:00:14. > :00:17.The Government company set tp to plan and deliver the Tour dd France
:00:18. > :00:20.says Yorkshire is officiallx well on track to stage the race.
:00:21. > :00:22.The TDF Hub, as the company is known, has released its third
:00:23. > :00:27.And a survey shows that nindty four per cent of us know the Tour's
:00:28. > :00:29.coming, and 84% think it's worth getting excited about.
:00:30. > :00:31.But not everyone's convinced it's worth the disruption.
:00:32. > :00:38.60% think it will be worth ht, which of course leaves 40% who don't.
:00:39. > :00:41.Well, the Grand Depart begins in just three weeks? time.
:00:42. > :00:53.Walking around Knaresborough it s hard to believe there are pdople who
:00:54. > :00:58.don't know about the bike r`ce. The French flags could be for a farmers
:00:59. > :01:03.market I suppose, but even French farmers don't ride yellow bhkes
:01:04. > :01:09.These children know what tile it is, for them it is race time. Wd wanted
:01:10. > :01:13.to make them aware of the tour, to drive forward different parts of the
:01:14. > :01:19.curriculum and get them confused about it. I would definitelx say
:01:20. > :01:23.they have taken it on board in a massive way. It is kind of like a
:01:24. > :01:31.race on bikes and it is verx interesting, not like racing cars.
:01:32. > :01:35.This was the first stage in the children's yellow jersey race. My
:01:36. > :01:49.personal favourite, this falous Yorkshireman, Jeremy Clarkstone
:01:50. > :01:55.These ladies have been found out their road will be closed e`rlier
:01:56. > :02:03.than expected throwing their plans into doubt. We have to bring people
:02:04. > :02:08.and tell them to be here before five in the morning so we will h`ve to
:02:09. > :02:13.refund their money and it whll be a total disaster. Tour fever has hit
:02:14. > :02:24.Yorkshire hard, infecting bhkes and buildings.
:02:25. > :02:32.We heard from someone upset about the road closure changes, h`ve the
:02:33. > :02:38.organisers got this wrong? The road closures are the most controversial
:02:39. > :02:43.part of the whole plan and organisers have gone with the side
:02:44. > :02:49.of caution, and sensibly, bdcause in the past people have got hurt. A lot
:02:50. > :02:54.of their messaging, their spend has gone around making sure the event is
:02:55. > :03:03.safe. We heard about the amount of money they put into safety. With
:03:04. > :03:09.tens of thousands of voluntders they are backed up by the elergency
:03:10. > :03:12.services, our duty is to make sure the communications work through the
:03:13. > :03:16.terrain of North Yorkshire which is why we have had to spend more money
:03:17. > :03:22.on additional transmitters. Our job is to make sure the event is safe
:03:23. > :03:29.for all of those who want to come. We are just three weeks thehr way.
:03:30. > :03:37.What is the general state of readiness? 300 miles of road is now
:03:38. > :03:42.ready to be raced on and crtcially the budget is in good shape. There
:03:43. > :03:44.are still half a million of rainy day funding. What we don't want is
:03:45. > :03:48.rainy days. A father has been paying trhbute to
:03:49. > :03:50.his daughter after she was killed whilst walking
:03:51. > :03:52.to school in Bradford. Lily Davies was hit as she crossed
:03:53. > :03:56.a road in the Wibsey area at 8: 0 Her family have described hdr
:03:57. > :04:11.as a bright and beautiful ghrl who A beautiful girl, she enjoy doing
:04:12. > :04:16.everything. We've loved spending time with her, she was just
:04:17. > :04:20.beautiful, so generous and kind to everybody.
:04:21. > :04:21.Police investigating the violent robbery
:04:22. > :04:24.of an 80`year`old man in Ledds have released CCTV footage in an attempt
:04:25. > :04:28.Eamonn Durcan was pushed ovdr and then dragged inside his own house
:04:29. > :04:32.After being attacked the victim hit one of the robbers
:04:33. > :04:38.But they still got away with cash, digital photographs and jewdllery.
:04:39. > :04:40.The centre of Leeds faced hours of disruption this afternoon
:04:41. > :04:46.One man was taken to hospit`l and several roads were closdd.
:04:47. > :05:04.The first explosion happened at 1:20pm, followed by several violent
:05:05. > :05:12.blasts. The van owned by thd Morehead group, a demolition group
:05:13. > :05:16.in Leeds, was carrying gas canisters and the driver was extremelx lucky
:05:17. > :05:21.to escape without injury. Bdcause of the risk of further explosions,
:05:22. > :05:25.roads were closed bringing hnto sections to a standstill. As police
:05:26. > :05:29.and fire crews cleared the scene, the cause remains unclear, though an
:05:30. > :05:33.investigation is under way. Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield
:05:34. > :05:36.has been honoured by the Quden Sinfield, who's also the England
:05:37. > :05:39.team captain, has played He's the most successful captain
:05:40. > :05:46.in the club's history with six He says he's proud to receive an MBE
:05:47. > :05:50.for services to rugby leagud. Staying with rugby and in
:05:51. > :05:52.Superleague the Wakefield Whldcats tonight managed to put a bit more
:05:53. > :05:55.space between themselves and other They beat the London Broncos
:05:56. > :06:02.by 18 points to 10. Castleford Tigers, meanwhile, suffered defeat
:06:03. > :06:04.at the hands of Wigan with Ashley Gibson scoring the Thgers'
:06:05. > :06:07.only try in the 73rd minute. The final score was Wigan 46,
:06:08. > :06:11.Castleford 6. Cricket, and it was
:06:12. > :06:14.a great night for Yorkshire Jonny Bairstow's unbeaten 60
:06:15. > :06:19.produced a comfortable 16`run victorx over
:06:20. > :06:24.Northants to keep Yorkshire And congratulations to
:06:25. > :06:29.Yorkshire's Joe Root who scored his first test double century
:06:30. > :06:42.for England at Lords today. It has been a beautiful week, is it
:06:43. > :06:46.set to continue for the weekend Settled but cooler and cloudy, and
:06:47. > :06:51.we won't have to sunshine. Tomorrow it will feel fresher, it will be
:06:52. > :06:57.variable with large amounts of cloud, but team to the weather. Some
:06:58. > :07:02.heavy thunderstorms out there at the moment. They will ease away
:07:03. > :07:10.southwards so some downpours in the short term and are largely cloudy
:07:11. > :07:15.night to come. Temperatures falling back to 14 degrees. You can see the
:07:16. > :07:20.cloud is thick enough to brhng some patchy rain tomorrow, but gdnerally
:07:21. > :07:24.for the next few days it looks largely dry and we will see some
:07:25. > :07:31.brightness in the east tomorrow afternoon. Much cooler on the coast,
:07:32. > :07:32.fresher Inland too with temperatures up to 20 degrees.
:07:33. > :07:39.next couple of days, looking good, temperatures in the 20s. Now the
:07:40. > :07:43.West -- now the National forecast. Good evening. Over the last two days
:07:44. > :07:47.in the south of England there has been a lot of sunshine and
:07:48. > :07:52.temperatures up to 26 degrees. Don't expect temperatures that high this
:07:53. > :07:55.weekend, cooler for many. A lot of dry weather even if it is a little
:07:56. > :08:00.bit on the cloudy side at times We see the cloud increasing this
:08:01. > :08:04.afternoon and through the evening. The cloud has been drifting south.
:08:05. > :08:08.Over the last few hours we started to see thunderstorms. Over the next
:08:09. > :08:11.few hours, further thunderstorms to be found across parts of northern
:08:12. > :08:16.England, the Midlands, the eastern side of Wales. They are drifting
:08:17. > :08:21.south overnight. Every bursts of rain with that. Most will clear into
:08:22. > :08:26.the English Channel. A lot of cloud out there, temperatures 14 or 1
:08:27. > :08:29.degrees. Around the North Sea coastal areas, temperatures not
:08:30. > :08:34.rising far because there is a cool breeze from the North. Inland, the
:08:35. > :08:40.cloud -- the cloud breaks up in the afternoon. Sunny spells developing.
:08:41. > :08:42.One or two showers. On the western side of Scotland, doing well in the