:00:10. > :00:12.An online gambling expert from Yorkshire has supported calls for
:00:13. > :00:17.It follows the jailing of a Sheffield man who stole thousands
:00:18. > :00:22.of pounds from his employer after amassing debts of more than ?50 000.
:00:23. > :00:25.Representatives of internet gambling companies have told Look North they
:00:26. > :00:35.admit the rules could be improved. Here's Tom Ingall.
:00:36. > :00:40.Once it was the preserve of the high street and bingo Hull.
:00:41. > :00:46.Once it was the preserve of the high street and bingo Hull. Nowadays we
:00:47. > :00:51.can pick up our phones or thme on our tablets. It's officiallx called
:00:52. > :00:54.or motor gambling but this lan knows the effects it can have at `nything
:00:55. > :00:56.but. If you search anywhere on the Internet, you can find all of the
:00:57. > :01:01.adverts with free beds. His father has gone to prison after stdaling
:01:02. > :01:05.?50,000 from work and remortgaging the family home to fund a sdcret
:01:06. > :01:09.online habit. One of the thhngs we've learned quickly is th`t people
:01:10. > :01:14.who have an addiction or problem like that, they are very good at
:01:15. > :01:19.hiding it. He didn't tell us anything about it, he hasn't told us
:01:20. > :01:23.anything about it. He was a very good father. A real family lan.
:01:24. > :01:30.Figures for new accounts behng opened with gambling providdrs tell
:01:31. > :01:40.their end story. In 2010`11, it was 3.31 million, rising to 4.5 million.
:01:41. > :01:48.In total, it is believed 16.5 million accounts open. It m`y
:01:49. > :01:56.actually be that some peopld are actually able to play onlind but for
:01:57. > :02:00.a significant number of people it means significant problems that have
:02:01. > :02:06.these devastating impacts on their family, and, this link, on their
:02:07. > :02:11.lives. I spoke to these people, the remote gambling Association. They
:02:12. > :02:14.are a voluntary trading grotp for these companies. They told le the
:02:15. > :02:18.social responsibility measures in place for online gambling are
:02:19. > :02:22.extensive but they admit problem gambling is a complex area `nd
:02:23. > :02:28.they'd never suggest improvdments couldn't be made. I know it was his
:02:29. > :02:32.choice to do what he did. And he did obviously have some other issues.
:02:33. > :02:36.And I think that more needs to be done to get the message out there
:02:37. > :02:40.that gambling is actually a problem. It is not just a bit of fun. As to
:02:41. > :02:47.realise he was losing a father to gambling until he lost him to
:02:48. > :02:49.prison. `` Adam didn't realhse. It is the inspiration for his campaign.
:02:50. > :02:51.Sheffield will get a long awaited shopping centre,
:02:52. > :02:55.It plans to secure a ?60 million loan to pay
:02:56. > :02:58.for the project, which has been stalled since plans were first
:02:59. > :03:02.Olivia Richwald can tell us more and joins us now.
:03:03. > :03:05.People in Sheffield have bedn waiting a very long time
:03:06. > :03:10.These are the areas due for the make over,
:03:11. > :03:13.behind Pinstone Street, Moorhead and Barkers Pool.
:03:14. > :03:17.Plans to transform them werd first announced in 2001.
:03:18. > :03:20.It was six years later when developer Hammerson cale
:03:21. > :03:25.on board and named the ?400 million scheme, Sevenstone.
:03:26. > :03:29.But delays and the economic downturn put the project on hold.
:03:30. > :03:33.With no firm date for it to be built, the council parted company
:03:34. > :03:38.But today, 13 years later, the council has revealed th`t
:03:39. > :03:47.the development is now firmly back on the agenda.
:03:48. > :03:53.These are some of the impressive plans and designs unveiled for the
:03:54. > :03:56.retail quarter over the past few years. But the City Council has
:03:57. > :04:03.struggled to get this key project off the ground. And this is what the
:04:04. > :04:06.area looks like now. It is boarded up and awaiting demolition. The
:04:07. > :04:14.white towel is the former Grosvenor hotel that has been derelict for
:04:15. > :04:18.four years. The council said that it will take a loan to kick`st`rt the
:04:19. > :04:23.scheme. The money will ensure that the orders are processed and a
:04:24. > :04:29.militia can finally begin. We are trying to create a vibrant, dynamic
:04:30. > :04:33.centre with not just shops `nd bars and restaurants but also thd office
:04:34. > :04:37.developments and so on. And everything that comes with that To
:04:38. > :04:41.allow us to compete on a level playing field with other big cities,
:04:42. > :04:46.this scheme is critical to that I think it is probably the most
:04:47. > :04:47.important project for the chty moving forward.
:04:48. > :04:51.It's not clear yet how the council is going to get this money, but we
:04:52. > :04:55.will find out more about thd finance at a council meeting next wdek.
:04:56. > :04:58.A number of options are said to be on the table.
:04:59. > :05:02.What we do know is that the council wants to get a developer
:05:03. > :05:07.And it is aiming for the whole project to be completed by 2019
:05:08. > :05:09.Malaysian police have denied reports that Yorkshire backpacker
:05:10. > :05:12.Gareth Huntley was involved in a fight before he went mhssing
:05:13. > :05:17.Mr Huntley's body was found last week, eight days after he sdt off
:05:18. > :05:22.It was reported that he may be have been murdered, and there were claims
:05:23. > :05:30.Police say they now believe those reports were incorrect.
:05:31. > :05:33.Leeds Rhinos' Zak Hardaker could miss up to eight matches
:05:34. > :05:35.after being charged with making a homophobic comment.
:05:36. > :05:38.It's alleged it to have happened during the defeat to Warrington
:05:39. > :05:41.If found guilty the ban for the offence is between
:05:42. > :05:46.The first batch of Tour Makdrs picked up their uniforms at Leeds
:05:47. > :05:52.Based on the Games Makers who helped make London 2012 such a success the
:05:53. > :05:55.volunteers also began their training for the Grand Depart next month
:05:56. > :05:57.Their jobs will range from marking the route,
:05:58. > :06:06.Staying with the Tour, and huge artworks are being
:06:07. > :06:09.completed along stage two of the event between York and Sheffield.
:06:10. > :06:13.The 12 landscape images are part of the Fields of Vision project
:06:14. > :06:17.and are inspired by artists and local residents.
:06:18. > :06:21.Some of the images have been created by cyclists making outlines
:06:22. > :06:41.Now the weather forecast. It has been a lively day of the
:06:42. > :06:46.tomorrow with a tale of two halves. The morning will be all right with
:06:47. > :06:50.some sunshine, but there is a risk of some thundery showers. The high
:06:51. > :06:56.pressure builds for Wednesd`y, Thursday and much of Friday, so it
:06:57. > :07:03.looks fine and dry. It is vdry mild with 17. Still, cloud and p`tchy
:07:04. > :07:07.outbreaks of rain, some outbreak is of thunderstorms as well, lowest
:07:08. > :07:12.temperatures at 12. Any overnight showers will soon be out of the
:07:13. > :07:18.way. The morning is looking pretty good with some sunshine. Thd skies
:07:19. > :07:23.turning cloudy into the aftdrnoon, and showers breaking out later on.
:07:24. > :07:28.Some thunderstorms, hit and miss, some places will them. It is looking
:07:29. > :07:32.pretty good, particularly on Wednesday and Thursday. That is it
:07:33. > :07:32.from me. I will leave you whth a summary
:07:33. > :07:37.of us, but I'll pass you overto Jay. -- over to jay now.
:07:38. > :07:48.Good evening, it was the warmest day of the year. Warm for some, but
:07:49. > :07:51.thundery for others. This line of really intense thunderstorms moved
:07:52. > :07:52.through. Large