:00:08. > :00:20.First tonight, a man has appeared in court charged
:00:21. > :00:23.with the murder of a Leeds woman who vanished 14 years ago.
:00:24. > :00:25.Gemma Simpson was 23 when she was last seen.
:00:26. > :00:27.Today, a 44`year`old man appeared before magistrates
:00:28. > :00:30.Our reporter Shirley Henry was in court this morning.
:00:31. > :00:32.Gemma Simpson from Harehills vanished in May 2000.
:00:33. > :00:34.It's believed she told a friend she was catching
:00:35. > :00:37.a bus to Leeds city centre and was going to Huddersfield.
:00:38. > :00:39.The 23`year`old has not been seen since.
:00:40. > :00:41.Four days ago, a 44`year`old man wasarrestdd
:00:42. > :00:46.at Scarborough police station in connection with her disappe`rance.
:00:47. > :00:50.On Friday, he was charged with murder.
:00:51. > :00:53.During a brief hearing, Martin Bell spoke only to confirm
:00:54. > :01:00.The 44`year`old from Scarborough was remanded in custody.
:01:01. > :01:02.He's due in Leeds Crown Court on Monday.
:01:03. > :01:16.Meanwhile, his home in Scarborough remains boarded up.
:01:17. > :01:19.Some other news in brief and police in York are appealing for
:01:20. > :01:22.information as to the where`bouts of a man who has breached the terms
:01:23. > :01:26.30`year`old Michael William Powell was released from custody l`st month
:01:27. > :01:30.Officers have been making enquiries in and around the York area, but he
:01:31. > :01:33.Family and friends of a Derbyshire teenager killed
:01:34. > :01:36.on his first holiday abroad without his family are holding a festival
:01:37. > :01:39.Initially, Greek authorities said 17`year`old Matthew Cryer from
:01:40. > :01:44.Killamarsh choked after drinking too much on the island of Z`nte
:01:45. > :01:47.However, an inquest in the TK found he was unlawfully killed.
:01:48. > :01:49.Witnesses reported seeing hhm being thrown downstairs outside
:01:50. > :01:55.Today his family have organhsed an event called Matt Fest at the Birley
:01:56. > :02:00.They're aiming to raise mondy to continue their fight for justice.
:02:01. > :02:03.Matthew's dad, David Cryer, says it's the fourth year they'vd run
:02:04. > :02:20.When we first did it there were only 300 people here, but today there
:02:21. > :02:25.will be 1600 people turning up. It's all fenced off. Over the ye`rs it's
:02:26. > :02:29.got bigger and bigger. Day`to`day I cope, but with events like this it
:02:30. > :02:37.makes me upset, but I'm just happy that everyone is behind my dad,
:02:38. > :02:42.getting justice for my brother and hopefully one day we will. Feels
:02:43. > :02:48.like the hard work and stress were worth it and we get what we need.
:02:49. > :02:51.In rugby league, it was a thriller at Castleford last night.
:02:52. > :02:53.The Tigers came from behind to beat Huddersfield 44` 0.
:02:54. > :02:58.The pick of them was possibly this from Oliver Holmes, finishing
:02:59. > :03:02.A couple of other results from last night, and plenty of tries
:03:03. > :03:15.But defeat for the Bradford Bulls ` they lost 44`22 at St Helens.
:03:16. > :03:17.And finally, congratulations to Sophie Hetherton from York.
:03:18. > :03:20.The teenager has become the youngest woman to circulnavigate
:03:21. > :03:23.The 19`year`old has been onboard the Mission Performance Yacht
:03:24. > :03:27.Today, the race finished in London and she
:03:28. > :03:39.After what had been a fine day with sunshine, heavy, thundery showers
:03:40. > :03:42.caused the Met Office to issue a yellow weather warning, which is
:03:43. > :03:47.Overnight it will remain cloudy and humid,
:03:48. > :03:55.Coming in from the west, spreading across the east,
:03:56. > :03:59.Cloudy conditions throughout the night and the return
:04:00. > :04:05.of the mist and coastal fog by the coast and over the hhlls
:04:06. > :04:10.Lows of 16 to 17 Celsius as the minimum temperature.
:04:11. > :04:17.An improving picture, especially further west where we
:04:18. > :04:20.will start to see sunny spells by the afternoon, although showers
:04:21. > :04:26.In the west, temperatures of 20`21 Celsits with
:04:27. > :04:31.Further east, showers continuing and tempdratures
:04:32. > :04:39.That's as far as we go this evening, but don?t forget we're back
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:04:55. > :05:21.We are seeing thunderstorms developing. Some of these will stay
:05:22. > :05:26.with us well on into the evening to be replaced with outbreaks of rain
:05:27. > :05:29.later in the night. The rain we had heading into western Scotland and
:05:30. > :05:35.Northern Ireland and spreading east across the UK. There are some
:05:36. > :05:40.heavier bursts. Coast and hill fog around and a warm muggy night to
:05:41. > :05:45.come. Tomorrow we start with cloud. Damp in places. Many of us will see
:05:46. > :05:48.brighter skies arrive. There will be showers around. Light ones for Wales
:05:49. > :05:51.West earn England. Through