:00:00. > :00:00.will keep an eye on that. That is all from us, I will be back
:00:00. > :00:10.It's the home of the biggest cycling club in the country
:00:11. > :00:24.and tonight the build up to the Tour de France really begins.
:00:25. > :00:30.Take a look at these, the Eiffel tire and a strange location. And
:00:31. > :00:36.yellow jerseys popping up all over the place. And we will be chatting
:00:37. > :00:38.to Lizzie Armitstead later on. I will have a detailed weather
:00:39. > :00:41.forecast later on. Protests in Leeds
:00:42. > :00:56.as a judge rules an asylum seeker If they put my son on that thing
:00:57. > :00:59.tomorrow, if anything happens to him, I will never stop fighting the
:01:00. > :01:00.UK border agency. Ed Miliband comes to Yorkshire to
:01:01. > :01:03.unveil a multi`billion`pound plan. But will it give
:01:04. > :01:06.our big cities more power and return And two of Yorkshire's biggest
:01:07. > :01:36.hospitals are warned they must We could be in France tonight. Apart
:01:37. > :01:43.from that lot, the flat caps tend to give it away. Ilkley is twinned with
:01:44. > :01:47.a turn in Normandy and there is a real French feel to the whole
:01:48. > :01:52.occasion, when you look at what has been going on here. But it is not
:01:53. > :02:00.just Ilkley, it is many other parts of the county, have got themselves
:02:01. > :02:03.ready for the Tour. The camping and caravanning club
:02:04. > :02:09.have arrived. They have got their spots in the not `` the village of
:02:10. > :02:15.Ripley with four days to go until the Tour de France begins. This
:02:16. > :02:21.couple have seen of your that roar futures over the year and have
:02:22. > :02:26.travelled from Weymouth. Lovely spot here on the roadside. They will
:02:27. > :02:33.whizz through rather quickly but we have seen it before, so we do know
:02:34. > :02:37.what happens. It is just exciting. Just over the road, a local dry
:02:38. > :02:44.stone wall is in a race against time to finish this. He is putting his
:02:45. > :02:50.own time and money into creating something to mark the occasion in
:02:51. > :02:54.Ripley. In Harrogate, preparations are well underway for the biggest
:02:55. > :02:59.sporting event the town has ever seen. This is where spectators will
:03:00. > :03:03.watch a sprint finish on Saturday, so everything needs to be in place.
:03:04. > :03:08.When the world comes to Yorkshire, it is vital Yorkshire has the
:03:09. > :03:14.toilets to cope. More than 110 of them alone here, it is thought to
:03:15. > :03:30.20,000 people could be paying a visit here this weekend.
:03:31. > :03:40.No, this is not Paris, in fact, it is early in Wharfedale, around 100
:03:41. > :03:45.Scouts and Girl Guides helped build this wooden Eiffel Tower. When we
:03:46. > :03:49.had picked ourselves off the floor, hearing the Tour de France was going
:03:50. > :03:53.to start in Leeds this year, we thought, we have to celebrate it.
:03:54. > :03:59.What more iconic way of recognising France coming to England and to have
:04:00. > :04:05.the Eiffel tower somewhere in the village? It seems no one can escape
:04:06. > :04:08.Tour de France FIFA. The polka`dots and yellow jerseys line the route,
:04:09. > :04:16.know the people of Yorkshire wait for the world to arrive.
:04:17. > :04:21.So, it looks as if Yorkshire is ready. This is a great atmosphere.
:04:22. > :04:26.And he enjoyed yourself? Fantastic, amazing to have this race here this
:04:27. > :04:31.evening. You could almost feel you were in France as well. It
:04:32. > :04:35.definitely has a continental feel tonight. What will it do for
:04:36. > :04:41.Ilkley? Can you make it a regular event? People seem to want to come
:04:42. > :04:46.and watch it, so let's make it every year. Everyone else seems to be
:04:47. > :04:49.enjoying it, the cycling club is booming. Mata`mac doing really well,
:04:50. > :04:55.everyone is mulling it and getting into the spirit. Going on at the
:04:56. > :05:00.moment is the women's race. Lizzie Armitstead, who we will be talking
:05:01. > :05:04.to you later, is not taking part in that, she is in the men's race.
:05:05. > :05:09.Typical! But are we embracing the legacy of the two? Do we want to get
:05:10. > :05:15.on our bikes? Our correspondent Matt Slater has been investigating.
:05:16. > :05:21.We have bikes, would be Bradley Wiggins, and sunshine. That seems to
:05:22. > :05:25.be the message in Yorkshire were just about everyone agrees we would
:05:26. > :05:30.write a lot more if only the roads were safer. It gets them out in the
:05:31. > :05:37.fresh air, gets them out of the bedroom, it is a really good thing.
:05:38. > :05:44.She goes with me, I would not let her out on her own. It is the adults
:05:45. > :05:48.that need learning something. It will have a positive impact in terms
:05:49. > :05:53.of getting people to write against this place would be a good place to
:05:54. > :05:58.start. 550 youngsters from around the city riding in a fun and safe
:05:59. > :06:02.environment. This is the Hill climb, and they really have captured the
:06:03. > :06:06.spirit of the two. Safe was the key word. Which is not something we can
:06:07. > :06:13.say about many roads. As this commuter is about to learn. He was
:06:14. > :06:17.able to pick himself up eventually, but a poll for the BBC has revealed
:06:18. > :06:21.two thirds of adults in Britain think our roads are dangerous, only
:06:22. > :06:25.a third of their employer has done enough to promote cycling to work.
:06:26. > :06:29.But the demand is there, quarter of you want to write because of this.
:06:30. > :06:38.This wedding and it is safe is the challenge and were uttered to start
:06:39. > :06:45.than here? `` persuading them. Fundamentally, it is less is more.
:06:46. > :06:50.This would be a boulevard style, so changing it to a paving surface that
:06:51. > :06:54.is more neutral and take out all the street furniture, all those barriers
:06:55. > :06:59.would go. We would bring the speeds down to 20 mph. You ask anyone who
:07:00. > :07:05.was walking past, which is your favourite city, they could guarantee
:07:06. > :07:09.there would be a high level of cycling `` cycling and a lot of
:07:10. > :07:14.pedestrianisation. If the Tour will inspire more queens of the mansions,
:07:15. > :07:22.it is time to build a Copenhagen by Calderdale. In the meantime, the
:07:23. > :07:27.message is clear. One or two issues there that Matt
:07:28. > :07:32.has brought up. It would have the chair of the Ilkley cycling club.
:07:33. > :07:39.Basically, are we on roads that are safe for cycling? I think all
:07:40. > :07:44.cyclists have to take care when they are riding on public roads.
:07:45. > :07:48.Obviously, we would like to establish more off`road safe
:07:49. > :07:51.facilities as well. But I think the great thing is well about the Tour
:07:52. > :07:59.de France is that people are becoming more aware of cyclists on
:08:00. > :08:03.the road. I feel we need a more European, continental approach to
:08:04. > :08:06.cyclists. A lot of motorists are cyclists themselves. Have you
:08:07. > :08:13.noticed more cyclists around Ilkley? Is it just a Tour de France
:08:14. > :08:16.bubble ewe we already have 1000 members before we even got the
:08:17. > :08:22.announcement. I think the popularity of cycling in Yorkshire perhaps is
:08:23. > :08:23.one of the reasons for the Tour coming here. But we certainly hope
:08:24. > :08:30.we can grow project into place and bring more
:08:31. > :08:34.cyclists into Ilkley. This is the first time you have done it here,
:08:35. > :08:38.Otley had a successful one. Go and support that as well. Can this be
:08:39. > :08:44.the first of many? We certainly hope so. People have been really great
:08:45. > :08:50.and helped us in planning this event and we hope that we can carry on
:08:51. > :08:54.with the permission of the councils and everything else, that we can
:08:55. > :08:58.keep going and make an even bigger event next year. It is a lovely
:08:59. > :09:02.atmosphere here, it is going to be an exciting weekend if it is
:09:03. > :09:04.anything like this. More from me later, we will be talking to Lizzie
:09:05. > :10:37.Armitstead. Back to you damages to making `` makes Jamaica
:10:38. > :10:43.even more dangerous and that is fresh grounds for appeal. The fight
:10:44. > :10:48.to keep her son in the UK has taken a toll on his mother. She now fears
:10:49. > :10:52.for his life in Jamaica. I am very disappointed in the Government. I
:10:53. > :10:58.will never forget how they had treated my son and they have done
:10:59. > :11:02.what they have done to me, they had deteriorated his mind, they are
:11:03. > :11:07.breaking his spirit. All that they are doing is punishing my son,
:11:08. > :11:09.because of his sexuality, which is wrong. But the Home Office stands by
:11:10. > :11:28.its overall decision. What happens next is unclear.
:11:29. > :11:36.Orashia Edwards remains in limbo until his fate is finally decided.
:11:37. > :11:41.The Government has turned down a bit for York to have a say in the burial
:11:42. > :11:45.arrangements of Richard III. York lost a legal challenge to have the
:11:46. > :11:49.king buried in the city after his bones were discovered beneath a car
:11:50. > :11:53.park in Leicester in 2012. York Central MP Hugh Bayley said he was
:11:54. > :11:57.promised a meeting on the issue, but the Justice Minister Simon Hughes
:11:58. > :12:01.has turned him down. The Arts Council has announced a big
:12:02. > :12:07.increase in funding for a Leeds `based Northern Ballet. It will get
:12:08. > :12:11.an extra ?550,000, a rise of 23%. The Yorkshire Sculpture Park near
:12:12. > :12:15.Wakefield will get ?2 million for a new gallery to display the work of
:12:16. > :12:18.Henry Moore. The television presenter Marilyn
:12:19. > :12:23.Webb has died at her home in ligature. She worked on the ITV
:12:24. > :12:29.Yorkshire Calendar programme for newly 20 years as a reporter and a
:12:30. > :12:33.presenter from the mid`19 70s. She was 66.
:12:34. > :12:38.Labour leader Ed Miliband says Yorkshire is lagging behind the
:12:39. > :12:43.booming South East in jobs and investment. Today he promised he
:12:44. > :12:46.will put that right if elected Prime Minister. He chose a factory shop
:12:47. > :12:52.floor in Leeds to announce plans to give more local control of public
:12:53. > :12:58.spending. 19`year`old Ryan is lighting up
:12:59. > :13:02.Yorkshire's industrial future. He is one of the 15 apprentices taken on
:13:03. > :13:10.every year by this manufacturer of air conditioning units in Leeds.
:13:11. > :13:17.After finishing my college course, they offered me a job here. Nith
:13:18. > :13:22.let's transfer ?30 billion worth of spending out of Whitehall. Today, Ed
:13:23. > :13:26.Miliband used the shop floor to tell an invited audience that few
:13:27. > :13:32.companies are able to invest enough in training or modernisation, and if
:13:33. > :13:35.Labour is elected into Government, he will switch control of billions
:13:36. > :13:39.of public money is a local councils and businesses can decide spending
:13:40. > :13:44.priorities rather than Whitehall. Ewe to make those local decisions
:13:45. > :13:52.about transport, skills, to get people back to work. It is about
:13:53. > :13:55.giving local people local power to take decisions that matter to them.
:13:56. > :14:01.And it is about saying we cannot have all the jobs created in London
:14:02. > :14:06.and the south`east. We have to make sure we create the high skilled,
:14:07. > :14:10.high wage jobs in this region and right across the country, and we
:14:11. > :14:12.will make it happen. But must we, the Prime Minister and the
:14:13. > :14:19.Chancellor announced their own proposals for industrial investment
:14:20. > :14:25.so this package didn't impress Yorkshire MPs. A lot of the things
:14:26. > :14:29.he has proposed, the Government are already doing. It just shows he is
:14:30. > :14:36.either out of touch or are just not quite getting it. Stand`by for many
:14:37. > :14:42.more events like this. The political parties are aware that they need the
:14:43. > :14:46.votes of people who work in places like this. They are also aware that
:14:47. > :14:55.the clock is ticking to the General Election.
:14:56. > :14:59.A report into the quality of care at Leeds teaching hospitals has called
:15:00. > :15:03.for improvements in safety. The Care Quality Commission carried out an
:15:04. > :15:07.inspection in March at hospitals including Leeds General Infirmary
:15:08. > :15:09.and Singin says. They raised concerns about another of areas
:15:10. > :15:16.including staffing levels and training. `` and St James's.
:15:17. > :15:20.Around 70 inspectors from the Care Quality Commission spent four days
:15:21. > :15:25.in March looking at all areas of Leeds teaching hospitals. They found
:15:26. > :15:32.services in several hospitals were good. But Leeds General Infirmary
:15:33. > :15:37.and St James's required improvement. Among their concerns were staffing
:15:38. > :15:42.shortages on elderly care, children's and surgical wards. There
:15:43. > :15:45.are areas that the Trust absolutely must address in order to drive
:15:46. > :15:49.through improvements. They are around staffing levels, staff
:15:50. > :15:53.training, particularly around safeguarding, and around sharing
:15:54. > :15:57.those lessons when maybe things have not gone as well as they could.
:15:58. > :16:04.Inspectors acknowledged there were areas of good practice, Mike A and
:16:05. > :16:08.maternity. `` like A But they found safety needed to improve. The
:16:09. > :16:11.Trust has been told to make improvements in 15 areas. Leeds
:16:12. > :16:16.teaching hospitals say what to address these issues is already well
:16:17. > :16:20.underway with 400 extra nurses due to start from September and plans to
:16:21. > :16:25.deal with the problems around training and information sharing
:16:26. > :16:28.already in place. The Trust will now be inspected again at a later date
:16:29. > :16:35.to make sure the improvements have been made.
:16:36. > :16:41.That the latest from the studio, back to those two are celebrations.
:16:42. > :16:46.`` Tour. The atmosphere still continues to grow. The women's race
:16:47. > :16:53.just coming to a close. A rather special lady came to see us not so
:16:54. > :17:02.long ago. You may remember the medal rush in the 2012 Olympics by Lizzie
:17:03. > :17:05.Armitstead. Last Sunday she was picked for the World Champion ship
:17:06. > :17:07.crowd and I spoke to her a few minutes ago about that
:17:08. > :17:13.disappointment. It is a little bit softer, now, but
:17:14. > :17:19.I was very disappointed. But that is sport, you deal with it. If the
:17:20. > :17:24.reception he received tonight is anything to go by, it might have
:17:25. > :17:31.helped. I hope people still like the underdog. I have a lot of local
:17:32. > :17:35.support. This is an inaugural event. In our play they are doing it
:17:36. > :17:40.tomorrow night. It is great to see so much enthusiasm. It is definitely
:17:41. > :17:44.growing all the time. I think it is a really accessible sport. You can
:17:45. > :17:48.tell about people being here tonight, it is a free event. We
:17:49. > :17:53.would have liked to have seen you racing over here as well. The ladies
:17:54. > :18:01.race. Is it something that could be achieved? Staging this is a massive
:18:02. > :18:04.event and logistically, maybe it wasn't possible to put on a women's
:18:05. > :18:09.race. But in the future, it is something they want to look at. Is
:18:10. > :18:13.health and safety at issue here as well? Very concerned about nobody
:18:14. > :18:19.getting themselves knocked down. In Europe there is a lot less red tape.
:18:20. > :18:25.Events get put on much more easily. Maybe there will be a grand depart
:18:26. > :18:30.in the future. Coming about your plans for the next few months. The
:18:31. > :18:36.next big one is the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Fine tuning for
:18:37. > :18:41.the next few weeks. I am training. That is a big one. You are racing in
:18:42. > :18:51.the mens rea is tonight, does that worry you? `` the men's race. I will
:18:52. > :18:54.just try and stay safe but I am not going to win tonight. Lovely to see
:18:55. > :19:01.you. You know what people think of the year. Good luck tonight, go on,
:19:02. > :19:06.sorted out `` sort it out! I am not sure she will win, but that begin ``
:19:07. > :19:13.that race begins in about five minutes. We had our own race before
:19:14. > :19:16.the main event started. The bike we were given had a basket so we
:19:17. > :19:23.thought we would make it a food race. How much food could be
:19:24. > :19:28.collected in a 100 metres dash? I think certain people took advantage
:19:29. > :19:38.of me and the judge was Nicola Hudson, make of this what you will.
:19:39. > :20:11.I don't believe it. What a waste of beer. The wife says you are cheat! I
:20:12. > :20:15.am absolutely soaked. I tell you something, you are a cheat, Hudson!
:20:16. > :20:23.Even your wife told you off for making such a mess. I am soaked
:20:24. > :20:27.through, so I paid for it. We have some lovely pictures to show you
:20:28. > :20:39.before the forecast. These are my three favourites.
:20:40. > :20:46.The second one, we have lots of French onion sellers, as you might
:20:47. > :20:50.imagine. The third one, this is a very large yellow inflatable, very
:20:51. > :20:59.impressive, in Leeds. If you have a picture, send it to
:21:00. > :21:08.Keep those pictures coming in. Let's get the weather forecast. This
:21:09. > :21:13.is what we think Saturday is going to be like. There will be some rain
:21:14. > :21:17.on Saturday morning. But it should clear gradually in the afternoon, it
:21:18. > :21:20.looks a lot better. Still some uncertainty about the rain will
:21:21. > :21:25.clear, but it should clear through Saturday morning, in the afternoon
:21:26. > :21:29.looks much brighter. Sunday, a sunny start, then a few heavy showers
:21:30. > :21:35.developing into Sunday afternoon. Both days, temperatures around 19. A
:21:36. > :21:40.moderate West or South West wind. It could be worse. Let's have a look at
:21:41. > :21:44.this evening. It has been beautiful right across Yorkshire today. A
:21:45. > :21:49.better day to come tomorrow. Overnight, dry with clear periods.
:21:50. > :21:52.Any showers will clear. Clear spells, perhaps some mist around
:21:53. > :22:02.dawn. Lowest temperatures of around ten or 11. So, a marvellous day to
:22:03. > :22:05.come on Wednesday. Unbroken sunshine from first light in the morning. As
:22:06. > :22:11.temperatures rise, as you might expect, some cloud bubbling up, so
:22:12. > :22:14.the afternoon, the sunshine turning hazy as the cloud filters in from
:22:15. > :22:19.the West. With that moderate South West wind, it will be warm and much
:22:20. > :22:29.warmer along the coast. Onshore breezes this week. So, Scarborough
:22:30. > :22:34.and Filey, 22 or 23. A lovely day to come on Wednesday. The outlook, more
:22:35. > :22:40.cloud on Thursday, it could be thick enough for some drizzle over the
:22:41. > :22:43.Pennines. Otherwise, dry. Friday, it gradually goes downhill, a bright
:22:44. > :22:48.start but cloud thickens, some rain showing later in the day. If you are
:22:49. > :22:52.camping on Friday night for the Tour de France, it is going to be very
:22:53. > :22:55.wet this weekend. But the rain should clear through Saturday
:22:56. > :22:59.morning, then sunshine and scattered showers.
:23:00. > :23:10.After that race, I feel like IT new! That's just about it. Many
:23:11. > :23:13.people are wanting more information about the road closures that will
:23:14. > :23:17.come into effect over the weekend. If you go to the BBC website, it
:23:18. > :23:20.will give you all the details that you will need to make sure you
:23:21. > :23:26.weekend is as smooth as it can be. `` your weekend. As you can sense by
:23:27. > :23:30.the atmosphere tonight, it is building up to be a remarkable
:23:31. > :23:38.evening. We thought we would leave you tonight with some of your
:23:39. > :23:42.pictures. It will reflect what is about to happen to this region over
:23:43. > :23:46.the weekend. From Paul and myself, good night, please send us more
:23:47. > :23:51.pictures. At night. `` good night.