12/07/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


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First tonight, a man has appeared in court charged

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with the murder of a Leeds woman who vanished 14 years ago.

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Gemma Simpson was 23 when she was last seen.

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Today, a 44`year`old man appeared before magistrates

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Our reporter Shirley Henry was in court this morning.

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Gemma Simpson from Harehills vanished in May 2000.

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It's believed she told a friend she was catching

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a bus to Leeds city centre and was going to Huddersfield.

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The 23`year`old has not been seen since.

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Four days ago, a 44`year`old man wasarrestdd

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at Scarborough police station in connection with her disappe`rance.

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On Friday, he was charged with murder.

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During a brief hearing, Martin Bell spoke only to confirm

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The 44`year`old from Scarborough was remanded in custody.

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He's due in Leeds Crown Court on Monday.

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Meanwhile, his home in Scarborough remains boarded up.

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Some other news in brief and police in York are appealing for

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information as to the where`bouts of a man who has breached the terms

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30`year`old Michael William Powell was released from custody l`st month

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Officers have been making enquiries in and around the York area, but he

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Family and friends of a Derbyshire teenager killed

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on his first holiday abroad without his family are holding a festival

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Initially, Greek authorities said 17`year`old Matthew Cryer from

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Killamarsh choked after drinking too much on the island of Z`nte

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However, an inquest in the TK found he was unlawfully killed.

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Witnesses reported seeing hhm being thrown downstairs outside

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Today his family have organhsed an event called Matt Fest at the Birley

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They're aiming to raise mondy to continue their fight for justice.

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Matthew's dad, David Cryer, says it's the fourth year they'vd run

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When we first did it there were only 300 people here, but today there

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will be 1600 people turning up. It's all fenced off. Over the ye`rs it's

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got bigger and bigger. Day`to`day I cope, but with events like this it

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makes me upset, but I'm just happy that everyone is behind my dad,

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getting justice for my brother and hopefully one day we will. Feels

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like the hard work and stress were worth it and we get what we need.

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In rugby league, it was a thriller at Castleford last night.

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The Tigers came from behind to beat Huddersfield 44` 0.

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The pick of them was possibly this from Oliver Holmes, finishing

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A couple of other results from last night, and plenty of tries

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But defeat for the Bradford Bulls ` they lost 44`22 at St Helens.

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And finally, congratulations to Sophie Hetherton from York.

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The teenager has become the youngest woman to circulnavigate

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The 19`year`old has been onboard the Mission Performance Yacht

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Today, the race finished in London and she

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After what had been a fine day with sunshine, heavy, thundery showers

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caused the Met Office to issue a yellow weather warning, which is

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Overnight it will remain cloudy and humid,

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Coming in from the west, spreading across the east,

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Cloudy conditions throughout the night and the return

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of the mist and coastal fog by the coast and over the hhlls

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Lows of 16 to 17 Celsius as the minimum temperature.

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An improving picture, especially further west where we

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will start to see sunny spells by the afternoon, although showers

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In the west, temperatures of 20`21 Celsits with

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Further east, showers continuing and tempdratures

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That's as far as we go this evening, but don?t forget we're back

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In the meantime, you can post a comment on our Facebook p`ge

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at BBC Look North Yorkshire or you can send us an email.

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And you can tweet us at BBC Look North,

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We are seeing thunderstorms developing. Some of these will stay

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with us well on into the evening to be replaced with outbreaks of rain

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later in the night. The rain we had heading into western Scotland and

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Northern Ireland and spreading east across the UK. There are some

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heavier bursts. Coast and hill fog around and a warm muggy night to

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come. Tomorrow we start with cloud. Damp in places. Many of us will see

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brighter skies arrive. There will be showers around. Light ones for Wales

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West earn England. Through

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