: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