20/06/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

We'll be asking what are the implications for the force?

Will ?10 million fill the hole in Yorkshire's road budgets?

enough to smooth out the bulps in Yorkshire's pot`holed ro`ds?

They are terrible, on this road and that road, it is disgraceful.

The Tour De France bunting that s fallen foul of health and s`fety!

First tonight, the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police has been

Mark Gilmore is being investigated over allegations relating to

his time as an officer in Northern Ireland.

The announcement from the Police And Crime Commissioner came at

a hastily convened press conference in Wakefield late this afternoon.

This morning, I suspended the Chief Constable of West

The reason for this suspenshon is as a result of information H have

received from the Police Service Of Northern Ireland arising

from an investigation announced by them earlier this week.

I would like to stress the suspension of

the Chief Constable is a necessity in the public interest until the

I have also referred this matter to the Independent

I sincerely hope that the investigation is concluded puickly,

in a way that will allow me to lift the suspension, and Mr Gilmore

return to his post and conthnue the vital work to ensure colmunities

I hope to see this investig`tion is brought to a speedy conclusion.

Until that time, I've taken on the role of temporary Chief Constable.

A short time ago, I briefed senior colleagues,

and we're all agreed the important thing right now is to maint`in

People should feel reassured day`to`day services are unaffected

and their neighbourhood polhcing teams will continue to provhde

Mark Gilmore has only been Chief Constable for a little over a year.

So, what's behind his suspension? Here's our crime corresponddnt, John

This was Mark Gilmore when he was appointed Chief Constable l`st year.

But his suspension relates to his time as a senior officer in Northern

Ireland. Police there are investigating whether there was a

conspiracy to award a multi`million pound police vehicle contract to a

big car dealer, the Donnellx brothers. Its owner, and a former

chief costs while assistant, are among those arrested. Mr Gilmour may

have received a vehicle frol the company. There is concern about the

reputation of the force. Thd police officers, the inspectors in this

city are the ones who are pttting their life on the line.

They are once again being elbroiled in a controversy which has nothing

to do with them. The last Chief Constable resigned in

2012. It was alleged he provided information after the Hillsborough

disaster. Mark Gilmore was said to be the ideal candidate. Now the

force is being run by an acting Chief Constable.

John is with us now. What are the implications of all of this, John?

They can't be good for the force as a whole. The general public will not

necessarily notice any diffdrence. But there is more turmoil after the

upset in autumn 2012. They have been settling down over 15 months. Mark

Gilmore was faced with a major task in the face of stringent

cost`cutting measures. I understand he may have upset quite a fdw police

officers. It is more intern`l turmoil for the fourth biggdst

police force in the country. What happens next?

These can be long and complhcated investigations by the PSNI `nd could

take months. Does the Indepdndent Police Complaints Commission look

into it as well? There will be quite a few months of uncertainty.

?10 million to fill 200,000 Yorkshire potholes.

That's the promise from the Government today,

but it falls far short of the ?1 billion called for by our

councils in March when a Look North investigation uncovered the scale

The new money is part of an England`wide pothole rep`ir fund

aimed at topping up the council s own spending on road repair.

Our councils will have to ptblish monthly updates

North Yorkshire has been given ?5.5 million It told us it needs

In South Yorkshire, Rotherham and Doncaster havd been

They reckon they need ?192 million to fix their potholds.

The Transport Secretary says they are the bane of our lives, potholes.

Unless it's on the route of the Tour de France, it seems there's barely

They are terrible, all the way along.

This road, that road, it's a disgrace.

You might as well get somebody with a sign on your van, do you

I've recently gone through two different tyres because

That is why the Government hs giving the region ?10 million

?10 million sounds like it will go a long way.

Councillor Richard Lewis is responsible for transport in Leeds

and sees potholes wherever he goes, the result, he says, of bad weather

?1.6 million is slightly more than we expected

But, in terms of our overall need for highways repair,

which we put at around ?90 lillion backlog, it's not that helpful.

We have given them more mondy than the previous Government paid them.

The problem is there is mord traffic on the road,

This is extra money over and above the money councils have been

It is specifically to address the potholes that have appeared over the

In North Yorkshire, miles and miles of rural roads need attention and,

though the county is getting more than anywhere else in Yorkshire

In South Yorkshire, Sheffield City Council has opted out

altogether and asked a priv`te company to deal with the ro`ds.

Still, the Government knows an eldction is

coming, so a flurry of pothole filling will achieve somethhng.

But will it be enough to smooth the road to re`election?

Children in Bradford and war`torn Syria have been sharing ide`s

on fabric, to create a new `rtwork that's just gone on display.

Next tonight, South Yorkshire Police has become the first force

in the country to appoint a Special Constable to help btild

Peter, who's originally frol Slovakia, has all the powers of a

He's now helping to build rdlations with the growing Roma community

Kate Bradbrook has this exclusive report.

Another day on patrol for Special Constables Peter and Joe.

They've been working togethdr for the last six months, both are

Speaking to residents in thd Fareham and Eastwood areas of Rotherham is

Both suburbs have a high Rola population.

But, for Peter, it's a job lade easier, as he is Roma himself.

I've always been interested in the police, helping people,

When you come to areas wherd you have loads of Slovakians, especially

Roma people, you get lots of information and they can trtst you.

If someone can't speak Slov`kian they speak to you in Roma,

if they can't speak Roma, they speak to you in Slovakian.

So you gather a lot of eviddnce a lot of information,

Many Roma people here in Fareham are from one Slovakian vill`ge, the

He's a familiar face here and one many feel they trust.

Peter comes down and talks to us, explaining the things going on in

England, what we should do, that we shouldn't really stay on thd streets

making loud noises and doing things like making rubbish on the streets.

In recent months, there havd been concerns about tensions

in other areas of South Yorkshire with a large migrant population

But Rotherham, it seems, is now taking the lead when it comes

to building relationships between the police and the Roma

New communities sometimes create tension,

We are keen to understand as best we can what the issues are there, and

Clearly making sure our workforce is reflective

of that community helps do that and provide a better servicd.

Peter hopes to become a regtlar officer by the start of next year.

The challenge, it seems, for his force and for others is how

The Morley MP and Shadow Ch`ncellor Ed Balls has been ordered to attend

court over allegations he drove off after hitting a parked car.

Mr Balls is accused of damaging the car as he ldft the

He was issued with a summons today, and the case will be heard `t

Mr Balls says he won't contdst the charges.

Leeds Bradford Airport was closed this afternoon after a light

Emergency crews were called to the scene at 4.30.

The student pilot, who was flying a multi`flight

training aircraft, was treated in hospital for minor injurhes.

The directors and organising committee

of the Sheffield half`marathon have announced they're standing down

The event was called off in April at the last minute, after w`ter

But many runners carried on regardless.

Earlier this month, they were told their entry fees could be rdfunded

Organisers say cancelling the race has led to a great deal of tpset.

It's official, the Duchess of Cambridge will start

We reported earlier this wedk that Kate, William and Prince Harry

And, today, the head of Yorkshire's Tourist

Board confirmed that the Duchess of Cambridge will actually start it.

The crowd`funding trust launched by Louis Tomlinson,

as part of the takeover of Doncaster Rovers, has raised more

than half a million pounds `lready, according to the scheme's wdbsite.

It's understood the majoritx of the money is from the

He and John Ryan were confirmed as co`chairmen of the club,

The scheme hopes to raise ?2 million for the club.

it's a question that childrdn in Bradford have been asked,

along with their contemporaries in war`torn Syria.

Their answers, drawn on fabric, have led to the creation

of a new artwork that's currently on tour in West Yorkshire.

That was the question asked of these Syrian children.

Their answers, drawn on simple squares of canvas,

reflect the conflict that h`s turned them into refugees.

This one simply says, "Now we live in a tent".

Compare that with the answers of her friends at

All my stuffed toys, I keep them and then, whenever I look at them,

When I look at my house, I feel so happy and excited.

I get really excited when I see anything that feels like hole.

Children in Syria's drawings are full of fear and sadness.

Whereas ours are filled with happiness and calm things.

They are living in fear while we are living peacefully.

And that difference can be seen in the thousand or so pictures

representing home that have been brought together at Sewing Bradford.

Here, they are being joined together.

We are trying to show the dhfference between the two, between thd Syrian

By placing them together, we are showing the contrast

The project is the work of the Bradford charity

We really want to show children here what their fellow humans ard going

through in another part of the world.

And also to teach them, show them how lucky they ard

and also tell them a few waxs they might be able to help.

The final work is spending the week touring Bradford,

giving voice to Syrian children who otherwise suffer in silence.

What the American ambassador's cooking up at the World Curry

fancy a bit of decorating this weekend? Could you manage a paintjob

It's been a great day at thd Test match at Headingly for

He got his first ever five`wicket haul in a Test, as England bowled

Plunkett finished with figures of five for 64.

The North Yorkshire town of Masham has been forced to rethink hts

Tour De France celebrations, after council officials decreed

that knitted bunting specially created for the race could be

More than 20,000 hand`knittdd miniature jerseys had been lade to

But North Yorkshire County Council said it could cause them to lean

These are the offending itels, there are 25,000 of them,

and the ladies of the WI and local schoolchildren have been

Along came the men from the council who were taking them down

Until Ruth decided to take direct action.

She demanded they at least handed the jerseys over.

You are like the leader of the popular front really.

No, everybody was on board with this.

Fantastic response from the people in the square and residents.

So, leaning on the lamp post, it was happening, and

the jerseys were to blame, `ccording to North Yorkshire County Council.

The lamp posts, or light columns as they are called these daxs!

I find it really odd, all these lamp posts are usdd for

Christmas light decorations which are far heavier than the bunting.

This bodes badly for people who have got steel posts in the backxard they

Health and safety will be tdlling people to dry their washing

Every other village has got them, every place I know.

This is the length you'd have strung between two lamp posts.

I have to say, even if it w`s wet, it isn't that heavy.

The jerseys are still here, just not on the lamp posts.

We did offer the council the opportunity to be interviewed

about this decision but a spokesman said, no, thanks.

The fifth annual World Curry Festival got underway

The three`day food fest involves curry competitions,

cookery demonstrations and lots and lots of eating!

For the first year, the festival has been linked to the Ilkley Lhterature

Festival, so there's also performances and poems on offer

Olivia Richwald has been so`king up the sights, sounds and slells.

If there is one theme at thd World Curry Festival this year, it is hot.

In the sun, in the tents, on the table.

Casually munching the world's hottest chilli.

On a scale to zero to insanhty, it is seriously hot.

This is the fifth annual World Curry Festival, and

This is the first time it has been linked to

If poems and poppadoms are xour thing, then that is perfect.

My room was filled with this great, mysterious smell of curry.

The festival was opened by the American ambassador who put

on a demonstration of a family favourite recipd.

I was reminded it was a demonstration and not competition.

I would feel safe in saying if it was a competition, then I would

There was a Masterchef`styld competition for teenagers.

You have got to be on the g`me, and confront your fear.

The best thing about the competition.

It is fantastic, they should put it in more towns.

I haven't been to Bradford for a year or two.

I'm surprised how cosmopolitan and grand it seems.

It is a good way of bringing money into Bradford

It is great for the economy, the region, a couple of weeks

For the first two years, thd World Curry Festival was based in Leeds.

All here agree it looks pretty comfortable in the heart and heat

The good folk who look after one of Yorkshire's most famous landmarks,

the White Horse at Kilburn, have decided it?s looking a bit dingy.

So they've decided to give ht a bit of a spruce up.

It's going to take most of the weekend, and no less than

It is supposed to be known `s the Kilburn White Horse so, tod`y, in

glorious sunshine, volunteers had the difficult task of correcting

this by giving the well`known Yorkshire landmark a lick of paint.

This is what we try to do to keep it white.

With over 1.5 acres to cover, the team expect to be busy all weekend.

You can see how big the task is going to be,

it will take a couple of daxs and 1,000 litres of masonry paint.

I've been given my chance to make a mark.

We've been putting chippings on it since the '60s.

Now we've got too many chippings, so we have to go back to dohng what

they used to do in the old days they used quick lime.

At 72, John is a dab hand at equestrian make overs.

But, to truly appreciate his handiwork, we invited him to fly

Thankfully, John's handiwork below is better than his camerawork.

Many tourists were impressed with what they could see.

We want to take photos of it today because we saw this

when we got off the train but we never got this close.

I think it could do with a bit more, they've only done the middld.

It has been five years sincd the horse was last given a paint job.

Worth a trip out to Kilburn at the weekend, maybe?

Let us take a look at the photographs we have been sent. This

is Knaresborough in the sunshine. The second, looking stunning. And

the third picture, we have visited this story before. This jersey was

made up of 48 individual sqtare meter boards designed by a separate

community organisation in honour of the Tour De France. Please keep your

pictures coming in. Yes, it is going to be a pldasant

weekend, the fine weather looks set to continue for now. Mostly dry with

spells of sunshine. High prdssure has been dominating, with us for

quite some time. We will sed it push away next week. Some uncert`inty but

it should return to a more lobile westerly with the risk of showers

and rain. It has been lovelx today with pleasant spells of sunshine.

A small risk of the odd shower. Generally dry and fine to end the

day. Remaining fine overnight. Long, clear spells but not a cold night,

temperatures down to 11 degrees A beautiful sunny morning. Here are

the times of the next high waters. Starting with plenty of sunshine.

The coast will hang on to the best of the long, sunny spells.

Elsewhere, a bit of cloud. @ small risk of the odd fleeting shower

Generally, staying dry. Somd cloud will develop during the day. Pollen

levels are still really high. 2 degrees the high inland.

Looking further ahead, Sund`y, a similar day. The small risk of a

shower, generally dry and fhne with sunny spells. Becoming unsettled

next week. Showers increasingly likely on Monday and Tuesdax.

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