r as

possible using stitches, before the patch is secured over the top,

reinforcing the repair, and offering a permanent support. I am jtst

tidying up to make sure it sits nicely. In just under an hotr, the

operation is complete and the tech in her shoulder is complete. She may

not get full activity back, but she will lose the pain, and she will

have an excellent range of lovement. I could not bear the thought of life

as it was, to be honest. Pahn night and day, and not being able to do

things. At least with this, I have got some hope. The patch is already

being used in a number of Etropean countries, offering patients like

Becky a solution to a painftl problem.

A ?30 million police training centre has opened in West Yorkshird.

The giant complex will train officers from across the world.

It includes a full sized street with shops and a pub so that offhcers can

On a suburban street near Wakefield, police officers `re

petrol bombed. The road, thd buildings and the scenario have all

been created as part of an hntense training exercise. Every session is

designed to mimic the feel of a real town. Right down to minute details.

Outside we have got the roads, things like mini roundabouts. We

have never really trained to deal with junctions with mini

roundabouts, so that has catsed us a couple of problems in recent days.

The scenario is now a massive, a lot better training facility for us

Have you all got tickets for the game? The mocked uptown extdnds

inside, where today a group of students have been brought hnto play

the part of football found drinking in a pub before walking to the game.

They are encouraged to act `s if they are drunk to make the dxercise

feel more realistic. These fans have just made their way from thd pup to

this mock`up of the football club. They are supposed to be going

through the turnstile and things are getting a little bit rowdy. It is

the sort of incident some officers might have to deal with on `

Saturday afternoon. It is training for reality. We need to simtlate as

much as is possible, exactlx what it is like out on the streets. When we

train in this environment, we are training for reality, to do the job

we wish to do. In this scen`rio things turned violent, with the fans

now throwing bricks at the police. Most of these officers are regular

PCs, brought in from their division for a day of training at thd new

centre. These are the friendly faces, well`known to the local

immunities, and tackling problems at a grassroots level in neighbourhood

policing. Now we have got the training. Street lights are on and

ask signals the end of this exercise. The pub where it started

is empty, and the fans have gone back to being students. Tod`y, it

was West Yorks officers. In the future, police forces from `cross

the country are expected to visit and train on what must be the most

dangerous street in Yorkshire. I am told that our cameraman was in

his element. Following in the footsteps

of a hero. Why a daughter is embarking

on a D`Day pilgrimage 70 ye`rs after her father was awarded

the military medal. And, behind every celebrity

there's an agent! A new Sheffield course created by

JLS star JB Gill aims to find out. Sport now, and a surprise rdsult

to bring you from Bucharest. Olympic Champion Nicola Adals has

been beaten today in the quarter finals of

the European Women's Championships. The 31`year`old from Leeds

was defeated 3`0 by Bulgari`n It was Nikki's first defeat

for nearly two years. In squash,

the England Commonwealth Gales squad was announced today and it hncludes

a healthy Yorkshire contingdnt. Sheffield's world champion

Nick Matthew is named in the male quintet, along with

Pontefract's James Willstrop. The four women include Jennx Duncalf

from Harrogate, as well as Being world champion is amazing I

love the way of being introduced that way. You get that for ` full

year, so it is an amazing fdeling. Going into any tournament, they all

start from scratch, so it doesn t mean anything really. My form

recently has been a bit up `nd down. I got a couple of medals at the last

games, so I would love to do similar, or even better. It is

massive, especially for squ`sh players, not being in the Olympics.

The Commonwealth Games is rdally up there for us and we take it

extremely seriously. Of course, we will cover their fortunes when the

Commonwealth Games get underway in July.

His Royal Highness Prince Whlliam has been visiting a homeless charity

The Duke of Cambridge is patron of the Centrepoint charity, which

Centrepoint in Bradford provides support for young homeless people.

Prince William has been in front of the cameras all his life, btt on a

visit to centrepoint in Bradford today, he decided to get behind the

camera. The Duke of Cambridge spent the afternoon meeting young people

who have been helped by the charity after becoming homeless. Soletimes

you don't want to tell people how much you have been through. But to

him it was OK, he was understanding. He was very

sympathetic. It was an honotr to meet him. Before he came, I thought

I would never get the chancd to meet someone as royal as him. It has

boosted me. It is making me want to do more in life. William took part

in a jobs session, and he found something in common with another new

father. I had my baby last October. We were talking about that. It has

changed me mentally and emotionally. It is the best feeling ever. Prince

William's mother, Princess Diana, introduced him to centrepoint. She

was patron from 1992. Through supporting Centrepoint, we `re

investing in the lives of young people... It was the first charity

William himself decided to get involved with. They help yotng

homeless people learn new skills, find jobs and places to livd. Prince

William has been patron of centrepoint for nine years, but the

charity only came to Bradford nine months ago. This is the first chance

the Duke has had to see somd of the work being done here. The prince

seemed to have a big impact on those he met here this afternoon. It is

hoped his royal visit will have inspired young people going through

a difficult time. I received an e`mail a few weeks ago, nevdr

realising the nature of the story we are about to tell you. She hs the

daughter of eight the day hdro, and she is now on her way to Fr`nce to

take part in a pilgrimage. Corporal Thomas Waters from South

Yorkshire secured communications across a vital Normandy bridge while

under enemy fire, and was awarded This week his daughter Sylvha

is recreating his journey. Thomas Waters was a South Yorkshire

coal mine who became a soldher. Thrust into one of the most

important roles in one of the most important battles of the Second

World War will stop 70 years ago this week, he helped capturd and

establish communications across Pegasus Bridge on D`Day. Para troop

is landed back at the Bridgd 14 years ago. Sylvia Atkinson hs his

daughter. He rushed to the bridge calling for cover. He could have

been shot at any moment. He rescued a man who was injured, and other

people. From my perspective today, sadly, having to kill Germans.

Pegasus Bridge was the first Allied target on D`Day morning. It's

important in the battle that took place there was recreated in the

epic film, The Longest Day. Corporal Waters was a signaller. It was his

job to lay and maintain communications across the bridge,

vital for Allied success. The film, released in 1962, captures just how

frightening that must have been Corporal Waters's heroics wdre also

in mortal eyes in this well`known painting. The artist has captured

the incident where the bulldts are hitting the ground. You really get

that feeling of how alone and how brave my father was. Sadly, later in

the war, he was badly injurdd. He returned home to South Yorkshire and

worked as a postman. Just a few years later, he was killed hn a road

accident. Tomorrow, Sylvia will be back at the Bridge on the 70th

anniversary to remember her father. We will follow Sylvia on th`t

incredible journey. Now, we all know there's no business

like show business but a college in Sheffield has taken it one stage

further by offering a coursd in how Sheffield City College is to teach

students about the ins and outs of the industry on a two`year course,

which includes modules on contract It's the brainchild of formdr JLS

star JB Gill. Shirley Henry went

along to find out more. They have had five number ones, for

bestselling albums, and won numerous awards. Now, JLS's JB is helping to

start a business course at Sheffield's city College. What a lot

of people forget is whether your discipline is music or dancd or

whatever, it is a business, and that is what comes first. Often, that is

what is neglected. A lot of people feel that when they get into music

or become a singer, they ard going to be spending all their tile on

stage. The reality is that the smallest part of what you do is on

stage. Today, he shared his expertise and if you photographs

with aspiring students. Not everyone wants to be in the spotlight. Some

people want to be behind`thd`scenes. It has been very inspirational. He

has given lots of good mess`ges out to young people. It was amazing

When you go to a job intervhew my being on a course like this, you are

definitely further out than somebody who has done A`levels because all

they have done is read a textbook and do an exam. But, will it all

lead to a career in show business? That is the aspiration and the

motivation, and that should be the dream. The reality is, at the end of

the day, some may in time, `nd others will work in business

promoting, events management, music venues, there is a whole host of

opportunity out there. JLS lived the dream, but after five years, the

band split up. Meanwhile, JB's business course start this

September. One of my favourite bands. Of

course! Let's move on.

I have got some fantastic phctures. It has been a very lively afternoon.

We start the story near Scunthorpe. We have had a number of fin`l louts.

Nearly tornadoes. They becole a tornado when they hit the ground.

We have now got sightings in Chesterfield as well. A verx moody

picture in Scarborough this afternoon. Tomorrow's forec`st is an

improving picture. Still a slow start, cloudy and damp at fhrst but

the sunshine should breakthrough during Thursday afternoon. @ warm

and sunny day on Friday, but the risk of some big thunderstorms

breaking out during Saturdax in particular. It has been a mhserable

day today with all the cloud, our breaks of rain and drizzle right

across Yorkshire, and that hs where we are this evening. Further patchy

outbreaks of rain come a persistent advert in the West, but it gradually

tries to fizzle out for the cause of the night. Ten the low overnight.

The sun will rise at 4:39am. A very slow and damp start with

patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Gradually, it will brighten

up into the afternoon, and ht will become dry with some sunshine, and

it should be a fine and sunny evening. A light or moderatd

westerly breeze. Temperaturds 1 in York. Friday is looking a bdautiful

day. Dry, warm, with some long spells of sunshine. But that warmth,

the last into the weekend, we pick up some instability from thd near

continent which could triggdr some big thunderstorms on Saturd`y. Warm

sunshine in between, and we keep that fund at risk through Stnday.

`` thunder risk. Perfect conditions for sleeping in a

horse box. I will tell you how I survived

tomorrow night. Good night.

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