08/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


08/08/2014

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That's all from us. Now it's time for the news where

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First tonight, flash flooding has caused disruption

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Heavy rain has led to several road closures in our region.

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Our reporter David Tracz has the latest.

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Well, the M606 northbound has been closed due to flooding between

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the M62 at Junction 26, Chain Bar and Junction 3 at Rooley Avenue.

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Police say the road will remain closed until at least tomorrow

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morning, affecting traffic coming into the city centre.

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In South Yorkshire, the Barnsley Interchange has been

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closed on safety grounds because of standing water.

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The fire brigade have spent the evening clearing water

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from Tadcaster main street, while this is the scene in Kippax `

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this picture shows Gibson Lane which has been closed.

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There is currently one flood alert in force for Whiston Brook

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in Rotherham, and you can get the latest information

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Meanwhile, in Pontefract, emergency crews have spent

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the evening clearing water away from the ground floor of The Prince

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Patients had to be moved to safety when floodwater came in beneath

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several doors and caused widespread damage to the ground floor.

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Staff and members of the local community are still cleaning up.

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The hospice kitchen has been contaminated with floodwater

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Staff are appealing for help and donations of clean linen.

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We are quite in need of probably sandbags and anything that can keep

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the water away from the hospice as the forecast for the weekend is

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actually going to get worse, so there is the potential that although

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we have cleaned up some of the water this evening,

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we will encounter the same problem on Saturday and probably on Sunday,

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Don't forget, your BBC local radio station will have the latest weather

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and travel news for your part of the region on Breakfast,

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Police investigating the murder of Gemma Simpson have confirmed

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that they've found human remains, 14 years

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Gemma disappeared in May 2000 after telling

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a friend she was catching a bus from her home in Harehills to Leeds city

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Police have recently been conducting enquiries in the vicinity of

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Formal identification of the remains is yet to take place, but Gemma's

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20,000 new jobs could be created in Doncaster.

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The council says it's ahead of schedule building a link road to

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It's a huge project, costing nearly ?60 million.

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It'll involve thousands of houses, a distribution centre and better

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It'll be finished in just over a year, but there are already

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It will be the big international players looking to provide a hub

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of logistics at this area but also as the strategic rail freight

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interchanges develops on, there will be opportunities for all sorts of

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commerce and industry as part of this development park.

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A cyclist who died on a dual carriageway in Dronfield

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has been identified a week after a collision with a car.

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The family of Malcolm Cottam from Sheffield have confirmed it's him.

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The police had released an E`FIT of Mr Cottam in the hope

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On Thursday afternoon last week, he was riding a Carrera bike when he

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collided with a Citroen on the A61 and suffered fatal head injuries.

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Scores of childless couples living in the York area have had their

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hopes of IVF treatment dashed after health officials backtracked on

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In June, they agreed they would fund one cycle of IVF from this year.

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But now they've changed their minds, saying they can't afford to pay

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At the moment York is the only city in England not

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offering fertility treatment free on the health service.

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That compares with Leeds, which offers couples one cycle.

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Couples in South Yorkshire fare slightly

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better with Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham all offering two, and top

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of the table is Bassetlaw in North Nottinghamshire, where the NHS will

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For three years Karen and Peter Boardman's lives have been dominated

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They don't understand what it is like to have that burning need

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and desire right in your heart that you want to have a family.

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And when you marry someone you meet them and you want to create life

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with them, you are just denied that opportunity and that is absolutely

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soul destroying. Their first IVF appointment is in

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two weeks and they were hoping it would be paid for by the NHS.

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Everything seems to be like a postcode lottery. In June, there

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commissioning body said they would be A4160 couple but that's changed

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last night when NHS bosses said they could not afford it. We are not able

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to fund this at all because we are millions of pounds in the red. I am

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a family doctor and there will be the likes of grandad who may need

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his hat replaced, grandma needs services to support her as well, the

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daughter may have best cancer and be having treatment and then you have

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the grand daughter who wants to have IVF. I am absolutely shocked, I

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relate thought there would be something, no matter how small, even

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if it was just the bare bones, I thought it would be a step forward

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and I hoped there would be a glimmer of hope and I was waiting yesterday

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to find out what it was. Yorked does not have an IVF unit saw hundreds

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come to this unit in Seacroft. They have to be able to pay for the money

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which could be around ?500,000, most couples need to or three cycles to

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achieve a pregnancy. The Leeds IVF unit has been inundated with calls

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from residents and anticipating free treatment. For some, the decision of

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Jock not to find at least one cycle means IVF will be impossible, others

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will find a way to pay. After the bad weather today, you

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will be pleased that tomorrow is going to be a better day,

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unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Sunday! To make it well

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however Campbell and a little bit with temperatures around 14 Celsius.

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`` tonight. On Saturday morning there could be one or two isolated

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showers but generally fine and dry. Temperatures will lift to 20 or 21

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Celsius. Some heavy rain for Sunday and it will be windy overnight into

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Monday and unsettled next week. Here is the summary. Good night.

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Good evening. We saw some torrential thunderstorms earlier today.

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Tomorrow looks like a better day for most places. It will go downhill

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into Sunday. This is heading our way. This is a couple of day's worth

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of satellite imagery. This is what was the

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