:00:00. > 3:59:59normal temperatures. Peter, thank you. That is all from me. Now on BBC
:00:00. > :00:00.One Welcome to Look North. On the
:00:00. > :00:00.programme tonight: Care workers in Doncaster begin
:00:00. > :00:15.a two`week strike over pay They look after people with learning
:00:16. > :00:30.disabilities ` but say their pay This is the third month, with the
:00:31. > :00:33.cuts that I've not been able to pay the rent.
:00:34. > :00:36.We'll be talking to their employer Care UK.
:00:37. > :00:40.York's free Wi`Fi ` does logging on mean giving up some
:00:41. > :00:44.A bumper crop for Yorkshire's farmers `as the hot weather brings
:00:45. > :00:54.There has been more cloud around but changes are afoot. Join me for the
:00:55. > :01:05.latest. It's becoming one
:01:06. > :01:12.of the most entrenched privatisation On one side
:01:13. > :01:15.the care workers employed by a private company to look after
:01:16. > :01:18.adults with learning difficulties. They say pay cuts mean they can
:01:19. > :01:21.barely cover basic costs of living. On the other side, Care UK,
:01:22. > :01:23.the company involved, says Doncaster Council has set the
:01:24. > :01:26.budget ` and its hands are tied. When this latest walkout ends,
:01:27. > :01:28.345 days will have passed since the battle over pay began
:01:29. > :01:31.last September. And workers will have been
:01:32. > :01:35.on strike for 48 of those days. That?s roughly one in every
:01:36. > :01:40.seven days for almost a year. As Tom Ingall reports,
:01:41. > :01:58.it's a dispute that shows no signs What we want? Fair pay! The start of
:01:59. > :02:07.another strike of Care UK workers. In search of a pay rise. This woman
:02:08. > :02:13.has worked in health care since she was 16 and she is passionate about
:02:14. > :02:18.her cause. This is what's left of my life after 15 years. She has
:02:19. > :02:30.recently had to leave her home and now lives in a box room. You want
:02:31. > :02:35.owning is not? No, I am losing money. This is the first month with
:02:36. > :02:44.the cuts and I can't afford to pay rent so I had to get out. Given that
:02:45. > :02:48.you say you are out of cash because you don't live with your parents,
:02:49. > :02:56.why are you choosing to support a day of strikes? It is a bigger
:02:57. > :03:05.picture. We all love the NHS and we don't want to end up like America
:03:06. > :03:08.where we pay. And we care. Relations between the Unison and Care UK have
:03:09. > :03:14.been strained since the company took over the provision of some services
:03:15. > :03:19.in Doncaster. The union want the employees to receive the minimum
:03:20. > :03:24.wage. They should negotiate to rent `` to get a good standard of pay for
:03:25. > :03:32.their staff. Will it affect the people? It will eventually because
:03:33. > :03:37.these people behind me have many years skill and service. They are
:03:38. > :03:43.already applying for jobs outside Care UK. So their skills be lost.
:03:44. > :03:47.But even those who took the payments taped up their mouths of this
:03:48. > :03:50.morning. This issue was about more than how much they get paid. `` they
:03:51. > :03:54.take their mouths up this morning. Earlier I spoke to Chris Hindle,
:03:55. > :03:56.the Director of Disability Learning Services
:03:57. > :03:59.for Care UK, and I put it to him that the company knew it would have
:04:00. > :04:02.to cut pay as the contract was worth ?7 million and the wage bill alone
:04:03. > :04:11.was ?6.8 million. It is a statement of fact that
:04:12. > :04:16.whoever was commissioned to provide this service would have had to do so
:04:17. > :04:20.at a reduced budget. The budget was set by Doncaster Council and whoever
:04:21. > :04:24.was awarded the contract would have had to reduce costs. Even the
:04:25. > :04:29.previous provider went on record to say that they would have had to do
:04:30. > :04:35.exactly the same. Care UK has made those reductions but have done so in
:04:36. > :04:40.a way that has protected jobs and protected the final salary pension
:04:41. > :04:45.scheme. We are protected people's basic pay. There have been no
:04:46. > :04:48.reductions to basic pay. We are also offers people a transition period
:04:49. > :04:55.for salaried rejection for that period. The union say that you have
:04:56. > :04:58.cut allowances. They have a 14 month transition period, but thereafter
:04:59. > :05:05.they will be worse off. One person said that she would be ?400 a month
:05:06. > :05:09.worse off. The reality is that Doncaster Council set a
:05:10. > :05:12.significantly reduced budget. We have to deliver within that budget
:05:13. > :05:19.and have had to make decisions. We have tried to minimise the effect on
:05:20. > :05:24.people by protecting basic pay and membership of the generous pension
:05:25. > :05:27.scheme. We have protected jobs by making redundancies. We have also a
:05:28. > :05:32.transition payment which means that people in those `` people who have
:05:33. > :05:38.accepted that will not receive a pay cut for 14 months. Clearly, your
:05:39. > :05:42.company is in the business of making profit from care. What about the
:05:43. > :05:45.adults in your care, are you satisfied that they are receiving a
:05:46. > :05:51.decent level of service given that many people will want to leave your
:05:52. > :05:56.employment? I'm satisfied that we are giving a good quality of
:05:57. > :05:59.service. We are improving quality of service. Doncaster Council did not
:06:00. > :06:03.only want the servers to be delivered within a reduced budget
:06:04. > :06:08.but also wanted to see continuous improvement through the life of the
:06:09. > :06:13.contract. Care UK has already made positive changes and will continue
:06:14. > :06:18.to do that against the backdrop `` against the backdrop of these
:06:19. > :06:25.unfortunate industrial disputes. Could you live on ?7 an hour? That
:06:26. > :06:29.is not the matter, the fact is that Doncaster Council budget has been
:06:30. > :06:34.set and Care UK has had to deliver the service within that budget. We
:06:35. > :06:40.have set wages to be affordable within that reduced budget. Briefly,
:06:41. > :06:48.any sign of resolution here? Candi two signs get around a table? We
:06:49. > :06:52.wanted keep a dialogue open with Unison but the percentage increase
:06:53. > :06:57.they want does not seem reasonable or sensible to me. So we are open to
:06:58. > :07:02.having those discussions and we would like to do that. Actually, the
:07:03. > :07:06.pay review date for a number of our staff is not until October this year
:07:07. > :07:18.and we will be factoring in these considerations. Thank you. Next,
:07:19. > :07:25.concern over Yorkshire's Wi`Fi. People are concerned it was
:07:26. > :07:28.hoovering up private information. We are being assured that
:07:29. > :07:35.information is being secure and kept safe.
:07:36. > :07:40.Don't be deceived by York's entered attractions. This is a modern city,
:07:41. > :07:44.one of the first in the country to offer free public Wi`Fi. But being
:07:45. > :07:49.at the cutting edge can have its difficulties. The scheme is under
:07:50. > :07:54.scrutiny. Let's give it a try. To use the service, I have to log on
:07:55. > :07:59.and register either by filling in an online form or by Facebook or
:08:00. > :08:02.Twitter. The signing `` the registration involves giving away
:08:03. > :08:08.personal information including my name, my e`mail address and the type
:08:09. > :08:12.of device I'm using. If you register through Facebook or Twitter anything
:08:13. > :08:17.displayed on your social media accounts is available to the service
:08:18. > :08:22.provider. It is what happens to that information which is causing
:08:23. > :08:26.concern. Privacy campaigners fear it could be used to track our movements
:08:27. > :08:33.and they are suspicious about big companies wanting to know so much
:08:34. > :08:37.about us. We don't know why they need to know our names and our
:08:38. > :08:41.friends names. And the more data that you take the more opportunity
:08:42. > :08:45.there is to abuse it. There should be more restrained about what
:08:46. > :08:49.information is taken and we should be a lot more cautious about signing
:08:50. > :08:54.up to these things until we fully understand what will happen to the
:08:55. > :08:58.data. But your council wants to reassure us. It says that the
:08:59. > :09:01.service is similar to what is offered already in coffee shops and
:09:02. > :09:07.the council's use of data is controlled by law. We have to keep a
:09:08. > :09:10.certain amount of information to comply with data protection. That is
:09:11. > :09:19.stored securely and is not being used. The service provider except
:09:20. > :09:23.that in future, things could change. If we want to expand, local
:09:24. > :09:26.businesses will be offered opportunities to target walking ``
:09:27. > :09:30.customers walking by their shops with offers of cheap coffee or a
:09:31. > :09:36.free doughnut so we will fund that through advertising. This technology
:09:37. > :09:41.is so new that nobody knows how it will play out in future. So whether
:09:42. > :09:44.you embrace it or choose not to engage with it at all, is ultimately
:09:45. > :09:49.up to you. So ` no wholesale hoovering up
:09:50. > :09:52.of personal data in York. But could that change `
:09:53. > :09:56.what can we expect in the future? To help us understand more
:09:57. > :09:59.about data harvesting here is Gavin Wheeldon from Purple Wi`Fi which
:10:00. > :10:17.installed the software for the York Gavin, make that a bit clearer. If
:10:18. > :10:20.Purves 's letters `` if privacy settings are open on Facebook and
:10:21. > :10:26.you are going to be logging on through Facebook, it seems rain
:10:27. > :10:30.truce. If you think about the weather today, you're probably logon
:10:31. > :10:38.through Facebook. All we are doing is what has already happened in the
:10:39. > :10:42.web. It is an ease of logging. But people understand what is happening?
:10:43. > :10:47.They go to York to shop and there is all those information in the terms
:10:48. > :10:51.and conditions, they go on for ever and they are mind`boggling. Do
:10:52. > :10:55.people understand all the people just say yes because they want the
:10:56. > :11:00.scheme. It is the same if you look at Google or Facebook, any of the
:11:01. > :11:06.services. If there is `` if you want to use a free service, there is a
:11:07. > :11:09.trade. Wi`Fi has a lot of legal obligations around it as well.
:11:10. > :11:15.Making sure that we have got that data is important. There is a quid
:11:16. > :11:20.pro quo, no commercial enterprises will provide this service for the
:11:21. > :11:24.council without some payback. Absolutely. There is a cost to the
:11:25. > :11:30.access point, for the connectivity. There is no such thing as free
:11:31. > :11:36.Wi`Fi, somebody is paying for it. By giving over data, we were able to
:11:37. > :11:42.put out timely and local offers from businesses. A loss of us find it
:11:43. > :11:47.quite annoying, don't we? If you live in York city at 11pm, we know
:11:48. > :11:53.that you like Peters and you probably will want to shop York and
:11:54. > :11:59.you will get it 20% discount at a pizza shop, is that relevant?
:12:00. > :12:06.Probably, yes. Can data be sold on? Can they sell it to third parties?
:12:07. > :12:12.No. How do we know that, how do we have guarantees. Data is collected
:12:13. > :12:18.for analytical and legal purposes. It is not taken to be sold on
:12:19. > :12:22.wholesale. It can be used for advertisers to advertise you
:12:23. > :12:25.specifically when you are in York with adverts. So if they want to
:12:26. > :12:31.beat males of a particular age that are in a particular place at that
:12:32. > :12:35.time, then that data can be used to send that targeted information. What
:12:36. > :12:41.they will not receive is your e`mail address and contact information. It
:12:42. > :12:48.is used for those purposes. Is it happening elsewhere, other cities?
:12:49. > :12:52.Public Wi`Fi and citywide Wi`Fi is becoming more common. Everybody
:12:53. > :12:56.expects Wi`Fi and if you take York as the example, you have got 7
:12:57. > :12:59.million tourists every year. The minute they come out of that train
:13:00. > :13:05.station, the first thing they are going to do is look for Wi`Fi. It is
:13:06. > :13:09.an amenity, people expect it but nobody is repaired to pay for it. So
:13:10. > :13:14.there needs to be an exchange of value. And that value is, I know Li
:13:15. > :13:16.Hua, I know you are here, I will send you something relevant. Thank
:13:17. > :13:18.you. A first Commonwealth gold
:13:19. > :13:22.for Yorkshire in the pool as teenager Sophie Taylor triumphs
:13:23. > :13:27.in the 100m breaststroke to set A man
:13:28. > :13:40.from Rotherham has been charged with the murder of a guest house landlady
:13:41. > :13:43.in Bridlington and with ten offences 53`year`old John Heald was
:13:44. > :13:46.arrested last Friday. Bay Carter, who was 49,
:13:47. > :13:49.was found dead at the A toddler remains in hospital
:13:50. > :14:11.after being mauled by a dog A husband
:14:12. > :14:17.from Bradford has been given a life sentence with a minimum 15 years for
:14:18. > :14:20.battering to death his young wife, A court heard Dannish Irfan, who's
:14:21. > :14:24.22, had repeatedly attacked Ridda Zanab with a claw hammer as she lay
:14:25. > :14:27.in bed, after finding she'd sent It happened last November
:14:28. > :14:32.at their home. Mrs Zanab was said to have
:14:33. > :14:35.Westernised views which clashed Plans to knock down Wakefield market
:14:36. > :14:42.have been approved by the council market has only been open
:14:43. > :14:47.for six years but councillors say it The land will be sold to the owners
:14:48. > :14:51.of the nearby Trinity Walk shopping centre ` who are planning to build
:14:52. > :14:57.a cinema, restaurants and cafes. We're at the halfway point
:14:58. > :15:00.of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and Yorkshire's medal count is
:15:01. > :15:02.continuing to increase. Last night we claimed
:15:03. > :15:04.our first individual medal in the pool thanks to a gritty fight`back
:15:05. > :15:07.from a rising star of swimming. And another youthful Yorkshire
:15:08. > :15:10.talent got in on the act this In his first ever competition is
:15:11. > :15:22.a senior, Nile Wilson from Pudsey His performance in the high bar was
:15:23. > :15:28.crucial, securing gold for England It is unbelievable,
:15:29. > :15:37.this whole experience. This atmosphere,
:15:38. > :15:40.I have never experienced anything The 18`year`old is not
:15:41. > :15:45.finished yet as the individual Gold also for the girl
:15:46. > :15:52.from Harrogate. She won the 100m breaststroke
:15:53. > :16:01.last night in great style. After qualifying in a quick time,
:16:02. > :16:04.Taylor took the turn in second position so it looked
:16:05. > :16:08.as if her medal would be silver. But she seemed to gain strength
:16:09. > :16:11.as the race went on and powered away from her competitors to take
:16:12. > :16:16.gold and smash the British record. I could see the girl next to me,
:16:17. > :16:22.I could see she was dying. I thought I had to get stronger so I
:16:23. > :16:27.just kept going and going. I gave it my all and came out with
:16:28. > :16:31.the best time and a gold medal. It is always good to celebrate
:16:32. > :16:34.with your nearest and dearest. Gaby Adcock streamlined the process
:16:35. > :16:38.by partnering her husband Chris Last night,
:16:39. > :16:46.they won their match against In the boxing,
:16:47. > :16:52.Qais Ashfaq showed good timing to see off a tricky opponent
:16:53. > :16:57.on his way to the quarterfinals. Fellow Leeds fighter Nicola Adams
:16:58. > :16:59.did not hang around The Olympic gold medallist won
:17:00. > :17:04.on a unanimous points decision. She looks hungry to be
:17:05. > :17:09.the Commonwealth Games boxing first And Sheffield's John Lane has
:17:10. > :17:18.fought back in the decathlon. It is yet to be decided if he joins
:17:19. > :17:34.the medal winners from Yorkshire. In cricket, Yorkshire lost in
:17:35. > :17:37.the One Day Cup at Headingley today Adil Rashid and Jack Leaning
:17:38. > :17:43.combined to give the home side's But Gloucestershire eased
:17:44. > :17:47.past Yorkshire's total to And find out how this allergy`prone
:17:48. > :18:01.dog is enjoying his walkies once Next tonight, an extraordinary story
:18:02. > :18:10.of courage in the face Ian Pratt from Barnsley was
:18:11. > :18:14.diagnosed with motor neurone Since then he's dedicated his
:18:15. > :18:19.life to raising awareness of the We?ve spoken to him before
:18:20. > :18:23.when he began recording videos Now he's just returned from the Isle
:18:24. > :18:28.of Wight where fundraisers have completed a swim across the Solent
:18:29. > :18:41.in his honour. Ian joins us
:18:42. > :19:01.in the studio now. How you doing, Ian? Not too bad.
:19:02. > :19:06.Where were you first diagnosed. It was ten days after her second
:19:07. > :19:12.birthday. And you decided to raise awareness and start doing something.
:19:13. > :19:18.Absolutely. As soon as I was diagnosed, it was important get into
:19:19. > :19:21.the community. I'm struggling a bit of my voice... We need to raise
:19:22. > :19:27.awareness of the condition because a lot of people still don't know what
:19:28. > :19:32.it is. Tell us about the swim. Some people decided to swim in your
:19:33. > :19:41.honour? A good friend of mine on the Isle of Wight did a swim about two
:19:42. > :19:48.years ago and others asked me if they could swim in my honour for
:19:49. > :19:56.next year. So this year, we have done it with 22 swimmers swimming
:19:57. > :20:04.the Solent. We can also see people in kayaks there as well. There were
:20:05. > :20:09.22 swimmers, 22 `` 27 kayaks and safety vessels looking after these
:20:10. > :20:14.wonderful people. What an incredible thing to do. We can see your young
:20:15. > :20:19.daughter Georgie very excited to be in the studio! What about the impact
:20:20. > :20:24.on families, it can be quite difficult to deal with. How has it
:20:25. > :20:31.impacted on your life? It has impacted on every part of my life.
:20:32. > :20:37.And Georgie Arnaz as well. We live and breathe it. I held Ian in most
:20:38. > :20:45.of his tasks so it consumes me. And the video recording is a legacy for
:20:46. > :20:51.Georgie? Yes, and she will enjoy it as she grows older. She will be
:20:52. > :20:59.watching these! The videos will be wonderful. Ian, very inspiring to a
:21:00. > :21:06.lot of people, what is next? Spring next year, the swim next year they
:21:07. > :21:14.will have 24 people. It looks like they will be having two events. Just
:21:15. > :21:17.amazing. Thanks Ian and Catherine. And Georgie has gone off with our
:21:18. > :21:23.floor manager! He is looking after her.
:21:24. > :21:26.hot weather means many farmers across Yorkshire have started
:21:27. > :21:31.It's a welcome turn of events for farms that had crops ruined during
:21:32. > :21:55.Our correspondent Len Tingle has been to meet one farmer in Thirsk
:21:56. > :21:58.They have never seen this in Yorkshire usually
:21:59. > :22:01.We should be starting the harvest next week.
:22:02. > :22:04.All the more surprising is that these
:22:05. > :22:07.were the fields a year ago after a winter and spring of torrential
:22:08. > :22:12.If you go back to winter 2012, we would have been waist deep in water.
:22:13. > :22:18.This year, we had a wet winter but we got off quite lightly
:22:19. > :22:21.Then we have had a perfect weather pattern.
:22:22. > :22:23.We have had rain, sunshine and at present,
:22:24. > :22:30.The combine harvester is already at full throttle after several years
:22:31. > :22:35.that saw crop yields down by a third, the worst in living memory.
:22:36. > :22:39.Mike Wilkinson should know, both his dad and grandad grew crops
:22:40. > :22:45.So with the sun finally shining, what is he looking forward to?
:22:46. > :22:49.A normal year, to be honest. As simple as that.
:22:50. > :22:52.The trouble is, from your point of view, you are
:22:53. > :22:57.It may not stay that way. That's farming.
:22:58. > :23:02.At last a smile on the face of arable farmers.
:23:03. > :23:04.And what will it take to keep it there?
:23:05. > :23:08.They tell me at least three more weeks of fine weather.
:23:09. > :23:23.They have all got their fingers crossed.
:23:24. > :23:33.For many Yorkshire owners, one of the great pleasures of some is
:23:34. > :23:39.walking their dog. But for this dog, Alfie he had a grass allergy.
:23:40. > :23:46.He and his owner came `` overcame it with a stylish solution.
:23:47. > :23:55.This is Alfie and he is a lively chat. A lively boy. But he would not
:23:56. > :24:04.have been able to enjoy this who until recently because he has a
:24:05. > :24:09.grass allergy. How bad was his problem? Pretty bad, you have sold
:24:10. > :24:17.all over his chest and down his back. He has still got a little bit
:24:18. > :24:22.of the rash (it is better isn't it as Mac is much better. Even that is
:24:23. > :24:26.much improved from what it was. At least he can come out and enjoy
:24:27. > :24:35.himself. He is not as sore and itchy and miserable. He is very happy. A
:24:36. > :24:42.happy chap and very lively. We are enjoying life again. Where do you
:24:43. > :24:51.get it from, what is it? It is a Lycra bodysuit. This is the only one
:24:52. > :24:57.they have in stock. Can you could not get this in the UK? No, you have
:24:58. > :25:04.to order from America. Is it expensive? Not prohibitively. $58.
:25:05. > :25:10.And it has made a huge difference to Alfie. Huge. We didn't go out for
:25:11. > :25:18.three weeks at one point. He can come out and play and be happy.
:25:19. > :25:21.Thank you very much. A simple and stylish solution which means Alfie
:25:22. > :25:32.can enjoy the fields with the rest of us. Where was his one the? I
:25:33. > :25:37.don't know. But he would look cute in it.
:25:38. > :25:53.I have a wolf bodysuit, actually. Let's have a look at these pictures.
:25:54. > :26:02.Thank you for these pictures. Keep them coming in. The weather is
:26:03. > :26:08.deteriorating over the next few days. It looks very unsettled.
:26:09. > :26:11.Tomorrow, some bits and pieces of rain over the Pennines further east
:26:12. > :26:16.it is set to be dry and bright toward the coast. The front has
:26:17. > :26:22.brought thicker cloud this afternoon. There have been one or
:26:23. > :26:28.two showers. There is brightening towards the north and west.
:26:29. > :26:37.Overnight mostly dry with broken cloud with a few spots of rain
:26:38. > :26:41.coming into Pennine areas later. The sun rises in the morning at these
:26:42. > :26:54.times. And these are the high water times. There is a West is split.
:26:55. > :27:03.Western areas having more clout and some rain. As a general rule, to the
:27:04. > :27:13.east of the A1, it is fine. But the further west you go the cloudier it
:27:14. > :27:26.is. These are the top have `` temperatures. A risk of showers
:27:27. > :27:29.spreading from the West but the weekend looks much more unsettled.
:27:30. > :27:35.The risk of showers and even some long spells of rain.
:27:36. > :27:42.That is not so good. Thank you, Paul. Back at ten defies PM I am
:27:43. > :27:46.cropping up in about 11 hours for the breakfast shift.
:27:47. > :27:58.`` back at 10:25pm. I leave the ashram, travel halfway
:27:59. > :28:02.across the world to find my father, Oh, well. As Vashrati says,
:28:03. > :28:10.gotta keep smiling! We don't tend to use the bathroom
:28:11. > :28:13.together here. All right, well,
:28:14. > :28:15.I'll catch you later. This ashram of yours,
:28:16. > :28:18.it might be a cult. I take it back,
:28:19. > :28:51.he's definitely Cuckoo's son. MUSIC: "Changing"
:28:52. > :28:54.by Sigma feat. Paloma Faith