:00:00. > :00:12.Can it help tackle the dise`ses that kill more than 14,000 people
:00:13. > :00:16.We'll talk to the Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation.
:00:17. > :00:19.After major changes at Leeds United, we hear
:00:20. > :00:28.from the new head coach ahead of this weekend's big kick`off.
:00:29. > :00:36.I am alive at their 184 Bakewell Show. We have been dodging the
:00:37. > :00:40.showers, but a good time has been had by all.
:00:41. > :00:44.These other threatening skies over These other threatening skids over
:00:45. > :00:55.Yorkshire this afternoon. `` are the.
:00:56. > :00:58.A national charity is warning that 14,000 people in Yorkshire are dying
:00:59. > :01:00.each year from heart attacks and stroke`related illnesses.
:01:01. > :01:06.New figures compiled by the British Heart Foundation show that
:01:07. > :01:10.in Leeds alone almost 2,000 people die each year from cardiovascular
:01:11. > :01:13.diseases and that in areas like Bradford almost a third
:01:14. > :01:30.Our health correspondent, Jamie Coulson, reports.
:01:31. > :01:37.Eight months ago, Brendan suffered a debilitating stroke. The former
:01:38. > :01:41.captain of Leeds United had a blood clot on the left side of his brain
:01:42. > :01:47.that led him virtually unable to speak. Now he is learning how to say
:01:48. > :01:53.the most simple things. He cannot work. He cannot drive. He would not
:01:54. > :02:03.be able to get on a bus or read a menu. He still has a sense of
:02:04. > :02:08.humour. We do try and do thhngs as a family, but it is restricting.
:02:09. > :02:09.Brendan is one of thousands of people affected by cardiovascular
:02:10. > :02:16.disease its year. `` each ydar. disease its year. `` each year.
:02:17. > :02:21.While some have their lives torn apart, others may not survive. New
:02:22. > :02:24.figures compiled by the British Heart Foundation shows that nearly
:02:25. > :02:31.2000 people die each year in Leeds from cardiovascular disease.
:02:32. > :02:36.Bradford has the highest nulber of premature deaths per head of
:02:37. > :02:45.population, almost a third of those recorded in the under 75s.
:02:46. > :02:49.Researchers are now part of a major campaign to try and cut the number
:02:50. > :02:55.of premature deaths by a quarter over the next decade. Some of that
:02:56. > :02:59.work is going on here. This state`of`the`art MRI scanner is
:03:00. > :03:05.being used to diagnose heart disease. It is one of 55 research
:03:06. > :03:08.projects being carried out by Leeds University. You like it is only by
:03:09. > :03:14.taking part in this research and invested in it that we can help to
:03:15. > :03:18.stamp out the disease. It is devastating. It changds a
:03:19. > :03:23.It is devastating. It changes a person's life and turned thd family
:03:24. > :03:34.person's life and turned the family upside down. Brendan is setting his
:03:35. > :03:39.sights on the future. Good luck, Brendan.
:03:40. > :03:44.We can speak now to Simon Ghllespie from the British Heart Foundation.
:03:45. > :03:46.Simon, it seems far fewer pdople die from heart attacks in
:03:47. > :03:52.Does where you live really have an impact?
:03:53. > :03:57.There is a strong link betwden economic deprivation and a high
:03:58. > :03:58.incidence of cardiovascular incidence of cardiovascular
:03:59. > :04:00.disease. The wealthy you ard, the disease. The wealthy you ard, the
:04:01. > :04:04.less likely you are full stop that is tied in to things like dhet.
:04:05. > :04:09.less likely you are full stop that is tied in to things like diet. Few
:04:10. > :04:13.people in those groups smokd. We people in those groups smoke. We
:04:14. > :04:18.have to do things right across Yorkshire to improve the rates and
:04:19. > :04:24.drive them down. Far too many people are suffering. These figures are
:04:25. > :04:27.quite stark. They show that if you live in Bradford or Leeds or other
:04:28. > :04:33.areas that you are under threat. areas that you are under threat.
:04:34. > :04:36.There are things we can all do to reduce our risk factors. But it is
:04:37. > :04:41.particularly difficult where particularly difficult where
:04:42. > :04:46.communities might be poor or have less prospects. Those things
:04:47. > :04:48.contributes. We can work short`term and medium term to iron out some of
:04:49. > :04:56.the problems. How? The British Heart the problems. How? The Brithsh Heart
:04:57. > :04:58.Foundation supports a wide range of projects to encourage people to
:04:59. > :04:58.Foundation supports a wide range of projects to encourage peopld to live
:04:59. > :05:03.healthier lifestyles. People often healthier lifestyles. People often
:05:04. > :05:09.have not thought of these things before. If you are struggling to
:05:10. > :05:13.make ends meet, investing in a healthy diet is not highest on your
:05:14. > :05:19.list of priorities. If you do not do it now, you are building up two
:05:20. > :05:21.decades of misery. Even worse, if you have, as Brendan does, `
:05:22. > :05:24.you have, as Brendan does, a devastating stroke. `` as Brendan
:05:25. > :05:40.had. There are great areas that we should
:05:41. > :05:44.be trying to help out. The British Heart Foundation 's funds are vast
:05:45. > :05:45.majority of this sort of research in the UK. We want to continue and
:05:46. > :05:49.increase that. It's been a month since the
:05:50. > :05:51.Grand Depart powered out of Yorkshire creating scenes which
:05:52. > :05:54.none of us are likely to forget And it seems the glorious scenery,
:05:55. > :05:56.broadcast across the world, is tempting more visitors to want
:05:57. > :05:59.to come and try Yorkshire International bookings
:06:00. > :06:03.are already up. But not everyone benefited
:06:04. > :06:06.from the promised economic boost, as our business correspondent
:06:07. > :06:23.Danni Hewson reports. And has been making her bed is a lot
:06:24. > :06:30.this year. Even though her bedroom backlist was nowhere near the route,
:06:31. > :06:34.she has already benefited from it. `` her bed and breakfast. Wd had
:06:35. > :06:40.`` her bed and breakfast. We had some people from Korea come. They
:06:41. > :06:44.were on their way to Edinburgh. They detoured here. Then they went over
:06:45. > :06:46.to the Dales. That was extra to the Dales. That was extr`
:06:47. > :06:48.business. I think it has opened it business. I think it has opdned it
:06:49. > :06:53.up to the world. The economic business. I think it has opened it
:06:54. > :06:56.up to the world. The economhc legacy is impossible to quantify, but signs
:06:57. > :07:02.are already positive that more foreign visitors are flocking here.
:07:03. > :07:04.Not every business got a boost, some are asking lessons they learned
:07:05. > :07:08.before the next big event t`kes before the next big event takes
:07:09. > :07:14.place. Like most places on the route, Hebden Bridge pulled out all
:07:15. > :07:20.the stops. Businesses brought in extra food and stuff, but the crowd
:07:21. > :07:26.stay away. `` stayed away. Out of pocket by hundreds of pounds, this
:07:27. > :07:28.landlady has said up a task force to put locals first. We can manage our
:07:29. > :07:36.own businesses. We don't need own businesses. We don't nedd
:07:37. > :07:41.external traders to, take trade away. We pay higher rates here.
:07:42. > :07:41.external traders to, take trade away. We pay higher rates hdre. We
:07:42. > :07:47.away. We pay higher rates here. We are here day in, day out. When an
:07:48. > :07:53.event comes in, the trade comes in and takes away our business. No
:07:54. > :07:55.complaints from anyone about the spectacle, a giant advert of our
:07:56. > :07:59.locations, right to be pickdd by locations, right to be picked by
:08:00. > :08:09.Hollywood. It helps them to know where
:08:10. > :08:15.Yorkshire is. With several productions already filming, expect
:08:16. > :08:18.the world's new love affair with Yorkshire to intensify.
:08:19. > :08:22.Staying with Le Tour for just a little bit longer ` Mark Cavendish
:08:23. > :08:26.He hasn't competed in any r`ces since dislocating his collarbone in
:08:27. > :08:29.a crash just yards from the first stage finish line in Harrogate.
:08:30. > :08:37.He'll now take part in a five`day event in France later this month.
:08:38. > :08:42.100 years on, we look back at the public outcry over the len who
:08:43. > :08:51.In other news, a man has appeared in court charged
:08:52. > :08:54.with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in Ripley
:08:55. > :08:59.The body of Mark Berney, from Knaresborough, was found in a car on
:09:00. > :09:04.Oktay Kilic, who's 40 and from Harrogate, was remanded in custody
:09:05. > :09:10.He's due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on Friday.
:09:11. > :09:12.Five teenage boys from West Yorkshire have been charged
:09:13. > :09:22.Two separate incidents took place in the Brighouse area last July.
:09:23. > :09:24.The charges include rape and sexual assault.
:09:25. > :09:27.The boys, aged between 13 and 1 , have been released on bail
:09:28. > :09:29.and will appear in Calderdale Youth Court later this month.
:09:30. > :09:34.Millgarth Police Station in Leeds City Centre closed to
:09:35. > :09:38.The building at the end of Dastgate was the centre of the search
:09:39. > :09:40.for the Yorkshire Ripper, but is being pulled down to make way
:09:41. > :09:43.for a car park for the new Victoria Gate shopping centre.
:09:44. > :09:45.Millgarth's counter shut at six this evening
:09:46. > :09:50.and staff will relocate to a new base near the magistrates? court.
:09:51. > :09:52.A 44`year`old man from Donc`ster is in a serious condition
:09:53. > :10:00.in hospital after having bitten by a snake in North Yorkshire.
:10:01. > :10:05.The man was at the outdoor adventure centre Go
:10:06. > :10:09.Ape, in the Dalby Forest, when he was bitten three times by an adder.
:10:10. > :10:12.He was treated by paramedics at the scene and then flown to
:10:13. > :10:15.Three cats from Yorkshire have been shortlisted
:10:16. > :10:19.One of them is Smudge from Thorne in Doncaster who came to
:10:20. > :10:23.The cat stepped in to chase away bullies who pushed
:10:24. > :10:25.over Sarah Fenton's child, Dthan, while he was playing football
:10:26. > :10:30.Smudge is in with a chance of winning National Cat Of The Year
:10:31. > :10:34.at an awards ceremony organhsed by the charity, Cats Protection.
:10:35. > :10:38.I feel absolutely over the moon that I am so lucky to get
:10:39. > :10:47.I have never known it for a cat dogs, you hear it most days,
:10:48. > :10:56.It purely showed its affection towards the f`mily.
:10:57. > :11:05.He wants to protect us and doesn't want to see us hurt.
:11:06. > :11:08.Sports news now and England's top football referee Howard Webb
:11:09. > :11:13.The former police officer spent 25 years as a referee and took charge
:11:14. > :11:21.He says it's been a "wonderfully rewarding" career.
:11:22. > :11:24.He also refereed the finals of the FA Cup and the
:11:25. > :11:28.He'll take up a new job as Technical Director of Professional
:11:29. > :11:35.Game Match Officials Limited, the country's elite group of referees.
:11:36. > :11:37.The football season starts this weekend,
:11:38. > :11:40.and it will be a very different Leeds United that gets the campaign
:11:41. > :11:46.A new owner, new players and a new head coach, Dave Hockaday.
:11:47. > :11:53.Just don't call him the man`ger as Matt Slater has been to find out.
:11:54. > :11:55.Leeds United have lost a lot of men this summer.
:11:56. > :12:01.But when Italian tycoon Massimo Cellino completed his takeover last
:12:02. > :12:04.season, fans had hoped that the losses were over, which is why his
:12:05. > :12:07.decision to give Dave Hockaday the biggest job outside of the Premier
:12:08. > :12:15.Hockaday believes the reaction is based on a misunderstanding
:12:16. > :12:22.Everything that happens on the grass is my domain.
:12:23. > :12:25.Beyond that does not interest me and it genuinely doesn't.
:12:26. > :12:36.So his remit stretches from cones to corners.
:12:37. > :12:42.As it is a poor workman who blames his tools, it is likely to be an
:12:43. > :12:46.out`of`work coach who fails to the deliver with what he's been given.
:12:47. > :12:49.You have got to have a good relationship, whether it is with
:12:50. > :12:57.You have to be clear in what you are trying to achieve `
:12:58. > :13:01.what style of play, what type of players ` and that everybody is
:13:02. > :13:06.Cellino?s eye for a bargain was evident during
:13:07. > :13:13.He went through 36 coaches in two years.
:13:14. > :13:18.Hardly encouraging for a man whose last job ended
:13:19. > :13:27.It would be fair to say that when news came, many Leeds Tnited
:13:28. > :13:38.But he rejects the idea that he doesn't deserve this chance.
:13:39. > :13:42.I am the first head coach and I m looking forward to it and I want to
:13:43. > :13:49.blaze a trail and set down ` marker for any subsequent coaches.
:13:50. > :13:56.People should be applauding that and getting behind me and my team.
:13:57. > :13:58.There aren't enough English/British coaches at the higher parts
:13:59. > :14:04.It is often said that leadership is a lonely business.
:14:05. > :14:08.But you are never really alone at a club with a past like
:14:09. > :14:17.His job is to give it a present that they can be proud of, too.
:14:18. > :14:25.We will have a full pre`season round`up. That is on Friday.
:14:26. > :14:27.Now all this week we've been celebrating the achievements
:14:28. > :14:30.of our sports men and women who did Yorkshire proud at
:14:31. > :14:33.Well, last night there was a surprise party in Leeds
:14:34. > :14:36.for a boxer whose success is an inspiration to an entire community.
:14:37. > :14:54.Boxer Ashfaq got a warm welcome home to Leeds last night.
:14:55. > :14:57.And what followed was a series of manly hugs.
:14:58. > :14:59.Now it wasn't quite the homecoming he wanted.
:15:00. > :15:01.He had eyes on the prize of Commonwealth gold,
:15:02. > :15:03.but those who organised the celebrations were clearly proud
:15:04. > :15:10.He was a bit down yesterday about not getting the gold.
:15:11. > :15:14.It's just to cheer him up really and get all the support out here.
:15:15. > :15:18.A lot of people know him and support him.
:15:19. > :15:22.It is like what Amir Khan dhd in 2004.
:15:23. > :15:24.He is the next one in the Asian community that is holding
:15:25. > :15:34.Obviously, I wanted the gold medal, that's what I went there for.
:15:35. > :15:40.But it is amazing to win the silver medal.
:15:41. > :15:42.The longer it's been since the fight, I realise it is
:15:43. > :15:45.Olympics next, hopefully win gold there.
:15:46. > :15:49.He won three fights on his way to the final.
:15:50. > :15:52.Once there, he lost only on points to one of the
:15:53. > :15:56.As ever, his family was in Glasgow to give their support, even though
:15:57. > :16:09.While he is fighting there, it is not easy to watch.
:16:10. > :16:12.But you have to sit there and go through the three minutes.
:16:13. > :16:20.It looks like there'll plenty more bouts for Dad to endurd.
:16:21. > :16:23.With the frustration of missing gold behind him, he is
:16:24. > :16:28.looking to the future, to light up the Olympics and, beyond th`t,
:16:29. > :16:48.A very pretty face for a boxer. Such a shame to punch it.
:16:49. > :18:52.Before seven o'clock, it's one of the country's oldest
:18:53. > :18:55.This meant they were on acthve service, where refusal to obey
:18:56. > :19:05.But there was one man who w`s prepared to stand up for the rights
:19:06. > :19:07.Arnold Rowntree, the Liberal MP for York.
:19:08. > :19:11.When he heard the plight of the Richmond 16, a steppdd in and
:19:12. > :19:21.Arnold Rowntree campaign for the rights of conscientious objdctors.
:19:22. > :19:24.He became interested in the right of the Richmond 16 particularly
:19:25. > :19:29.because one of the men had worked at the Rowntree Factory as ` clerk.
:19:30. > :19:32.In the case of Arnold and his fellow MPs, were in a minority,
:19:33. > :19:36.they showed a lot of courage during these years in persistently
:19:37. > :19:42.standing up and arguing the case of the conscientious objectors.
:19:43. > :19:45.You could say that without @rnold and his fellow MPs, these people
:19:46. > :19:50.would have suffered a completely different fate than they did.
:19:51. > :19:52.The Richmond 16 had their death sentences commuted to
:19:53. > :20:00.For some, such a battle of conscience had taken its toll.
:20:01. > :20:04.Alfred, the York clerk, threw himself into the River Ouse.
:20:05. > :20:21.The Great War had taken yet another casualty.
:20:22. > :20:24.BBC Radio York will have more on the story of conscientious objectors
:20:25. > :20:27.tomorrow from 8.20am and BBC Radio's Sheffield and Leeds are also
:20:28. > :20:33.featuring local stories frol the war all this week at the same time.
:20:34. > :20:36.And don't forget the best place to find out more about our local
:20:37. > :20:52.Now, it's one of the oldest agricultural shows in the country.
:20:53. > :21:00.The 184th Bakewell Show gets under way today.
:21:01. > :21:01.Ian White's there for us now. I hear you've had a bit
:21:02. > :21:14.of a drenching. I got drenched. We have been dodging
:21:15. > :21:20.showers all day. It has not stopped the enjoyment. If you think your son
:21:21. > :21:23.to do to borrow, how about coming down here? `` think of something to
:21:24. > :21:48.do tomorrow. It's a showcase. It shows the public
:21:49. > :21:49.how we look after the countryside and how we produce the food that
:21:50. > :21:58.comes to our shelves. Fabulous. Just wish the weather was
:21:59. > :22:18.nice. It is only the second time we have
:22:19. > :22:59.been, but there is plenty to do Loads to see.
:23:00. > :23:07.Yes, the cameraman and me got drenched. But look at what `
:23:08. > :23:08.glorious evening it is. It is all about the animals, of coursd,
:23:09. > :23:08.glorious evening it is. It hs all about the animals, of course, and
:23:09. > :23:11.glorious evening it is. It is all about the animals, of coursd, and a
:23:12. > :23:19.farmer Andrew Clark is with me. Who is this? A prize`winning be`st.
:23:20. > :23:24.is this? A prize`winning beast. First of his class and then reserve
:23:25. > :23:29.breed champion. It is important these shows continue. Wider you
:23:30. > :23:42.come? It is good to get your stock shown. A shop window. Incredible. I
:23:43. > :23:48.believe he is only half the size he will be. He will grow to about 200
:23:49. > :23:52.kilos. What makes a good bull? A good temperament. This could be
:23:53. > :24:00.my... Here is Matthew. Therd is a my... Here is Matthew. There is a
:24:01. > :24:11.lady over there wearing a rdd dress, should she be worried? No, it is the
:24:12. > :24:25.movement, not the colour. You are thinking of having a career as a
:24:26. > :24:36.farmer? Is that quite common? Yes, a farmer? Is that quite common? Yes, a
:24:37. > :24:37.lot of farmer kids grew up on it and know how to do it. What do you
:24:38. > :24:38.lot of farmer kids grew up on it and know how to do it. What do xou like
:24:39. > :24:39.about Bakewell Show? Showing cows and just being around farming. He is
:24:40. > :24:52.on the move, we best do the same. Thunder and lightening in quite a
:24:53. > :25:00.few spots today. Quite a tolorrow. This e`mail came in. Cumulus clouds
:25:01. > :25:04.that will have become thunddrclouds. that will have become thunderclouds.
:25:05. > :25:15.This is the Peak District. @nd then This is the Peak District. And then
:25:16. > :25:16.cornfields. You can keep your pictures coming
:25:17. > :25:27.in. Tomorrow looks like a pleas`nt day
:25:28. > :25:30.which is lucky as we have a lot of unsettled weather to come over the
:25:31. > :25:36.weekend. Tomorrow will be largely dry. The cloud will break and there
:25:37. > :25:44.will be pleasant spells of sunshine. This is the pressure chart that
:25:45. > :25:47.takes us through Thursday. On Friday, low`pressure pushes from the
:25:48. > :25:50.South. Before it reaches us, we may get a good deal of nice weather
:25:51. > :25:55.before the rain pushes in. Uncertainty about Friday. Back
:25:56. > :25:59.before the rain pushes in. Uncertainty about Friday. B`ck to
:26:00. > :26:02.the here and now, you can see the cloud in the North Sea, that was the
:26:03. > :26:08.rain overnight. If there are any remaining showers, they will push
:26:09. > :26:15.away and we are looking at ` largely dry conditions to night overnight.
:26:16. > :26:17.`` tonight. Temperatures will drop back to 13 or 14 Celsius. Pdrhaps
:26:18. > :26:22.back to 13 or 14 Celsius. Perhaps cooler over the Dales. The sun will
:26:23. > :26:25.rise in the morning at 5:30am, cooler over the Dales. The sun will
:26:26. > :26:31.rise in the morning at 5:30`m, set rise in the morning at 5:30`m, set
:26:32. > :26:36.at 8:53pm. It is looking like a pleasant start to the day. The cloud
:26:37. > :26:37.will break and will be spells of sunshine and that is the theme
:26:38. > :26:40.will break and will be spells of sunshine and that is the thdme for
:26:41. > :26:44.the day. The risk of a Pennine shower, but most places shotld dodge
:26:45. > :26:49.shower, but most places should dodge them. It won't feel as humid as this
:26:50. > :26:56.afternoon, but still quite pleasant temperatures getting up to 21
:26:57. > :26:57.Celsius. Rain could be more persistent and later on. It could be
:26:58. > :27:02.heavy. That is it from us. You persistent and later on. It could be
:27:03. > :27:06.heavy. That is it from us. Xou will heavy. That is it from us. Xou will
:27:07. > :27:12.be back tonight. I will. We will bring you up`to`date with any news
:27:13. > :27:12.then. Enjoy the rest of your evening.
:27:13. > :27:16.Good night.