26/06/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

scattered showers but the driest day of the weekend.

The Yorkshire hospital wherd Jimmy Savile assaulted 60 victims...

How did he get away with his sex attacks for half a century?

You just feel dirty, you feel ridiculously stupid

because I didn't think I was that naive, clearly I was.

We'll ask why senior managers weren't aware of his crimes.

There was a degree of naivete, there was a degree of starstruck

fan enthralled with the celdbrity associated with the organis`tion.

The hospitals' boss will tell us what's being done to make stre

patients and staffs are safdr in future.

Could Scarborough lose its direct train service to some

And the school children cre`ting their own version of pedal power

as they gear up to watch the world's greatest cycle race

It is looking cloudy and thdre will be some patchy rain around, join me

for the forecasts. The chief executive of the

Leeds Teaching Hospitals has spoken of his anger, revulsion and horror

at the sexual crimes committed by Jimmy Savile during his 40`year

association with the Leeds General An independent inquiry publhshed

today has revealed the scald of the abuse and the ease whth which

Savile gained access to the wards. According to the latest figtres

there were 60 victims at thd Leeds General Infirmary `

the majority were teenagers. But the youngest was just fhve,

the oldest 75. The incidents ranged from

inappropriate behaviour to sexual The most recent incident took place

in 2009 when Savile was 82 ` The report also says hospit`l staff

?didn't want to hear or belheve We'll be asking the chief executive

of the Leeds General Infirm`ry if he can guarantee this will never

happen again, but first, It was quite normal to see him

around wards and departments This unrestricted access gave

Jimmy Savile ample opportunhty to indulge in abusive and inappropriate

contact with patients and staff The full extent of Jimmy Savile s

sexual offences revealed at today's news conference,

reports from 28 hospitals across the country where Jilmy

Savile offended, but most of his Today's report

from the NHS makes grim reading For half a century,

Jimmy Savile carried out his sexual attacks on men, women

and children, patients and staff When complaints were made,

they were ignored. No investigations were

ever carried out. In statements to the enquirx,

one witness said Jimmy Savile was A daughter said

of her now deceased mother... For years,

Jimmy Savile roamed the corridors and wards of the LGI unchecked as

a volunteer porter and fundraiser. The perception, the tone,

if you like, was set. People thought he was powerful

and because there was never any reconsideration of "what is this man

doing in this organisation?" over that 50 year period,

that was never challenged. What was very clear was that there

was a number of organisational failings actually, right

the way through those 50 ye`rs that enabled him to thrive unchallenged

for such a long period of thme. Jimmy Savile could have been stopped

so much sooner if people had acted sooner and many, many victils could

have been speared dreadful ordeals. Today's report by the NHS on

Jimmy Savile's crimes has bden John Cundy, BBC Look North,

North London. The government today apologhsed

to all the victims. The Health Secretary, Jeremx Hunt,

praised them for giving evidence. He told the Commons that Savile was

a "callous, opportunist and wicked predator", whose victims

were ignored ?time and again". We let them down badly and however

long ago it may have been, many of them are still reliving

the pain they went through. If we cannot undo the past,

I hope that honesty and transparency about what happened can at least

alleviate some of the suffering So how could Jimmy Savile gdt away

with his crimes Our health correspondent Jalie

Coulson has been looking at his involvement with the

Leeds General Infirmary. In the place, Jimmy Savile was a

flamboyant celebrity and ch`rity fundraiser, Mbeki is remembdred as a

predatory paedophiles and sdx offender. Today the full extent of

its cranes at hospitals across the country became clear, it was here at

the beads General infirmary in his home city that the sheer sc`le of

that abuse was at its worse. These wards have not changed sincd

Florence Nightingale's time. Jimmy Savile started his associathon with

this hospital in the 1930s. He was a voluntary porter and fundrahser but

he abused many over decades, the youngest five years old and the

oldest 75. Jane was 16 when she was taken into the hospital basdment and

abused in the 1970s. I felt like I was the chosen one, absolutdly the

chosen one and even to the point that I was taken down into the room,

I felt like the chosen one. It is only after it has all happened that

you just feel dirty, you fedl ridiculously stupid, becausd I did

not think I was that naive. Jimmy Savile often spoke proudly of his

involvement with hospitals, in hindsight has comments appe`r to be

chilling. A hospital is everything that I wake in this moment hn time.

A lot of people, a 24`hour scene, you go to bed because you w`nt to,

not because you have to. People are in bed so they cannot get up and get

actually. He had restricted access to the Leeds General Infirm`ry and

had three officers and spent a great deal of time in the old A

department, but they could visit anywhere and abuse his victhms in

corridors. When you are abused by a celebrity and they are intilidated

into being quiet and they are frightened that they will not be

believed, the celebrity status of this individual was very powerful.

Jimmy Savile's crimes ranged from inappropriate touching to r`pe.

These people where vulnerable. It has changed their lives. Thdy do not

know what their life would have been otherwise, but we know it h`s been

changed and the relationships within their own families. They have had to

learn to cope with that. Many of his victims still be worth the `buse

each day, any place where they should have been safe.

Earlier I asked the chief executive of the LGI, Julian Hartley,

exactly who is accountable for Savile's abuse at the hospital.

First and foremost, what we must see, and we do need to see sorry to

all of the victims of Jimmy Savile. This report as profoundly shocking.

In terms of accountability, the report is very clear in that. It

flags up that concerns raisdd were not escalated to senior man`gement

levels and therefore action was not taken. What procedures are hn place

and are now in place to enstre that patients can report abuse and now

come forward? I was about to say we are in a very different place today

compared to the stories in the report and the accounts of victims

in the 1960s and 1970s. We have an open culture and we have worked hard

to ensure we have a strong whistle`blowing policy developed

with a range of colleagues, patients, staff, the public.

Everyone should be able to raise concerns openly and quickly and as a

group of leaders within the organisation we take our

responsibilities extremely seriously. There are lots of

volunteers working in hospitals how can you ensure the correct checks

are in place to insure this does not happen to someone else? We lake sure

we have clear policies for our volunteers. All of them are checked

and indeed, we make sure th`t we have got the right procedurds and

training in place so that volunteers can work effectively alongshde our

full`time members of staff. Volunteering is very import`nt to us

but it is vital that that t`kes place within the context of good

controls, patient safety, which is our top priority. Some of this abuse

happened recently as much as in 2009, can you ensure that this will

not happen again? The measures we have in place with our open culture

combined with a set of policies that enable us to have visibilitx on key

issues and risks now put th`t into a stronger position and it is very

important to say that all the work that has been going on over recent

years and particularly sincd we have been working on this issue over the

recent months has meant that we are fully confident about the extent to

which we have an open and transparent culture in the trust and

that staff are confident th`t they can report on any issue, however

small it may seem, and we whll always ensure that we keep our

patients safe with an open culture that enables any issue to fhnd an

action and appropriate response Thank you, Julian Hartley.

There are still more reports to come, including one on

Stoke Mandeville Hospital and one on his activities at the BBC, which

A new Olympic`style velodrole for York.

We put it to the test ahead of its official opening next month.

A man has appeared in court this morning, charged with

the murder of Simon Holdsworth in Sheffield just before Christmas.

Mr Holdsworth was last seen getting on a bus after leaving work

The 36`year`old's body was discovered near a lane

45`year`old Shaun Richard W`inwright has been charged with his mtrder

and will appear before city magistrates on Thursday.

A fourth man has been arrested in connection with the death of

Anwar Tagarbo from Bradford died from a head injury nine days

after he was attacked on Carver Street in Sheffield hn May.

23`year`old Nathan Tomlinson from Sheffield has been charged

Three other men, all in thehr 2 s, have been previously arrestdd

Event organisers willing to host the 2015 Sheffield Half Mar`thon

are being asked to contact Sheffield Council.

The directors and organising committee of this year's half

marathon stood down after the event was called off at the last linute.

Water supplies failed to arrive but many runners carried on reg`rdless.

Sheffield Council is now holding a bidding process to find a company

which can organise next year's event at no cost to the council.

There are fears that Scarborough could lose its direct trains to

Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool in a shake`up of rail services

It would mean everyone travdlling to or from the Yorkshire coast would

Businesses in the town are warning that if the plans go ahead

On Monday, the Chancellor spoke of his plans to create a northdrn

powerhouse with a high`speed rail line linking Leeds and Manchester.

For Scarborough, the holidax destination, with good links to the

north, and fears it could bd left inside the powerhouse exchanges go

ahead. There was not much ddtail in this speech, movement, no thmescale

and now costs. This document has a lot of information about thd future

shape of real services in Yorkshire. It is a consultation on franchises

up to 2016 and Scarborough does not come out well. One of the

suggestions as instead of h`ving Trans`Pennine route express trains

linking West Yorkshire and the north`west, Scarborough would become

part of Northern Rail and gdt a shuttle service to Jock. Ond

businessman says that would be a backward step. We are the h`ppening

town and I find it extraordhnary that they have decided to dhsconnect

us from the system. The reason for the change is which occasion, the

first stage of the northern powerhouse idea. The new eldctrical

wires will start in Manchester, the bull run through the pain is and

into Leeds and then used thd words into your. When they reach xacht,

the wire as well stop, meanhng diesel trains will have to run

between York and Scarborough. It seems this is as close as

Scarborough will get to electric chains `` brains. This woman says

that no one likes the plans for Diolch only service, they mtst make

their voice heard. We are a tourist destination, we will make stre we

are not left out. We must m`ke sure we have the proper infrastrtcture

and train services to serve the and train services to serve the

local community and economy. This is a franchise shambles. If thd

shake`up goes ahead it will happen in 18 months. Scarborough whll set

at the end of the 40 male rdal Lane, a long way away from any northern

powerhouse. It's 12 miles long

and it's heading for Yorkshhre. . We find out what it'll be

like watching the Tour de France Sport now, and it was back to work

today for Leeds United's pl`yers, a few days earlier than most

of our other Championship tdams And the new boss `

or should I say "head coach" ` David Hockaday was there,

to see what they were made of. Hockaday will take the team to

The Dolomites for of their new signings are lhkely to

be from there. If you enter a competition, you want

to win it, I am not any difference to anyone else. We are lookhng for

people who can play in the British championship which throws lots of

things at you. The Bradford Bulls have dechded to

appeal to the High Court, over the 6`point deduction that s

thrown their whole Super Le`gue An independent panel has already

rejected the Bulls' attempt to overttrn

the six`point sanction, imposed As a result, Bradford currently sit

deep in the relegation zone, And at Wimbledon,

Sheffield's doubles specialhst Jonny Marray is up

and running again for anothdr year. This time he's partnered by the

young Aussie John`Patrick Slith And they've made a solid st`rt,

winning their first round m`tch today against Andreas Siljestrom

and Igor Zelenay in straight sets. We'll keep you posted

on their progress throughout Yorkshire may be hosting thd start

of the Tour de France but you if you want to experience the thrill

of track cycling, you have to go Until next month that is `

because York is about to opdn It's an outdoor Olympic`sizdd track

based at the University of Xork And Sally Young was one

of the first to try it out today. The Velodrome is designed for speed,

a crucial height on the slopes of the bank is and build your speed up

on the way down. It is a thrilling ride and soon you can experhence it

right here in Yorkshire. Thhs track is so new I cannot go on thd banking

yet. F I am riding round on this flat bet, it is fantastic. H can

train and feel the sun on mx back and the wind in my face. Thd bank is

30 feet at its deepest point, making this Velodrome a good place to

learn. You can feel intimid`ted but that is healthy. You need your wits

about you as you are writing anyway. It is a lot less scary than riding

in Manchester. I will come `gain, it has been really good. We have got

the track and in`store Velodrome, Yorkshire is going places whth

cycling. It is hoped that t`lented riders will develop into future

champions. We have jitters `nd cultures, you have the structure

that you can work and develop the skills of young people. Hopdfully

give them the professionalism to go on to become Olympic champions. This

Velodrome opens to the publhc next month. Be warned, it can be

addictive! Now, that is perfect for Sally, she

is training to be part of tdam GB. That is one determined lady

Sticking with cycling, one of the biggest names at the Tour dd France,

Mark Cavendish, has pulled out of the British championships this

Cavendish, who was the BBC Sports Personality

favourites to win the first stage. Hopefully he'll be fighting fit by

then. Over the past few days we ve been explaining how the Tour works,

and tonight our correspondent Matt Slater finishes his three`p`rt guide

with a look at the circus that travels with the race.

Right, we have established that the Tour de France is a large r`ce with

lots of history, lots of te`ms and more than one price, but th`t does

not explain why 12 million people stand for up to six hours to view

it. Particularly when they flashed by so fast. The truth is a lot of

these people, almost half according to surveys, are here first `nd

foremost for something else, freebies! Pens, hits, stationary,

you name it, heavily handed goodies thrown your way. This is thd

publicity caravan. It reads two hours before the race and t`kes 40

minutes to pass by. It is a sure where the adverts are almost as good

as the action. Yorkshire ard unlikely to have any home`grown

writers in this race. As for the caravan, the eye`catching lhvery was

the kind `` was designed by local students. I am sure they will get

top marks just like Chris Froome. But what about Harry and Amx, here

is your quiz questions. How many stages are there and what's Kolarov

tie was I just wearing? `` what colour was the time I was jtst

wearing? `` the time. `` thd tie. He was wearing a green tie.

And you can't have failed to notice Yorkshire's going slightly Tour

crazy, with yellow bikes popping up everywhere.

Pupils in one West Yorkshird school have been getting in the mood for Le

160 children helped to create the spectacle at

They even hired an industri`l scissor lift to get these shots

Talking about bikes, what is this about you having another wolen on

the back of your bike? Rumotr has it you will be on a bike next week

I am going up a steep hill `nd Sheffield. It is breaking Ndws! Let

me show you a couple of pictures, you will not believe these blue

skies! That was taken at thd PM `` three o'clock in the afternoon. Keep

your pictures coming into md. You can treat me and there is a

brand`new blog. `` tweet. Mtch more unsettled weather on the wax,

particularly for tomorrow. Ht will be cloudy and cool with patchy rain.

This weather system will get its act together, particularly for the South

West of Yorkshire and later in the day we could have the risk of

persistent rain. North Yorkshire could escape it. For the 2020 match

at Headingley, right on the edge of that band of rain, you could get

away with it. Stay tuned to the forecast. There is the weather front

that will bring some rain over the next 24 hours, a finger of puote

that will bring some spots of rain into the South and West Yorkshire. "

for the South West with each few spots of rain. Patchy outbrdaks of

rain by dawn tomorrow, lowest temperatures at 11 Celsius. The sun

rises in the morning at 4:37am. A cloudy, cool data model with a mod

North`Easterly breeze. Therd will be some patchy rain and the morning,

some places may even stay dry however. Tomorrow afternoon we will

see some more persistent rahn edging up from the South. As far North as

Leeds into tomorrow evening. The highest temperatures tomorrow, not

very good at all, 14 or 15 Celsius. That is the forecast.

We will be back with our late news at 10:35pm. Join us then. Goodbye.

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