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Illegal ` a judge's verdict on one city council's decision to

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The new TV drama about a scandal`hit antenatal group.

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She's in the studio to tell us all about it.

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The cloud has broken over Derwent water. Will there be any sunshine

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returning tomorrow. One of Yorkshire's most prominent

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politicians, the Conservative peer Baroness

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Warsi, has quit the government in The former Foreign Office Minister,

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who's from Dewsbury, says Britain's The Chancellor George Osborne says

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her decision is disappointing and frankly unnecessary,

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but she's had plenty of support for the move here in Yorkshire,

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as Dave Edwards reports. This was Baroness Warsi putting out

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a candle at a ward for one centenary service last night. Today she has

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chosen to extinguish her own career as a government minister. It's all

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because of what is happening thousands of miles away in Gaza.

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Were at least 1800 Palestinians and 67 Israelis have died over the past

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month. She wants a tougher line against Israel. Over the last four

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weeks I have done everything I can at meetings trying to convince my

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colleagues that our current policy on Gaza is morally indefensible. It

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is not a British interests and will have consequences for us both

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internationally and here at home. In the end, I felt the government

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position was not right and as a point of principle I had to resign.

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It is an issue that has generated strong feelings here in Yorkshire in

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recent weeks. Thousands have demonstrated in Bradford mostly in

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support of the Palestinians. Organisers on delighted at what

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baroness Basi has done. `` Baroness Warsi.

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To prove that she is against what is happening in Gaza. On the other

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side, this was a demonstration in Leeds last month organised by the

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Jewish community. The action there today was different. The government

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is trying to take it position whereby it is trying to effect

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change in that region. Taking one side or another will not achieve

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that. We want a permanent cease`fire and demilitarisation of her mass.

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Baroness Warsi was born here in Dewsbury. She's become one of the

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most prominent politicians in the country. Her colleagues may disagree

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with but she has had plenty of support on the streets. She has done

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an honourable thing. For humanity sake. She has taken a bold decision.

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I thank her. I support. I think Israel has gone

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beyond what can I say? Baroness Warsi said she is leaving with deep

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regret and hope the government will change and approach that she is

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calling morally indefensible. The High Court in Leeds has today

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quashed a planned rent increase A judge ruled that the proposal

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by Leeds City Council was unlawful. Now legal experts are warning

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that councils will need to make sure their future budget

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decisions comply with the law. They are local gardeners taken on

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Leeds City Council. Today at the court they won their fight. The

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judge quashed a planned rent increase for allotment tenants

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saying it was unlawful. This is local people taking on the big boys.

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It has been stressful. We don't get paid for this. It has been very

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good. Allotments are very popular in Leeds. There are almost 4000 of them

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across the city and there is a waiting list. Some tenants feared

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they may have to give up their plot if the rent is increased. Allotment

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holders on a site like this have been paying ?37 a year for a full

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plot. The council wanted to increase that to ?58 by the end of this year.

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And then by 2016 to ?72 a year. Two thirds of the rent on some sites

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like this one is retained by volunteers for maintenance. But the

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council wanted to change that so most of the money went to the local

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authority instead. The allotment holders felt that was morally wrong.

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The decision was unlawful and on fire. We tried to talk to the

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council to persuade them to look at it again and they refused. We have

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been lift with no choice. The planned rent hike was ruled to be

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unlawful. What could this mean for future financial decisions by

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councils? The overall message is that councils need to take difficult

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budget decisions and they have two take regard to whether they are

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agreeing with the law. Council leaders have told us they are

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disappointed to have lost on a narrow point of law. They said they

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will now consider an appeal. The Shadow Chancellor of the

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Exchequer and West Yorkshire MP Ed Balls has been fined ?900 and given

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five penalty points after failing to stop after a minor accident in his

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constituency in Morley last April. It was the fourth motoring offence

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by Mr Balls in the last four years. Our Crime Correspondent John Cundy

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reports. He didn't have to come to court

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for his motoring offence early this The Shadow Chancellor and Morley MP,

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Ed Balls, pleaded guilty by letter. On April 5th this year, the Shadow

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Chancellor was doing what he has since called 'a five or seven`point

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turn' here outside the Labour club Today, Mr Balls was fined ?900 with

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five penalty points on his licence. But it was the fourth motoring

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mishap for the Shadow Chancellor In 2010,

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he used a mobile phone behind the December 2012,

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for jumping a red light after a late night Parliamentary sitting,

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fined ?350 three penalty points. April last year for speeding

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at 56 mph on the 50 stretch Then, in April this year,

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the accident in Morley. A district judge said failing to

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stop after an accident was a serious matter,

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but Mr Balls' offence had been very If only he had stopped,

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said the judge, the matter would Ed Balls' carelessness

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in turning around in this narrow passageway cost him more than ?1,000

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in fines and costs today, and the His office today referred

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the media to two statements made earlier this year by the

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Shadow Chancellor in which he said he took full responsibility for what

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had happened and would pay the cost A woman's been arrested after the

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sudden death of a fellow patient at The body of 52`year`old

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Linda Goswell from Halifax was discovered at the Cygnet Hospital

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in the Bierley area of Bradford. A 48`year`old woman questioned by

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police, has been released on bail. A post`mortem failed to determine

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a cause of death. The founder and principal

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of the King's Science Academy in Bradford has been sacked following

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a disciplinary investigation. Sajid Raza Hussain also remains

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on police bail following allegations The Academy has had a number

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of problems including the alleged mishandling of tens

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of thousands of pounds in funding. Governors have asked the Department

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for Education to find a suitable Parents and pupils have been showing

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their support for a school caretaker from West Yorkshire,

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facing deportation to Kenya. These were the scenes at

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Lady Hastings School in Collingham near Wetherby this afternoon,

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where Portas Ongondo works. The father of three has been

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in the UK for eight years But, after a breakdown

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in his marriage, he lost an appeal He, and the community,

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say they will fight on. Now, how about getting from Leeds to

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Manchester in thirty minutes Well today five City regions

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across the North gave the Chancellor a fifteen billion pound shopping

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list of spending on road and rail improvements designed to achieve all

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that over fifteen years. Our Political Editor Len Tingle

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reports. The Chancellor George Osborne was

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told in no uncertain terms how important it is for this mill near

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Wetherby to get its finished products out quickly and on time.

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Not surprising because its customers use this specialised fireproof

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material to cover Kevlar bullet`proof vests and the seating

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in military vehicles. The Chancellor had come here after meeting the

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leaders from five city leaders across the North. They have a ?15

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billion shopping list for what they say are vital improvements to roll

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and red links. It is great that the five cities have come together to

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produce a single plan. It is a vision of what I have set out as a

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northern powerhouse to bring the cities across the Pennines together

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to make sure that we have jobs and prosperity in the North of England.

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Top of the list is to prepare for the high`speed railway from London.

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The city regions want a new link across the Pennines from Manchester

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to Leeds. This will join up the Lancashire and Yorkshire spurs of

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the link when it arrives at the end of the 20 20s. It takes is twice as

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long to travel in the North as it does in the South. If you shorten

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the distance in time, you make living here are far more attractive

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proposition. I am committed to making this a reality. I am

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committed to bringing cities like Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester

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closer together. This will be true schools, and universities and

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science. This will be a global city the size of a Tokyo, a New York or a

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London. Whatever the Chancellor does he has to make sure it is for the

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economic benefit of Yorkshire and not with an eye towards next year 's

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elections. The Yorkshire women who faced

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death throughout World War One. They laboured under dangerous

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conditions in Europe's But first, let's meet two

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of Yorkshire's stars from Their reaction to winning gold was

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one of the moments of the Games. City of Leeds pair Alicia Blagg and

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Rebecca Gallantree teamed up in the 3`metre synchronised springboard to

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snatch gold with their final dive. Let's just remind ours

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elves how they did it. And it's a big ask,

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but it is the biggest dive It is a forward three

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and a half somersault with pike. They are going to be Commonwealth

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champions. She is still kind of suffering,

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but she's not suffering now. That is

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the best anaesthetic you could possibly get, winning a Commonwealth

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gold in the three metre Synchro. They didn't lead

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until the final dive. You didn't win until the final dive.

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The last time you clinched it by quite a way didn't you? Yes, we had

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no idea. I thought it was fantastic. Just hearing the cloud cheering,

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that was the best moment of my life. So there was no game plan? No

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absolutely not. Youth and experience, did you have to come

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this lady down? To be honest, Alicia has so much experience, we've been

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working together for five years and she has come on so much in those

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five years will stop I have seen her grow from a child to an experienced

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athlete. There is an age gap, so how will you put together to begin with?

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It was one of those things. Five years ago there was no one else

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around with age and experience. The coaches could see the potential in

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Alicia and they were right. Here we are five years later. Heavy techno

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is up yet? No, not yet. We are talking about Rio coming up. Is that

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on the agenda? Fingers crossed. That is the dream. When you talk about

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the Olympics, you are talking about the Chinese and the Russians. Yes it

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is a tough field. The Canadians were second. And the Australians were

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third. The Malaysians are very good also. It was, will we even get a

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medal? So you're confident for the Olympics then? More immediately,

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what is happening? You can't have a rest. We have Europeans are less

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than two weeks. We've had a couple of days off but now we are back into

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training. It all start again in about three hours. You are both at

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Dylan Biggs in 2012. How did the Commonwealth Games compare?

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The cloud in Scotland was so loud. It took me back to being in London.

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Obviously, it wasn't quite as big or spectacular but it was quite

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similar. The cloud was amazing wasn't it? This was the best ever as

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far as you are concerned. Was it special? Yes, definitely. It was my

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third, wealth games. This was great because it was so close to home. I

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had family watching. All of the other divers did to. It was more

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special by what we achieved. I know you have an injury, but best of luck

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to both of you. All this week on Look North,

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we're working with Imperial War Museums to bring you

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stories to mark the centenary of We're looking at how the war

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affected people on the Home Front.In Leeds the Government built Europe's

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biggest munitions factory, The Barnbow shell`making site stood

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between Crossgates and Garforth. As Heidi Tomlinson reports,

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it relied on skilled Yorkshire women, but it was

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a dangerous place to work. A gentle window tap was the early

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morning call for women workers torn away from their families, recruited

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in huge numbers to make bombs. Whilst fathers, husbands and

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brothers were risking life and limb on the front line, mothers, wives

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and sisters formed a production line The Barnbow munitions factory

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in Leeds was the biggest in Europe. 16 years ago,

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Look North recorded the memories I used to clean my buttons

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and I was proud of it. The commitment shown by Sally

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and her 16,000 colleagues is being I don't know if the residents that

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have moved in here noticed that their street names have

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a definite reference to the past. Olive Yeates was one of 35 women and

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girls who on a cold winter's night in 1916, died at the number one

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shell filling factory at Barnbow. It is thought that

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the blast was triggered when two bags of explosives were

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packed in the wrong order. They were blown to bits,

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to be honest. It was a horrible sight

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for the rescuers and beyond that, an awful lot of woman were also

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very, very badly maimed. A story, you would think,

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too graphic for children today, but the young residents of these

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streets named in tribute to those Do you know why it is named

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Olive Yeates Way? Because it was either a man or

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a woman that got blown up and they There's

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an Amelia Stewart up there as well. What did you think when you

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heard about the big explosion? Do you think it is a good thing that

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they have their names on your roads? Local children may soon be playing

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in a new park to be named The 38`year`old was drawn to

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war duty when her husband She died in the explosion leaving

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ten children without a mother. My father walked from York

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to Barnbow to identify her. I think he got a cup of tea and

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a bun when he had done it and then Bereaved families were given

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around ?100 in compensation but no amount could repay the

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sacrifice of the Barnbow lasses. BBC Radio Leeds will have more

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on this story at 8.20am tomorrow morning,

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and Radio's York and Sheffield are also running local stories from

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World War One at home all week. And for more information go to

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the web site at bbc.co.uk/ww1 She's created acclaimed TV dramas

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like The Syndicate and Fat Friends, and tonight Kay Mellor's latest

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series begins on BBC1. It's called In The Club,

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and focuses on six couples who are This series has been filmed

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around her home city of Leeds, and she's drawn on her own experiences

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of giving birth at the age of 16. We'll be talking to Kay in a moment,

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but first here's a taste I thought I had gone into labour,

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but it was just aches. I am not going anywhere, Rosie,

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I am right here. Her name is Rosie. She is at Kim's

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school. She is the one that kept

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contacting her on her blog. It looks amazing and hopped already.

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I am in the club. I had that. I think a lot of people

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watching this, anyone who has had a child, can identify with one of the

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characters. I have gone right across this social strata. From teenage

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girls to 46`year`old women. I have tried to go right across. Everyone

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suffers with something different when they are pregnant. It can be

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throwing up. I had trapped wind. You have done so much in terms of

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bringing drama to Yorkshire. I do try to. I love it. I am a Yorkshire

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girl will stop I live ten minutes away from where I was born and it is

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really important to me that drama is set here. In my early career, it was

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almost taken over by Lancashire. I am not having a latter. Forming my

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own company meant I could get Yorkshire on the screen. Will you be

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having a party tonight? Are you nervous? I will be thinking, is

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something going to go wrong. I have to be there to watch. You have seen

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a ten times already. Yes I have. You have an attachment to this. Rosie

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the teenage mum is based on you. Yes the spirit of Rosie is me. She tries

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to hide her pregnancy. I was 16 from Pat cancels gait `` cancellers gate.

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In that respect, I inspired the character of Rosie. It was therapy

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for me. I have always wanted to write about that period of my life.

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I was frightened to death. I knew this thing was going to happen. But

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there was not much talked about in those days. It wasn't, people didn't

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talk about it. We wish you all the best. Good luck tonight. That is on

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at 9pm on BBC1. Some pictures before we begin the

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forecast. The first is of Bamford edge. The second picture of a

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reservoir. The third, you can just see some sun. We have got some wet

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weather over the next week. The good news is the rain we were expecting

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tomorrow will not happen. It will brighten up tomorrow morning with

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scattered showers. That won't be with us for very long.

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We had a pleasant morning. We have seen more cloud pushing from the

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West. There are a few showers about but they will die away before we see

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another band of rain pushing. Some dry spells but you can see the rain

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pushing up from the south`west. Heavy and persistent in places. It

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is going to be a maquis humid night. Temperatures no lower than 17

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Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at

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five 20 5am. We start the day with a lot of rain.

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Quite quickly, that will push away. Behind it, drier and brighter

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conditions. The showers will be fairly well scattered. There will be

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sunshine for all at some point. It will be breezy. We went loose the

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warmth. Temperatures will be up to around 22 Celsius. A fine day on

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Thursday. That is it from the look North team.

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I will be back at 10:25pm. We don't tend to use the bathroom

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together here. I leave the ashram, travel halfway

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across the world to find my father, Oh, well. As Vashrati says,

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gotta keep smiling!

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