12/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.Companies are getting too much profit and people are

:00:15. > :00:26.As far as the rail fare goes, I think it is completely obscene.

:00:27. > :00:28.We hear from a passenger campaign group and

:00:29. > :00:32.Oscar Wilde wrote them, so too did Jeffrey Archer.

:00:33. > :00:36.We ask disgraced ex`Rotherham MP Denis Macshane whether

:00:37. > :00:40.publishing his prison diaries is just a way of making money.

:00:41. > :00:43.And the return to Yorkshire of a magnificent 18th century clock

:00:44. > :00:56.with a mysterious connection to the last Queen of France.

:00:57. > :01:00.As. `` and some sunshine in the gym or

:01:01. > :01:06.showers. I will be back with a forecast for the week. `` some

:01:07. > :01:10.sunshine in between the showers. First tonight,

:01:11. > :01:11.unions and passenger groups have criticised the decision to increase

:01:12. > :01:14.rail fares for some journeys Northern Rail is scrapping certain

:01:15. > :01:17.off`peak tickets to raise money and admits it may put people off

:01:18. > :01:21.travelling in the evening rush hour. Northern Rail runs some of the

:01:22. > :01:28.busiest routes across our region. From September 8th, travelling on a

:01:29. > :01:32.weekday between 4pm and 6.30pm will That means it'll be more expensive,

:01:33. > :01:38.with passengers travelling within West and South Yorkshire and to some

:01:39. > :01:43.parts of North Yorkshire, affected. A single trip between Sheffield

:01:44. > :01:53.and Doncaster will increase by 90p. Leeds to Halifax will be ?2

:01:54. > :02:02.more expensive per journey. brings our region

:02:03. > :02:07.into line with most others, but many Here's our political editor

:02:08. > :02:10.Len Tingle. Susan Scofield,

:02:11. > :02:14.her daughter and grandchild heading back from shopping in Leeds to

:02:15. > :02:16.Wakefield's Kirkgate Station. The cost of two adult fares on the

:02:17. > :02:22.train they want to use today, ?8.60. From September 8th,

:02:23. > :02:27.it will be ?11.60. When the authorities are trying to

:02:28. > :02:30.get you to keep your cars at home and use public transport,

:02:31. > :02:33.and then the transport is It is expensive whichever

:02:34. > :02:39.way round you look at it. Northern, the biggest operator

:02:40. > :02:44.of local trains across the North of England, says it will scrap off`peak

:02:45. > :02:46.tickets between 4pm and 6:30pm The choice for customers,

:02:47. > :02:50.pay higher`priced full fares, It has not gone well

:02:51. > :02:56.with travellers. Not as many people travel

:02:57. > :03:00.in the evening as they do in the day, so you're just charging

:03:01. > :03:05.them more for no reason. That is the way everything is going,

:03:06. > :03:07.isn't it? They are just pushing prices up

:03:08. > :03:14.of everything. It is a way of making money, though,

:03:15. > :03:18.by the train companies. Northern denies the extra

:03:19. > :03:22.revenue will boost profits. It says it has the agreement of

:03:23. > :03:25.Government to scrap off`peak late afternoon fairs so it can reduce

:03:26. > :03:27.the public subsidy in currently It will also encourage passengers

:03:28. > :03:38.to switch from overcrowded trains. The national passenger

:03:39. > :03:40.watchdog is not convinced. We're disappointed that

:03:41. > :03:42.Northern Rail and the Department of Transport have not doing more to

:03:43. > :03:45.actually collect the fares. Many passengers tell us they're

:03:46. > :03:47.quite frustrated and annoyed that So how much is leaking out of

:03:48. > :03:52.the system that could be collected? Northern says it is also committed

:03:53. > :03:56.to spending ?6 million over the next two years on improving passenger

:03:57. > :04:05.facilities and its ticketing system. Len Tingle is at

:04:06. > :04:18.Leeds Railway Station this evening. What have they told you about the

:04:19. > :04:22.changes? In a series of statements, the company said they had been in

:04:23. > :04:26.discussion with the Department for Transport for some months now and

:04:27. > :04:29.both sides agreed that they had two reads `` raise revenue because the

:04:30. > :04:33.services are some of the most heavily subsidised in the whole of

:04:34. > :04:37.England. This was the best we're doing it affecting the least of

:04:38. > :04:41.passengers. Trade unions say that there is outrageous and that there

:04:42. > :04:45.tries a cart and horses through a categorical promise me just a few

:04:46. > :04:50.months ago that no fare rises would be higher than the rate of inflation

:04:51. > :05:13.for the next ten years at least. This could not have happened without

:05:14. > :05:17.the approval of the government?, it has committed to a huge investment

:05:18. > :05:19.in northern mill services to improve local services.

:05:20. > :05:41.This line, where it came from had a goat comes, `` the train from Handel

:05:42. > :05:44.Kate comms, needs that investment. `` the train from Harrowgate.

:05:45. > :05:48.We'll meet Sohail Rehman, who's landed a dream coaching job

:05:49. > :05:51.at Manchester United despite being confined to a wheelchair.

:05:52. > :05:54.Investigators are trying to work out what caused a house fire in Keighley

:05:55. > :05:56.in which a four year`old boy was killed.

:05:57. > :05:58.The fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the property on Sunny

:05:59. > :06:03.A second boy, who is ten, and an adult are still

:06:04. > :06:07.Emergency services were called here at 2pm yesterday afternoon.

:06:08. > :06:12.When they arrived, they found an adult and two children

:06:13. > :06:16.They were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke

:06:17. > :06:18.and then transferred to hospital, where the four`year`old later died.

:06:19. > :06:21.The adult and the 10`year`old boy are said to be recovering.

:06:22. > :06:27.The emergency crews who worked to save them were deeply affected.

:06:28. > :06:30.I think a tragic incident like this always affects people that

:06:31. > :06:32.attend it, particularly where a young child is involved.

:06:33. > :06:36.And certainly I know that the crews who attended yesterday have been

:06:37. > :06:39.affected by this and clearly we will provide them with the appropriate

:06:40. > :06:43.support to make sure they are able to deal with that and carry on doing

:06:44. > :06:47.The fire was confined to a back bedroom

:06:48. > :06:52.Twin investigations by a West Yorkshire Fire Service

:06:53. > :07:06.and West Yorkshire Police are now taking place into its cause.

:07:07. > :07:09.Police have named a woman who was stabbed to death in Sheffield at the

:07:10. > :07:13.Police were called to the house on Vickers Road in Firth Park

:07:14. > :07:16.Three men were arrested on suspicion of the murder.

:07:17. > :07:19.Two were released pending further inquiries.

:07:20. > :07:21.A 42`year`old man remains in police custody.

:07:22. > :07:26.Police have confirmed that human remains found near Brimham Rocks

:07:27. > :07:29.last week are those of Gemma Simpson, who went missing

:07:30. > :07:32.Gemma was 23 when she disappeared in May 2000.

:07:33. > :07:35.She told a friend she was catching a bus from her home

:07:36. > :07:38.in Harehills to Leeds city centre, going onto Huddersfield.

:07:39. > :07:42.A man's been charged with Gemma's murder.

:07:43. > :07:47.The University of Sheffield's students' union has been voted best

:07:48. > :07:49.in the UK in the National Student Survey.

:07:50. > :07:52.It's the third year running that the students union has won, helped by a

:07:53. > :08:00.The National Student Survey asks students across the country

:08:01. > :08:03.about the quality of their University courses.

:08:04. > :08:06.It's designed to help prospective students assess their

:08:07. > :08:09.Higher Education options, and results are published annually.

:08:10. > :08:12.Next tonight, the disgraced former Rotherham MP Denis Macshane

:08:13. > :08:18.He's speaking out about his time in one of the country's toughest jails.

:08:19. > :08:21.Mr Macshane was sent to prison just before Christmas

:08:22. > :09:54.His diaries recall how he was locked up alongside gangsters and killers,

:09:55. > :09:58.claims and the judge said that there was no false game. Unlike some NP

:09:59. > :10:01.friends who have made happy million pounds using taxpayers money to

:10:02. > :10:05.speculate on the London property market, yes, I spent money

:10:06. > :10:11.travelling, networking in Europe, the receipts were there and the

:10:12. > :10:16.police investigated me for 20 months and cleared me and it went back to

:10:17. > :10:23.the politicians and the Commons. I made a mistake and I have been

:10:24. > :10:29.apologising for four or five years now. In your diary, you brought that

:10:30. > :10:31.I am sure because of who I am, not what I did. It does not sound dated

:10:32. > 0:03:39remorseful. You are a criminal and