12/07/2014

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: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

:04:40. > :04:45.In the meantime, you can post a comment on our Facebook p`ge

:04:46. > :04:52.at BBC Look North Yorkshire or you can send us an email.

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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