27/06/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


27/06/2014

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Now it's time for the news where you are.

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Young Muslims in Yorkshire `re being urged by their religious leaders not

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The holy month of Ramadan begins this weekend and

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there are fears that it could spark an increase in young men travelling

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The BBC Asian Network's Shabnam Mahmood has more.

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Taking part in the fight in Syria, that is going

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It's the message that is being put out in mosques across Yorkshire

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Don't be tempted to join the fighting in Syria.

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What we are saying, imams up and down the country,

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is that if you want to help please don't go out there.

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Don't expose yourself, don't put your lives at risk

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This is the reason why they're so worried.

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A so`called recruitment viddo seen by millions on the internet and TV

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channels, in which British Muslims allegedly fighting in

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It comes at a particularly sensitive time.

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This weekend sees the start of Ramadan, the holiest month

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of the Muslim calendar, when believers observe fasthng.

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Many mosque leaders fear it could spark an increase in volunteers

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Thousand of Muslims attend Friday prayers in mosques across Yorkshire.

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Many more are expected during the month of Ramadan.

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But just what do they think about Britons fighting in Syria?

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I think it's good that instdad of going out to fight,

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it's better for us to do what Islam says and spread peace as opposed to

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I don't think that's the best way to do it.

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I am a mother of a teenage son myself

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and it's not a worry for me whether he is going to be poached as one

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My worry is more about his dducation or whether he'll be joining groups,

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There is a lot that us Muslims could do over here in England to help

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the people over in Syria and there are so many other ways of doing it

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Muslims who want to do something to help people in Syria are being

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urged to donate to established aid agencies working in the reghon.

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Security experts say 500 Brhtons may be fighting in Syria.

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Police Chiefs say those who do risk being arrested when they return.

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Shabnam Mahmood, BBC Look North, Leeds.

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Four men have been given life sentences for the murder of a

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Bradford man who was shot in the leg and doused in acid in front of his

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Barry Selby was attacked in his own bedroom in a feud

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Lee Calvert was sentenced to at least 36 years.

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Joseph Lowther and Robert Woodhead have minimum sentences of 32 years,

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while getaway driver Andrew Feather must serve 26 years.

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An event's been held in Chesterfield to mark six months

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since a service was set up to help former soldiers acclimatise to life

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The Chesterfield Veterans htb is based at the Proact Stadium.

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It's a one`stop shop offering help and advice on finance,

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It opened in January and is already being hailed

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In the army you are wrapped in cotton wool a little bit, so when

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All the different things yot've got to sort out yourself that the Army

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Some ambulance workers in Yorkshire have voted to go on strike over

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Members of the Unite union, who make up about 10%

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of the emergency workforce, will take part in the walkott.

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It's part of a long`running dispute over shifts.

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The ambulance service says it's disappointed,

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Meanwhile the NHS has urged people who fall

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ill or get injured next weekend to call 111 for advice before heading

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to hospital, as accident and emergency departments will be busy.

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The funeral of Normandy vetdran Roy Rowbowtham has taken place today.

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Only three weeks ago, Look North followed the 93`year`old

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from Bishopthorpe as he returned to the beaches in France.

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Roy was there to pay his respects to comrades who lost their lives during

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Today, some of those same vdterans paid their last respects to him.

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A guard of honour for Roy Rowbotham at his funeral today.

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Just three weeks ago, despite being in ill health,

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the D`Day veteran proudly took his place at the 70th annivdrsary

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A bit emotional but what else can you do but think about ht?

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I lost some good friends, I really did.

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We were all civilians soldidrs, territorial soldiers.

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"Saturday Night Soldiers", they used to call us.

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Born in Sheffield in 1921, Mr Rowbotham served in the Royal

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His part in the D`Day landings though, ` source

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It's not just him, it's everyone that has fought

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I mean you look at the Normandy veterans that have been herd today,

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standing still straight up at 95 years of age.

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It's just incredible seeing them do that sort of thing.

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Today friends and veterans turned out to celebrate

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the life of a man who's also served as a desert rat in North Africa,

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followed by campaigns in Korea, Japan and Northern Ireland.

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But returning to Normandy, though, was

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He said to me, "even if you chop my legs off I'm going to go".

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His son said "you're not going, you're not well enough",

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"I am going", and he definitely went.

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He made his mind up that he was going to go, and he enjoyed him

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Comrades separated 70 years ago by bombs and bullets on a bdach

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in France now reunited once again, in spirit at least.

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Onto the weather. The cricket was cancelled tonight because of the

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downpours. Let's see if there is any improvement on the way.

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Tomorrow is looking like a better day.

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It's going to be a cloudy and damp start with outbreaks of rain,

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Some broken cloud and some sunny spells.

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Overnight tonight we still have the rain around but it will become

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fragmented, lighter and patchier, sinking down to the south.

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We hold onto the cloud, temperatures down to

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Tomorrow is going to be clotdy in places, especially across the south.

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We start to see it brightenhng from the north, broken cloud with

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Just the risk of a few isolated showers,

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mainly over the hills in the west as we head through the afternoon.

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The temperatures tomorrow rhsing up to around 17 degrees, 63 Fahrenheit.

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For Sunday a mixture of sunny spells with one or two isolated showers.

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That's it from us tonight, I'll leave you with the summary.

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temperature again 20. Fewer showers. Most out towards the east.

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That's the way it is looking. Good evening. For some the weather

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put on a show today - lightning and hail. For others more of a no-show.

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Showers at Wimbledon stayed away. They were further west. Torrential

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downpours with the lightning flashes over East Anglia. Local flooding in

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for folk. Showers through Glastonbury.

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Thunder storms over Mid Wales currently. Flashes of lightning will

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ease away during the night. Wet

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