06/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Can it help tackle the dise`ses that kill more than 14,000 people

We'll talk to the Chief Executive of the British Heart Foundation.

After major changes at Leeds United, we hear

from the new head coach ahead of this weekend's big kick`off.

I am alive at their 184 Bakewell Show. We have been dodging the

showers, but a good time has been had by all.

These other threatening skies over These other threatening skids over

Yorkshire this afternoon. `` are the.

A national charity is warning that 14,000 people in Yorkshire are dying

each year from heart attacks and stroke`related illnesses.

New figures compiled by the British Heart Foundation show that

in Leeds alone almost 2,000 people die each year from cardiovascular

diseases and that in areas like Bradford almost a third

Our health correspondent, Jamie Coulson, reports.

Eight months ago, Brendan suffered a debilitating stroke. The former

captain of Leeds United had a blood clot on the left side of his brain

that led him virtually unable to speak. Now he is learning how to say

the most simple things. He cannot work. He cannot drive. He would not

be able to get on a bus or read a menu. He still has a sense of

humour. We do try and do thhngs as a family, but it is restricting.

Brendan is one of thousands of people affected by cardiovascular

disease its year. `` each ydar. disease its year. `` each year.

While some have their lives torn apart, others may not survive. New

figures compiled by the British Heart Foundation shows that nearly

2000 people die each year in Leeds from cardiovascular disease.

Bradford has the highest nulber of premature deaths per head of

population, almost a third of those recorded in the under 75s.

Researchers are now part of a major campaign to try and cut the number

of premature deaths by a quarter over the next decade. Some of that

work is going on here. This state`of`the`art MRI scanner is

being used to diagnose heart disease. It is one of 55 research

projects being carried out by Leeds University. You like it is only by

taking part in this research and invested in it that we can help to

stamp out the disease. It is devastating. It changds a

It is devastating. It changes a person's life and turned thd family

person's life and turned the family upside down. Brendan is setting his

sights on the future. Good luck, Brendan.

We can speak now to Simon Ghllespie from the British Heart Foundation.

Simon, it seems far fewer pdople die from heart attacks in

Does where you live really have an impact?

There is a strong link betwden economic deprivation and a high

incidence of cardiovascular incidence of cardiovascular

disease. The wealthy you ard, the disease. The wealthy you ard, the

less likely you are full stop that is tied in to things like dhet.

less likely you are full stop that is tied in to things like diet. Few

people in those groups smokd. We people in those groups smoke. We

have to do things right across Yorkshire to improve the rates and

drive them down. Far too many people are suffering. These figures are

quite stark. They show that if you live in Bradford or Leeds or other

areas that you are under threat. areas that you are under threat.

There are things we can all do to reduce our risk factors. But it is

particularly difficult where particularly difficult where

communities might be poor or have less prospects. Those things

contributes. We can work short`term and medium term to iron out some of

the problems. How? The British Heart the problems. How? The Brithsh Heart

Foundation supports a wide range of projects to encourage people to

Foundation supports a wide range of projects to encourage peopld to live

healthier lifestyles. People often healthier lifestyles. People often

have not thought of these things before. If you are struggling to

make ends meet, investing in a healthy diet is not highest on your

list of priorities. If you do not do it now, you are building up two

decades of misery. Even worse, if you have, as Brendan does, `

you have, as Brendan does, a devastating stroke. `` as Brendan

had. There are great areas that we should

be trying to help out. The British Heart Foundation 's funds are vast

majority of this sort of research in the UK. We want to continue and

increase that. It's been a month since the

Grand Depart powered out of Yorkshire creating scenes which

none of us are likely to forget And it seems the glorious scenery,

broadcast across the world, is tempting more visitors to want

to come and try Yorkshire International bookings

are already up. But not everyone benefited

from the promised economic boost, as our business correspondent

Danni Hewson reports. And has been making her bed is a lot

this year. Even though her bedroom backlist was nowhere near the route,

she has already benefited from it. `` her bed and breakfast. Wd had

`` her bed and breakfast. We had some people from Korea come. They

were on their way to Edinburgh. They detoured here. Then they went over

to the Dales. That was extra to the Dales. That was extr`

business. I think it has opened it business. I think it has opdned it

up to the world. The economic business. I think it has opened it

up to the world. The economhc legacy is impossible to quantify, but signs

are already positive that more foreign visitors are flocking here.

Not every business got a boost, some are asking lessons they learned

before the next big event t`kes before the next big event takes

place. Like most places on the route, Hebden Bridge pulled out all

the stops. Businesses brought in extra food and stuff, but the crowd

stay away. `` stayed away. Out of pocket by hundreds of pounds, this

landlady has said up a task force to put locals first. We can manage our

own businesses. We don't need own businesses. We don't nedd

external traders to, take trade away. We pay higher rates here.

external traders to, take trade away. We pay higher rates hdre. We

away. We pay higher rates here. We are here day in, day out. When an

event comes in, the trade comes in and takes away our business. No

complaints from anyone about the spectacle, a giant advert of our

locations, right to be pickdd by locations, right to be picked by

Hollywood. It helps them to know where

Yorkshire is. With several productions already filming, expect

the world's new love affair with Yorkshire to intensify.

Staying with Le Tour for just a little bit longer ` Mark Cavendish

He hasn't competed in any r`ces since dislocating his collarbone in

a crash just yards from the first stage finish line in Harrogate.

He'll now take part in a five`day event in France later this month.

100 years on, we look back at the public outcry over the len who

In other news, a man has appeared in court charged

with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in Ripley

The body of Mark Berney, from Knaresborough, was found in a car on

Oktay Kilic, who's 40 and from Harrogate, was remanded in custody

He's due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on Friday.

Five teenage boys from West Yorkshire have been charged

Two separate incidents took place in the Brighouse area last July.

The charges include rape and sexual assault.

The boys, aged between 13 and 1 , have been released on bail

and will appear in Calderdale Youth Court later this month.

Millgarth Police Station in Leeds City Centre closed to

The building at the end of Dastgate was the centre of the search

for the Yorkshire Ripper, but is being pulled down to make way

for a car park for the new Victoria Gate shopping centre.

Millgarth's counter shut at six this evening

and staff will relocate to a new base near the magistrates? court.

A 44`year`old man from Donc`ster is in a serious condition

in hospital after having bitten by a snake in North Yorkshire.

The man was at the outdoor adventure centre Go

Ape, in the Dalby Forest, when he was bitten three times by an adder.

He was treated by paramedics at the scene and then flown to

Three cats from Yorkshire have been shortlisted

One of them is Smudge from Thorne in Doncaster who came to

The cat stepped in to chase away bullies who pushed

over Sarah Fenton's child, Dthan, while he was playing football

Smudge is in with a chance of winning National Cat Of The Year

at an awards ceremony organhsed by the charity, Cats Protection.

I feel absolutely over the moon that I am so lucky to get

I have never known it for a cat dogs, you hear it most days,

It purely showed its affection towards the f`mily.

He wants to protect us and doesn't want to see us hurt.

Sports news now and England's top football referee Howard Webb

The former police officer spent 25 years as a referee and took charge

He says it's been a "wonderfully rewarding" career.

He also refereed the finals of the FA Cup and the

He'll take up a new job as Technical Director of Professional

Game Match Officials Limited, the country's elite group of referees.

The football season starts this weekend,

and it will be a very different Leeds United that gets the campaign

A new owner, new players and a new head coach, Dave Hockaday.

Just don't call him the man`ger as Matt Slater has been to find out.

Leeds United have lost a lot of men this summer.

But when Italian tycoon Massimo Cellino completed his takeover last

season, fans had hoped that the losses were over, which is why his

decision to give Dave Hockaday the biggest job outside of the Premier

Hockaday believes the reaction is based on a misunderstanding

Everything that happens on the grass is my domain.

Beyond that does not interest me and it genuinely doesn't.

So his remit stretches from cones to corners.

As it is a poor workman who blames his tools, it is likely to be an

out`of`work coach who fails to the deliver with what he's been given.

You have got to have a good relationship, whether it is with

You have to be clear in what you are trying to achieve `

what style of play, what type of players ` and that everybody is

Cellino?s eye for a bargain was evident during

He went through 36 coaches in two years.

Hardly encouraging for a man whose last job ended

It would be fair to say that when news came, many Leeds Tnited

But he rejects the idea that he doesn't deserve this chance.

I am the first head coach and I m looking forward to it and I want to

blaze a trail and set down ` marker for any subsequent coaches.

People should be applauding that and getting behind me and my team.

There aren't enough English/British coaches at the higher parts

It is often said that leadership is a lonely business.

But you are never really alone at a club with a past like

His job is to give it a present that they can be proud of, too.

We will have a full pre`season round`up. That is on Friday.

Now all this week we've been celebrating the achievements

of our sports men and women who did Yorkshire proud at

Well, last night there was a surprise party in Leeds

for a boxer whose success is an inspiration to an entire community.

Boxer Ashfaq got a warm welcome home to Leeds last night.

And what followed was a series of manly hugs.

Now it wasn't quite the homecoming he wanted.

He had eyes on the prize of Commonwealth gold,

but those who organised the celebrations were clearly proud

He was a bit down yesterday about not getting the gold.

It's just to cheer him up really and get all the support out here.

A lot of people know him and support him.

It is like what Amir Khan dhd in 2004.

He is the next one in the Asian community that is holding

Obviously, I wanted the gold medal, that's what I went there for.

But it is amazing to win the silver medal.

The longer it's been since the fight, I realise it is

Olympics next, hopefully win gold there.

He won three fights on his way to the final.

Once there, he lost only on points to one of the

As ever, his family was in Glasgow to give their support, even though

While he is fighting there, it is not easy to watch.

But you have to sit there and go through the three minutes.

It looks like there'll plenty more bouts for Dad to endurd.

With the frustration of missing gold behind him, he is

looking to the future, to light up the Olympics and, beyond th`t,

A very pretty face for a boxer. Such a shame to punch it.

Before seven o'clock, it's one of the country's oldest

This meant they were on acthve service, where refusal to obey

But there was one man who w`s prepared to stand up for the rights

Arnold Rowntree, the Liberal MP for York.

When he heard the plight of the Richmond 16, a steppdd in and

Arnold Rowntree campaign for the rights of conscientious objdctors.

He became interested in the right of the Richmond 16 particularly

because one of the men had worked at the Rowntree Factory as ` clerk.

In the case of Arnold and his fellow MPs, were in a minority,

they showed a lot of courage during these years in persistently

standing up and arguing the case of the conscientious objectors.

You could say that without @rnold and his fellow MPs, these people

would have suffered a completely different fate than they did.

The Richmond 16 had their death sentences commuted to

For some, such a battle of conscience had taken its toll.

Alfred, the York clerk, threw himself into the River Ouse.

The Great War had taken yet another casualty.

BBC Radio York will have more on the story of conscientious objectors

tomorrow from 8.20am and BBC Radio's Sheffield and Leeds are also

featuring local stories frol the war all this week at the same time.

And don't forget the best place to find out more about our local

Now, it's one of the oldest agricultural shows in the country.

The 184th Bakewell Show gets under way today.

Ian White's there for us now. I hear you've had a bit

of a drenching. I got drenched. We have been dodging

showers all day. It has not stopped the enjoyment. If you think your son

to do to borrow, how about coming down here? `` think of something to

do tomorrow. It's a showcase. It shows the public

how we look after the countryside and how we produce the food that

comes to our shelves. Fabulous. Just wish the weather was

nice. It is only the second time we have

been, but there is plenty to do Loads to see.

Yes, the cameraman and me got drenched. But look at what `

glorious evening it is. It is all about the animals, of coursd,

glorious evening it is. It hs all about the animals, of course, and

glorious evening it is. It is all about the animals, of coursd, and a

farmer Andrew Clark is with me. Who is this? A prize`winning be`st.

is this? A prize`winning beast. First of his class and then reserve

breed champion. It is important these shows continue. Wider you

come? It is good to get your stock shown. A shop window. Incredible. I

believe he is only half the size he will be. He will grow to about 200

kilos. What makes a good bull? A good temperament. This could be

my... Here is Matthew. Therd is a my... Here is Matthew. There is a

lady over there wearing a rdd dress, should she be worried? No, it is the

movement, not the colour. You are thinking of having a career as a

farmer? Is that quite common? Yes, a farmer? Is that quite common? Yes, a

lot of farmer kids grew up on it and know how to do it. What do you

lot of farmer kids grew up on it and know how to do it. What do xou like

about Bakewell Show? Showing cows and just being around farming. He is

on the move, we best do the same. Thunder and lightening in quite a

few spots today. Quite a tolorrow. This e`mail came in. Cumulus clouds

that will have become thunddrclouds. that will have become thunderclouds.

This is the Peak District. @nd then This is the Peak District. And then

cornfields. You can keep your pictures coming

in. Tomorrow looks like a pleas`nt day

which is lucky as we have a lot of unsettled weather to come over the

weekend. Tomorrow will be largely dry. The cloud will break and there

will be pleasant spells of sunshine. This is the pressure chart that

takes us through Thursday. On Friday, low`pressure pushes from the

South. Before it reaches us, we may get a good deal of nice weather

before the rain pushes in. Uncertainty about Friday. Back

before the rain pushes in. Uncertainty about Friday. B`ck to

the here and now, you can see the cloud in the North Sea, that was the

rain overnight. If there are any remaining showers, they will push

away and we are looking at ` largely dry conditions to night overnight.

`` tonight. Temperatures will drop back to 13 or 14 Celsius. Pdrhaps

back to 13 or 14 Celsius. Perhaps cooler over the Dales. The sun will

rise in the morning at 5:30am, cooler over the Dales. The sun will

rise in the morning at 5:30`m, set rise in the morning at 5:30`m, set

at 8:53pm. It is looking like a pleasant start to the day. The cloud

will break and will be spells of sunshine and that is the theme

will break and will be spells of sunshine and that is the thdme for

the day. The risk of a Pennine shower, but most places shotld dodge

shower, but most places should dodge them. It won't feel as humid as this

afternoon, but still quite pleasant temperatures getting up to 21

Celsius. Rain could be more persistent and later on. It could be

heavy. That is it from us. You persistent and later on. It could be

heavy. That is it from us. Xou will heavy. That is it from us. Xou will

be back tonight. I will. We will bring you up`to`date with any news

then. Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Good night.