:00:09. > :00:10.The Labour leader Ed Miliband has given what he calls 'an absolute
:00:11. > :00:13.pledge for truth and justicd' for miners arrested
:00:14. > :00:18.Nearly 100 mine rs were charged with rioting
:00:19. > :00:21.following violent clashes whth police at the plant near Rotherham.
:00:22. > :00:24.Two years after the BBC revdaled police statements had been
:00:25. > :00:27.manipulated, no independent investigation has been carrhed out.
:00:28. > :00:31.Here's our political editor Len Tingle.
:00:32. > :00:34.Thirty years to the day, thousands of striking miners and police were
:00:35. > :00:40.It was close to what was thdn the Orgreave coking plant
:00:41. > :00:45.Dozens of arrests were made but some officers on duty at the timd have
:00:46. > :00:49.told the BBC they were ordered to make changes to their statelents
:00:50. > :00:53.in order to ensure convictions at later court hearings.
:00:54. > :00:57.Never before or since, whilst I was a police officer, have I evdr been
:00:58. > :01:01.involved where, effectively, chunks of a statement were dictated.
:01:02. > :01:04.The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been looking at that
:01:05. > :01:10.Labour Leader Ed Miliband told Look North he now wants
:01:11. > :01:16.What I want is proper truth, proper justice for what happened
:01:17. > :01:20.at Orgreave and we?re deterlined to make it happen.
:01:21. > :01:22.There are those that would say that's a bit
:01:23. > :01:26.That you've really got to bd more positive in terms
:01:27. > :01:29.of what you would order shotld you come to power as Prime Minister
:01:30. > :01:33.Well, as I say, we are going to wait for what tie IPCC comes up with but
:01:34. > :01:37.I'm making a very clear point on this, that both
:01:38. > :01:41.in opposition ` and we're going to have a vote on this in the House
:01:42. > :01:44.of Commons ` and in governmdnt, my absolute pledge is we will get
:01:45. > :01:48.We were very disappointed whth the lack of seriousness
:01:49. > :01:51.and progress in the first ydar but substantial forces have come
:01:52. > :01:55.on board with the campaign, with the NUM, and applied pressure.
:01:56. > :01:58.As you know, we've had masshve publicity, especially leading
:01:59. > :02:06.And I know that the IPCC have been mindful of that iconic date as well.
:02:07. > :02:09.The coking plant is long gone, the site reclaimed, but the memories
:02:10. > :02:19.and the controversy are going to be as easy to bulldoze away.
:02:20. > :02:32.Lent is with us now. Some movement had hardly an earthquake. 30 years
:02:33. > :02:38.ago 90 miners were charged with writing. 80 months ago a BBC
:02:39. > :02:41.investigation found police officers who were ordered to change their
:02:42. > :02:51.statements and yet investig`tors from the watchdog are still deciding
:02:52. > :02:58.whether there is enough investigation to start anew
:02:59. > :03:01.investigate. There will be ` debate in Parliament calling for an
:03:02. > :03:06.investigation. After that, Dd Miliband has pledged he will keep
:03:07. > :03:16.fighting until some form of investigation is ordered.
:03:17. > :03:19.Also tonight, Look North has learnt that millions of pounds havd been
:03:20. > :03:21.cut from children's services across Yorkshire,
:03:22. > :03:23.with Rotherham Council the latest to target Sure Start centres.
:03:24. > :03:28.Today it decided to close 10 out of its 22 centres, which offer help
:03:29. > :03:35.Sure Start budgets across Yorkshire have been cut by ?7.5 million.
:03:36. > :03:40.These range from just 0.2% in Kirklees to 13% in North
:03:41. > :03:51.These families have just fotnd out their children's centre
:03:52. > :03:57.Cortonwood in the Brampton area is one
:03:58. > :04:02.of ten Sure Start centres Rotherham council is shutting to save money.
:04:03. > :04:11.There's nowhere else in this community for everybody elsd to go.
:04:12. > :04:12.We?ve got no other facilities to use.
:04:13. > :04:15.This used to be Sure Start nursery in Sheffield.
:04:16. > :04:17.Set up for families in the Sharrow area,
:04:18. > :04:22.it was mostly funded by the NHS but it became another victim of cuts.
:04:23. > :04:26.I've used this centre, now, for nearly ten years.
:04:27. > :04:30.As a single parent I'm not getting as much support as H did.
:04:31. > :04:33.Figure seen by Look North show the council here has reduced thd amount
:04:34. > :04:40.it spends on Sure Start centres by ?0.5 million in the last five years.
:04:41. > :04:43.Sure Start funding used to be ring`fenced, meaning budgets were
:04:44. > :04:47.protected, but that's no longer the case and our local councils are
:04:48. > :04:52.having to make huge savings because of government cuts.
:04:53. > :04:54.Using the Freedom of Information Act, we've discovered
:04:55. > :04:57.that across Yorkshire as a whole, councils have reduced
:04:58. > :05:02.the amount they spend on Sure Start by more than ?7.5 million.
:05:03. > :05:05.Bradford, Doncaster and North Yorkshire have also said thdy plan
:05:06. > :05:15.Rotherham Council says it's being forced into closing centres because
:05:16. > :05:19.the Government had reduced the amount of money local counchls get.
:05:20. > :05:22.Sheffield council says 17 "centre areas" remain serving the
:05:23. > :05:28.It looks like all seven of Doncaster Council's remaining care holes
:05:29. > :05:33.Plans to hand services to the private sector have been
:05:34. > :05:36.recommended for approval, s`ving the council nearly ?2 million.
:05:37. > :05:40.The council says standards of care shouldn't be affectdd.
:05:41. > :05:44.A man, whose bungalow was blown up in a huge gas explosion at Tingley,
:05:45. > :05:49.Neighbours reported hearing a big bang and seeing flames ten feet
:05:50. > :05:55.Richard Dickenson, who was led to safety by firemen,
:05:56. > :06:00.Leeds City Council has unvehled the city's first large scald park
:06:01. > :06:05.The 800`space car park on Elland Road opens
:06:06. > :06:10.It's been fast tracked in thme for the Tour de France Grand Depart
:06:11. > :06:34.Now the prospects for the wdather. Is the good weather going to
:06:35. > :06:37.continue? High pressure rem`ins in charge but a lot of dry unsdttled
:06:38. > :06:48.weather potentially through next week. Define out there at the
:06:49. > :06:52.moment. By the end of the nhght we might see the effect of a vdry weak
:06:53. > :07:00.weather front bringing one or two spots of light rain. Temper`tures
:07:01. > :07:05.will be back to 13 or 14 Celsius. A little bit of dampness around but we
:07:06. > :07:10.are once again going to see improvement. By the afternoon there
:07:11. > :07:14.should be some good spells of sunshine developing. It's not going
:07:15. > :07:23.to be quite as warm as it w`s today will stop along the coast of 15 or
:07:24. > :07:28.16 Celsius. Inland 19 Celsits. Through Friday and the weekdnd, a
:07:29. > :07:30.lot of dry and unsettled we`ther but some decent spells of sunshhne. Here
:07:31. > :07:33.is the summary. Celsius. The outlook for the weekend
:07:34. > :07:47.is looking pretty good. If you have outdoor plans, plenty of
:07:48. > :07:48.fine weather, warm nest the south. Is today, warm nest the