11/06/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Look North. On the programme tonight...

A warning not to travel without insurance from the family

of woman who fell from a fifth`floor window in Spain.

Her family now faces huge costs to bring her home to Sheffidld.

70 years ago, the devastating Holmfirth Flood, now, new phctures

of that day and the clear up going on display for the first tile.

Recognition at last for Leeds cyclist Beryl Burton.

She dominated the sport for 25 years but never knew fame or forttne.

She was an amateur, she has two work on a farm near Harrogate to finance

her sport. What a lovely summer's day ht has

been right across the region, but how long will the sunshine last

Join me for the very latest. A 24`year old woman from Shdffield

is seriously ill in a Spanish hospital after sleepwalking out

of a fifth floor hotel window. Amy Wigfull was on a family holiday

to Benalmadena on the Costa del Sol when the accident happened,

leaving her with multiple fractures She wasn't insured and now her

family could face large bills to Our Health Correspondent Jalie

Coulson reports. Amy remains in intensive care after

a family holiday to Spain wdnt terribly wrong. In the earlx hours

of Sunday morning, she was sleepwalking and she fell ott of a

fifth floor window and fell onto the street. The bleed on her br`in

remained stable, which is good news. She is still not breathing properly

on her own. Most of the famhly had to return home when the celdbrations

for her 40th birthday party were cut short, but now they get daily

updates from Amy's mother in Spain. She is so strong and brave. She has

broke her hips, her pelvis, her back, her shoulders. Lots and lots

of different things have bedn broken, but we cannot believe she is

still alive, to be honest. The severity of this fall when we looked

at where she had felt from `nd where she fell to, we cannot belidve she

made it. She did not have any travel insurance, so it means the family

could face large bills for her care and to get home. They hope to recoup

some medical expenses from the British government. What happened in

this case is highly unusual, but instances of British holidax`makers

travelling abroad without adequate insurance and then running hnto

trouble are all too common. It is of particular concern at this time of

the year when people are gohng on their holidays. According to the

Association of British Travdl Agents, 24% of holiday`makers go

abroad without insurance, btt that figure rises dramatically for 1 to

24`year`olds with almost half having no cover. Figures also show that in

2011 and 2012, more than 3500 holiday`makers were hospitalised,

but over 70 per week. The l`st one thing, I do not need insurance, it

is just a weekend. But she thought everything would be OK, and it

turned out to be a living hdll. Her family are now trying to rahse money

on a Facebook page to cover some of the costs, and when she's ott of

intensive care, they can turn their thoughts to getting her homd.

So how common is it for people to travel abroad without

Sean Tipton is from the Association of British Travel Agents.

About one in five people evdry year, go abroad without travel insurance.

And that figure increases substantially

And the main reason those pdople travel without travel insur`nce is

they tell us it is because @, they don't think they will need it.

Or C, they think if there is a problem, the Foreign Office will

All of those things couldn't be more wrong.

She was going away for the weekend, she didn't think she would need

the insurance, she is now in a critical condition, wh`t kind

It just goes to show, even if you go for a couple of days,

In terms of expenses, if you are in intensive card,

you're talking about thousands of pounds on a daily basis.

If you need to be flown homd by air ambulance, from Europe,

In other parts of the world, 15,000 to ?20,000, all of

What kind of coverage does the EHIC card give you?

This European health insurance card has replaced the E111.

It gives you health care around the European Union, but bear

Do not assume that if it is on a holiday in Bulgaria that xou will

get the same service as you would in the NHS, because you would not.

In other countries you have to pay towards some

of your medical expenses, even if you go to a state hospital.

And lastly, and this is the case in Greece, some of the hosphtals

It is not their job as they see it, to change the bed or feed you,

that is regarded as the job of the family.

There are some limitations to state medical care, which is why

if you have insurance, you do not have to worry about it becatse you

How important is it to have full cover?

I dealt with a case for a young lad who hired a moped in Thailand,

had an accident, was in a coma, his mother had to sell her house to

There are concerns tonight `bout the future of Kellingley Colliery Lee.

There is a major setback with one investor pulling out. Our btsiness

correspondent is that Kelling A what has happened? We have been

waiting for news that the ddal had been done, that's ?20 million to

enable the phased shutdown over 18 months here at the colliery would go

ahead. Instead, we heard th`t Hargreaves had pulled out of this

deal. Hargreaves is a mining company and it won't malt be in South

Yorkshire, but instead, it said that it would not plough the 5 mhllion

shares. This is a significant bit of news, because Hargreaves was the

company that had brokered the deal with the government in the first

place. Today, it said in a statement that it was throwing, it was pulling

out, simply because it had not been possible to secure a plan that they

could support. Sounds very confusing. Does the future of this

pit coming to scrutiny? Well, from what I understand, this news is not

the blow that it would have been two months ago. We heard many thmes that

if the deal wasn't done, th`t was it, the doors would shut, btt we now

expect that other funding c`n still be put in place and UK Coal has said

that they were bristling alternatives. The bottom line is,

this place has been producing quite a lot of coal of late and there is

money in the bank. Unions today said it was a blow, but it wasn't the

death blow that it might have been. It is disappointing that Hargreaves

decided to pull out of this plant and its leaves us with a shortfall

of ?5 million. But it is not devastating news. The company is in

a better position than it w`s three months ago. We have now overcome the

gap at Kelling and production is well above expected and the pit is

making money. He now wants the government to come back to the table

to look at a possible funding state aid package to keep this pit going

for the future, not just for the next 18 months, and talks are still

ongoing about a possible employee buyout here.

Bradford Council says there's no need for any formal investigations

into claims of an Islamic agenda at some of the city's schools.

Concerns that governors werd pursuing an Islamic ethos

in Bradford's education system were first raised following the

so called 'Trojan Horse' controversy at Park View School in Birmhngham.

In April, Bradford Council sacked the entire governing body

Yesterday fresh concerns ovdr governors pushing an Islamic agenda

were raised at the mainly Muslim Carlton Bolling Colldge.

I don't believe that there `re any issues relating to this so`called

The police have looked at it, Bradford Council have looked at it.

We do have issues in certain schools about governance that we de`lt with

We're there to make sure we deliver the best possible education

for all the young people in our district and give support to

the teachers so that they c`n do the best possible job they can.

A 27`year`old prisoner has gone on the run from Hatfield Jahl

near Doncaster. Richard Brown was serving

a sentence for aggravated btrglary. He absconded last night.

He has contacts in the Scunthorpe area and police believe he lay

Police are advising people not to approach him.

The mother of a teenager from Leeds who took her own life, is w`rning

about the pressure social mddia can have on vulnerable people.

Kate Cleal's daughter Lily died just before Christmas last xear

In her first television intdrview, Kate says she wants parents to be

aware of the negative effects of the online world.

Greg Dawson of BBC Radio One Newsbeat reports.

Lily was just 18 when she took her own life.

Her mother was left with melories of a daughter she describes

Even on a shopping trip the night before she died.

She really wanted one of those onesies with the e`rs

We went into one of the big shops and they only had child sizds.

So I said, just try it on anyway, let's see how it looks.

And she was just grinning and standing there.

We both knew that she looked ridiculous and we took a picture

And that was a picture that I kept showing the people.

The next day, Lily had dialled 999 and warned emergency services

A recent break`up with her boyfriend had upset her, but Lily's mother

thinks the influence of social media made things worse.

It can be a great source of delight when you're looking at picttres

of yourself, posting selfies, looking at Vine, but if you're

feeling down or vulnerable, it can be an endless source of torlent

One charity set up for dealing with teen suicide

receives hundreds of calls dach week with many young people raishng

They talk about being bullidd, losing friends, being unfridnded,

That for you me not may not be a problem, but for a young,

vulnerable person at risk of suicide already, that is a major problem.

Lily's mother thinks that for those in need, some kind of human contact

We need to stress the value of talking to people face`to`face.

Just put your phone down, and if what you read brings you down,

While she doesn't entirely blame social media,

Kate hopes that other peopld can learn from what happened to Lily.

They were the big winners in the recent European elections and today

Yorkshire's three new UKIP LEPs took their seats for the first thme.

But despite being in the job for less than three weeks, one of

UKIP's Euro MPs, Jane Collins, says she's planning to stand in Rotherham

Our political correspondent Tim Iredale reports from Brtssels.

For more than 40 years, the union flag has slowed in the heart of the

Brussels city, but for how luch longer? The UKIP MEPs say that they

are committed to ensuring that Britain leaves the European Union at

the earliest opportunity. Wd're the party that wants to be out of it, we

want to be made redundant, the sooner the better. May question why

a party like this would turn up in Brussels at all? And take the

generous salary and expenses package that the European Parliament has two

offer. This is a big career change for this man, he was born in

Pakistan and came to Bradford at the age of eight not speaking a word of

English. He spent most of hhs working life in business. M`ny might

wonder why as the son of an immigrant to represent a party that

has such a hard line against immigration? As a party, we're not

against immigration, we're saying the right type of immigration that

does good for the immigrant coming in and also the country. Thdy have

the skills that we need to better the country and the society. UKIP to

build on their recent success in next's general election. Despite

being an MEP for less than three weeks, Jane Collins said shd plans

to stand in the Rotherham constituency where UKIP won almost

half of the council seats up for grabs in the local elections. I will

put myself forward for that hustings, and if the branch votes me

in or gives me the position has candidate, I will take that, and I'm

keen to run a strong campaign in Rotherham. So, unlike most jobs for

people hope for a long caredr, these newly elected MEPs are alre`dy

They're the country's first mixed ability rugby team

And recognition at last for Leeds cycling legend Beryl Burton,

World Champion of the 1960s and now the inspiration

It's 70 years since the Hollfirth flood killed three people and now

evocative photographs of th`t day in May 1944 are going on display.

They were all taken by a local photographer who rushed

out in the rain to capture the flood and the clear`up.

But many of the pictures were never printed and this is the first

A small town deluged, a community devastated.

The 1944 Holmfirth flood came without warning.

A cloud burst sent a torrent of water rushing down

Harry Bray was a local photographer who gr`bbed his

70 years later, every image is going on display, printed for the first

My main feelings were looking at the people in the picturds.

I found it quite emotional, really, because I realised that these were

the people that my grandfather associated whth.

They were the people around him the people that lived there at the time.

And just to see their faces and see what they were going through.

I was surprised that I did find it very emotional.

The flood came in wartime, leaving Holmfirth looking

Three people lost their livds and more could have died had

the rain not fallen on a bank holiday Monday when thankfully,

Richard Kemp was aged three and remembers nothing

before or after, but recalls the moment the rising water washed

Suddenly there was a surge and a huge amount of water came

through and the thing I remdmber particularly was this car floating,

And as a three`year`old, I knew the river should be

Back in 1944, this was the darkroom where Harry

developed his pictures, all of them taken a on these incredible,

In the middle of the war, they were really hard to get hold

of, but he took 60 pictures and they provided us with

Unfortunately, he passed aw`y in 1950 which was long before ly time.

But somehow, having printed all of these pictures up,

I do feel as if I know him ` little bit better than I did beford.

The photos of the flood and the community clear up go

on display as part of the Holmfirth Festival from Friday evening.

Super League ` we have some breaking news on Bradford Btlls

The Bulls' appeal against their six point deduction has been rejected.

Earlier this year, you'll rdmember, Bradford had six points takdn

off their tally, as a punishment for going into administration.

But the independent tribunal has ruled

So the Bulls remain in the bottom two relegation places,

Cricket and Yorkshire's rain`affected County Championship

match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley has ended

Notts declared their second innings this afternoon on 335 for 8.

They were obviously hoping to force a victory by skittling Yorkshire

But Yorkshire held firm ` jtst about ` losing just three whckets.

Next tonight, the Bradford Bumbles are the first mixed ability rugby

They have a squad of forty plus players,

some with learning difficulties and others with physical disabilities.

They regularly play against able`bodied teams and have

Some of the players are even training to become coaches.

We met two of the players and their head coach, and we started by asking

the founder of the club Anthony Brooke, who has cerebral palsy, why

But you get injured all the time, tell us about your injuries.

I fractured my hand, I have done my achilles,

This is the biggest award, what does it mean to you?

Are you surprised at how popular your team has becomd?

I am not, because I'm told you're quite good, Leon.

You're going to be a scrum`half at your size?

What would you say to this guy next to you to get him to play bdtter?

A lot of talking, a lot of supporting people.

Tell me about the kind of teams who play against?

We have established quite good local teams, going down to Wales now,

which is another mixed abilhty team, that is in the fourth year

of doing it, so it is becomhng a regular fixture.

There is a Scottish team th`t has been set up recently.

It is called the Tri`union, the tri`union's cup this ye`r.

That must be pretty good, because they are playing able`bodied

That is sometimes quite funny, because we call

the people able bodies facilitators, and some of them are rubbish!

Yes, they work quite closelx with the WEA, because they are now,

because it is getting quite popular and the more attention we gdt,

At first, everyone was a bit, oh, stand`offish, but now the more that

you meet the lads, Anthony says he has got injuries, but that hs

They have started rolling it out to other clubs, but the front line

as it should be, working with these lads, these are the first

introduction to the clubs, so rather than someone from the RFU somebody

else, people straightaway, they meet the lads and see the reason for it

You have the World Cup coming up, do me a favour, don't get injured!

Let's cast our minds back to that tandem bike ride.

Harry here liked to call hil self Brad as in Wiggins.

And I on the back, was Beryl as in Morley's Beryl Burton.

She dominated British cycling for 25 years, but was never rewarded

Now, though, there are attelpts to finally get her the recognition she

Our Tour de France correspondent Matt Slater reports.

A funky soundtrack, short shorts and no helmet, the past is really a

foreign country. This is barrel at 45, a seven time world champion and

still the best in Britain after 25 years on her own. She died of heart

failure in 1996. She had bedn out on her bike delivering invites for 59

birthday party, but her famhly remember a fighter who page the way

for the current crop of fem`le stars. I am sure she enjoyed beating

men axeman who wouldn't? ! She will be very pleased that it is ` bit

more equal between the women and, definitely. Because it should be.

Women train and raise, men train and race, it is very difficult for

either, because cycling is ` hard sports to do. If she wanted to do

something, she would get it done and it had to be the best there was It

didn't matter if it was doing the machinery at the office, or just

going out on the ride, which she had to be number one if she was going to

at all. That is where her mhnd was set. Cycling has come a long way.

Can you imagine Sir Bradley Wiggins doing this? A mother in a mhnority

sport, Burton might be the greatest sporting secrets of Yorkshire until

now. With the Tour de Francd coming here this summer, Burton is finally

getting recognition for achhevements that she had. This is rehearsal is

for Beryl, a show staged at the Playhouse, something that Bdryl

would have approved of. The play was written by Maxine Peake, and she was

in Mori to unveil a two Burton. Fame at last for a female hero of a man's

world, 50 years after her fhrst world title.

A fitting name! She would have loved the Totr de

France coming here. She werd to be out and about every single day.

Paul, what are the weather prospects?

High pressure into next week, that is good news. Some lovely phctures

that came in overnight. That was taken last night, stunning. Then the

Yorkshire coast, a beautiful spot. It looks very nice. Lots of

sunshine. Keep your photogr`phs coming in.

The fine weather will last through tomorrow, dry and warm sunnx

periods. More sunshine tomorrow and less wind. Temperatures will be a

little bit higher. 21 degreds today, that is 70 Fahrenheit. I prdssure in

charge. A bit of a hiccup on Friday, a weak front bringing more cloud

Friday afternoon. The risk of some showers, a little bit of patchy

rain, but it should be small amounts. The dry weather resumes

Saturday and Sunday. Cooler at the weekend, but cloudier, but the

emphasis on lots of dry weather That should last into next week The

satellite picture showing lots of sunshine. The cloud building up for

a time. It gradually melted away. Lovely outside at the moment, fine

with plenty sunshine. The breeze will be using overnight. Thd lowest

temperatures in towns and chties of 11, 12 degrees. 8 degrees in raw red

areas, that is 46 Fahrenheit. The sun will be rising tomorrow morning

at these times. It should bd beautiful, and early sunrisd.

Largely blue skies, lots of sunshine, temperatures rising with

some fair weather cloud bubbling up into the afternoon. Some warm

sunshine and tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. Some gentle

the coast, another beautiful day on the coast, another beautiful day on

the coast. 20 degrees. 21 ddgrees in lamps, 22 degrees in Leeds `nd

Sheffield city centre. That is 2 Fahrenheit. The risk of mord cloud

and a scattering of showers on Friday, some patchy rain Frhday

night, and the weekend, cooler, cloudy, bright with sunny intervals,

temperatures around 18 degrdes. Looking good! Beautiful weather for

a tandem ride! Brad and Berxl, they are bailing out the tandem hn the

next few weeks! More details on that, enjoy the rest

of the evening, we are back later on, good