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That is all from the BBC News at 6.00. Now on

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I didn't know what we were going to do or anything, and it was worrying

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that the pair of us could have been out on the street and all

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We speak to a representative from the insurance industry.

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The charity helping the hungry by picking up surplus stock.

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The blind man trying to beat his own landspeed record

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It has been a day of wind and showers. I will be back with the

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details for tomorrow. So have you had your summer holiday

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or are you busy packing for it? More importantly,

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will you have holiday insurance? Figures show one

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in five holiday`makers go abroad Over 4,000 people a week make

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a claim on their travel insurance for medical treatment while abroad,

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meaning insurance companies pay out But tonight we talk to a pensioner

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who nearly lost his home after he got a bill for more than ?40,000

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after becoming ill on holiday, In a moment, we'll be talking to

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the Association of British Insurers, but first, here's our health

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correspondent, Jamie Coulson. When John McKenny went to Benidorm

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in January with his wife, their holiday turned into a nightmare. The

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81`year`old was taken ill with suspected pneumonia and then needed

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an emergency operation on a stomach ulcer. But despite having travel

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insurance, the company he bought it from refuse to cover the Spanish

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hospital bills of more than ?40,000. `` refused. I did not know

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what we were going to do anything. And it was worrying. The pair of us

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could have been out on the street with all our savings gone and

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everything. The policy offers holiday`makers peace of mind! The

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group refused to pay out, claiming he had misrepresented his medical

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history and saying the claim related to pre`existing conditions,

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something John's family disputed. It was pretty frustrating but then that

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turned to anger, because John and Edna, they had paid their premium

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and they were entitled to a service. And the insurance company, Ace,

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flatly refuse to do anything for them. Faced with the prospect of

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losing his home and locked in a dispute with the insurance company,

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John and his wife turned to the financial ombudsman, who launched

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their own investigation. The ombudsman found that the company had

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been unreasonable and had handled John's claim unreasonably, and this

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would have caused distress and inconvenience. We don't often see

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cases where the insurance company has got these things this badly

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wrong, but it causes great distress and at a very difficult time, and

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this could easily have been resolved if the insurance company had

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bothered to do the basic checks we would expect them to do as part of

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any claim. For the past 20 years, we have always had a holiday. The

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company has admitted the service did not meet the high standards it

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normally expect of itself. John and his family should now have their

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bills paid. Earlier I spoke with Malcolm Tarling

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from the Association of I asked him how common it is for an

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insurance company not to pay out. I can't comment on individual cases,

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but what I can say is that it's extremely rare that problems

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like this arise. Insurers are there to pay out

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on treatment that people need They're paying out over ?4 million

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every week to help holiday`makers In John McKenny's case,

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he paid his premium, he was entitled to cover and peace of mind, yet when

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it came to paying out, the insurance Are they just looking

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for loopholes to trip people up? Travel insurers are

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there to pay claims. They're not there to look

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for loopholes to trip people up. They pay out over 4,000 claims every

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single week in medical expenses That's what they're there to do

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and that's what people expect. How can you be sure you are fully

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covered if you take out insurance? The most important thing to do is

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check what you are covered If you have

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a pre`existing condition, check to see if that's covered, if you have

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a serious medical condition that may not be covered by a standard

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policy, shop around, go to a local The vast majority of people,

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regardless of their medical conditions, should be able to get

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affordable travel insurance. And if you're told a company

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won't pay up, should you do what If you run into problems claiming,

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go back to the insurance company and they'll do everything they can

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to resolve the problem. If you're still unhappy,

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you may wish to contact If you have any horror holiday

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stories you'd like us to share with us, here's how you get in touch.

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We're on Facebook. Search for BBC Look North Yorkshire.

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You can email us at [email protected].

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And you can tweet us at BBC Look North,

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where you can follow us as well. Next tonight, a privately`run prison

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has been heavily criticised for locking up inmates in cells

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without electricity or running water Doncaster Jail, which is run by

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security firm Serco, was found to have levels of violence up to four

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times higher than in similar jails Since it opened two decades ago, HMP

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Doncaster has been run by a private company. The involvement of

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organisations like Serco has always been controversial with campaigners

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and unions. Today's report, following a snap inspection, will

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doodle to change that. It talks of a prison in decline where staff did

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not appear fully in control of some wings. `` will do little. Inmates

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were locked in cells with no running water or electricity for more than

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two days. We have made a number of recommendations in our report and

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the urgent one is that they address the level of violence. We also have

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concerns around drug treatment and we feel that approach was quite

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dangerous and needs to be addressed urgently. Those requests, it seems,

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are no surprise to the company who runs the jail. This is what they

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said. According to campaigners, if those

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improvements are not made, it will have an impact on all of us. People

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are not going to go out well`prepared for a responsible

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life, which is what prison is meant to be doing. Instead they will be

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out. They are inside one day and out the next. Far too often, they are

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back the next. But Serco and the Ministry of Justice point to success

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in cutting reoffending rates. But this will mean little to those who

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say profit and prisons do not mix. Later on Look North,

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the Yorkshire vet saving the lives In other news, 60,000 people have

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signed an online petition urging Sheffield United not to reinstate

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convicted rapist Ched Evans once Evans, seen here in the black suit,

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was jailed for five years in 2012 He's due to be released

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later this year. Sheffield United's official

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supporters' group says it's been The club has said previously that

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it's been in touch with Evans since his conviction but today it

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wouldn't comment further. The number of people who are

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unemployed in Yorkshire has fallen Figures for the period between April

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and June show there were 218,000 That's 12,000 fewer than

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the previous quarter. The regional unemployment rate is

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now 7.8%, which is The parents of a four`year`old boy

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killed in a house fire in Keighley Nathan Harrison died

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in hospital after the fire In a statement,

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his mother Jodie Collins described him as a loving, happy,

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sweet child who loved everybody. His father Chris said

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the family were distraught at The cause of the fire is

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still under investigation. A Yorkshire charity has told

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Look North that demand is soaring Fareshare gives wasted food

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from supermarkets to other charities In 2011 they were serving

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around 650,000 meals a year. Last year it reached 800,000

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and this year is expected to top But this isn't food that has gone

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off or is being thrown out It's food that has been over`ordered

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and won't even get to the shops. Tucked away

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on an industrial estate in Barnsley Not food thrown away

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by supermarkets but stuff that is It hasn't been anywhere

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near a shelf or a pricing`gun. Right, so what we've got in here is

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mincemeat supplied to us each week. So we have a palette

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of mincemeat supplied to us from a manufacturer called ABP,

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and that will go into a hot meal Most people wouldn't believe

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the leftovers. I think they'd be shocked that

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this food is potentially waste. If it wasn't in our warehouse here

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and being distributed this week, it So I think it is

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a shocking statistic. But actually, there's a lot more

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food out there that Fareshare Over the last three years,

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the number of meals they've provided has gone

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up, and Fareshare Yorkshire thinks Once the van is packed up,

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it's off to one of the charities they help, this time to Avalunch,

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which has been here for 14 years. In fact,

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we're at the point where we wouldn't survive if Fareshare didn't bring us

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their products, so we can still They can have up to 50 people

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in here for their cheap meals made And this is where it ends up being

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delivered to 84`year`old Doreen I mean,

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half of it is done without pay. As people queue up at the end

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of the foodchain, Fareshare says it would be better if their services

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weren't needed at all. But for now,

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they're helping thousands of people What an incredible story. And those

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Yorkshire puddings didn't look bad! Still to come, a full round`up of

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all last night's football action. Plus, up for a title, as Kell Brooks

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arrives in America to face IBF world And 11 years

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after his first successful world landspeed record attempt, can blind

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driver Mike Newman do it again? Next tonight, the vet

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from Hipperholme near Halifax who's making a massive difference saving

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the lives of birds of prey in India. Johanna Storm runs

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an exotic bird and reptile clinic in West Yorkshire and has been filmed

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doing her work overseas for a new She's part of a team working for the

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charity Wildlife Vets International, and I'm pleased to say she's with

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us in the studio now. First let's have a quick look

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at the programme. Every single one of these tables has

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a bird being operated on. These baskets are the patients waiting for

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surgery. I've never seen the scale of this sort of operation before.

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It's amazing what they are doing with all of these volunteers, and

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yet they are still not keeping up with the number of birds coming in.

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There we see a bit of the programme. Thank you for joining us. You can

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see how busy the surgery was, and this will coincide with the kite

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festival in India. Tell us about the festival and why it is bad for

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birds. It falls around the 14th of January and it is one of the most

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important festivals in the Hindu calendar. And it signals the end of

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winter and the coming of spring, so the winds come up and people fly

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traditional kites in a competitive way. And they cover it with a glass

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and it is like cheese wire. So that is really bad for the birds? Their

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mortality rate has been really bad. But you have done something about

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it. What have you done? I basically go and prepare the birds who broken.

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The charity organises with other NGOs the transport of injured birds

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to their camps, and there they go and get weighed, registered and a

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clean sock over their heads so they are not stressed. They have a tag

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with a number and get put into a basket and we try to assess which

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one is worse injured and operate on those first. We can see some of the

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operations taking place. That is the reception. Is some of your work in

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educating locals as well is helping the birds? Yes, a lot of it. Last

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year, I instituted that we give sale I'm solution under the skin of the

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birds and we experience fewer losses. `` say line solution. Is

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there much call for your work in West Yorkshire? Yes, people come

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from four, five, six hours away. What is the most exotic animal you

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have treated? Probably... A McCall. Not many of those. An endangered

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birds. I work for an international veterinary group and we have created

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Wildlife Vets International, which is a charity which basically tries

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to get the experienced, exotic vets and conservation experience into our

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projects. We do not employ vets but we get the really good effects and

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send them where they are needed. Thank you so much for telling us

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your story. And you can see Operation Wild

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tonight on BBC Two at 9pm. I will be watching that before the

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late shift! Onto sport,

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and Billy Sharp is returning to The 28`year`old striker,

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who was born in Sheffield, scored 45 goals for Doncaster

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in three spells at the club. He played in this game just days

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after the death of his son. Sharp has joined Leeds

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from Southampton for an undisclosed 45 goals, you scored! Pretty

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amazing! Now, if ever a football team

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needed a win to lift spirits it On Saturday, they were booed

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off the pitch after taking Later the same day they parted

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company with manager Mark Robins, on Well, last night,

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fortune turned in their favour. With that and the best

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of the Capital One Cup action, When Ollie Banks scored a

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spectacular goal to put Chesterfield 2`0 in front, more storm clouds

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seemed to gather around Huddersfield. This header gave hope

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but that was soon cancelled out when Gary Robson 's tour open his former

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team and Owen Doyle restored their advantage. Then a change of

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fortune. Wells scored from the spot before a tame`looking shocked in

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injury time somehow found its way through the keeper. They didn't let

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go of the bone they had been thrown. In extra time, Wells completed his

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hat`trick, as Huddersfield won 5`3. They went on and played some great

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football. Fantastic result for us and we needed that as a club.

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Doncaster Rovers also made progress in the Capital One Cup. It took

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until injury time to get past York City but this was worth the wait.

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Sheffield Wednesday's promising start to the season continued. This

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sweet finish was soon followed by the first Wednesday goal since

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coming out of prison for assault for this player. The 3`0 win was

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completed over Notts County. Leeds edged past Accrington 2`1. But

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this one the only new signing to leave his mark. This kicks could

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lead to a lengthy ban. The prize for City last time was a Wembley final.

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So far, so good this season. This got them past Morecambe and into the

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second round. Rotherham did it the hard way with

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an extra time penalty. New man Matt Derbyshire with a finish. And

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finally, Barnsley wasted what few chances they had as they went down

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2`0 at home to Crewe. In cricket, Yorkshire made

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short work of their latest Ritchie Pyrah took three wickets

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as the home side skittled Openers Alex Lees and Adam Lyth

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knocked off the runs in quick time as Yorkshire stay top

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of their one`day table. Boxing now, and the undefeated Kell

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Brook is gearing up for his chance at winning a world title this

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weekend in the city of Los Angeles. Not a bad place to be going

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for a title. Previous opportunities slipped away

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due to injuries suffered by him and his opponents,

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but this weekend the Sheffield fighter will enter the ring to face

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IBF world champion Shawn Porter. Our man Shamir Masri is also out

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there in California for BBC Look North and caught up with

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him as he arrived in LA. Kell Brooks arrived in LA this week

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after a two`week training camp in Las Vegas. The undefeated boxer from

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Sheffield says he is in the shape of his life for the biggest night of

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his career. This weekend, key has the chance to own the respect of the

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boxing world by winning the IBF title. `` he house. I've got a job

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to do Saturday night. I'm going to do what I'm contracting to do. When

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it comes to finite, it is me and Shawn Porter. That is all that will

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count. `` fight night. Nothing has been left to chance. With Kell

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Brooks in LA is scientist and sport performance physiologist Adam from

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Sheffield Hallam University. He is overseeing his final preparations.

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This is a very confident training camp but the trainer has been here

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before with other boxers from the gym. So what does he think of his

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chances? Really the only one since he did we get the impression he was

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going to make it all the way through to the top was Kell Brooks. You just

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knew he had what it took. Here in sun`drenched California, life for

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some has a relaxed pace. But that won't be the case for Kell Brooks

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come fight night. I am a few days away, injury`free. Healthy in body

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and mind, everything. I have itchy knuckles and I am raring to go! A

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final press conference takes place tomorrow with a weigh in on Friday

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ahead of the Saturday night showdown.

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Ooh! Doesn't that look nice! I thought we were going to see the

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beach for a second! We will have more later in the week.

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But we must move on. 11 years ago, Mike Newman set a new land speed

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record of 144 miles an hour. Today, he is back with the aim of reaching

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200 mph. Charlotte was there for this new world record attempt.

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Mike Newman has a tasteful speed. Blind from birth, you could not

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fulfil his dream of being a racing driver, so he went for the next best

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thing ` breaking world records. `` we could not fulfil. He broke the

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record books previously by reaching 144 miles an hour. Today, he has a

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new ambition. To smash through the 200 mile an hour barrier. Very

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exciting. A real sense of anticipation. He has a navigator,

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who just happens to be his dad Michael. It is my job to tell him

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which way to go. Left, right, keep it straight. The important moment is

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when to stop! It is nerve wracking for you? Yes, but we must stay

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focused. Focusing on the job we have to do. It is since 2003 Mike has

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wanted to break the barrier. Can he do it? He finally has the car which

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is capable. It is just a few minutes to he sets off. Let's find out.

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So, after the exhilaration and excitement, it is time for the

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horrible part. Waiting to see if he has done it. Then the results came

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in. Mike had averaged 200.9 miles an hour.

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APPLAUSE I am feeling absolutely ecstatic. It

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has still not sunk in. I have been chasing this dream for 11 years. And

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it was on this day 11 years ago I got my first car, of course, so it

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is a great anniversary present! Not bad for a former bank manager! His

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next challenge is to break the blind open water speed record. With his

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record, there is no doubt he will make history again.

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200 miles an hour! That is terrifying! Brilliant! Wheel so want

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to say congratulations to one of our local breweries. `` we also want to

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say. I just want to point out that the cameraman gave it to me like

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this. Somebody has been drinking! I bet you are more of a gin and tonic

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girl. I do like a beer with a curry! That is nice! That can be described

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as a full flavoured classic. I would agree with that. It won a

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competition above a lot of other ales to be named Best Ale. Over to

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another girl who likes to prop up the bar with her hand! Classy, isn't

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she thank you! I have a few photographs

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to show you. You can keep your pictures coming

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in. This is the address. Tomorrow will be another mixture of sunshine

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and showers, some of them later in the day being heavy. Some thundery

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showers late in the day tomorrow. Still the risk of them in the East

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on Friday and then as we move into Saturday, it is not looking too bad,

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but Sunday becomes cooler and more unsettled once again. So far today,

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there has been a scattering of showers will stop they have

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gradually died away through the afternoon. Sunshine and showers is

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the forecast today. I cannot concentrate because there is so much

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drinking beer going on! Sunshine and showers to end the day and then

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overnight tonight, dry with clear spells. Temperatures back to 11 or

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12. That is 54 Fahrenheit. The sunrise in the morning is at 5:42am.

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These are the high water times. Plenty of sunshine and broken cloud

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tomorrow morning but as we go through the day, more cloud was up

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and then come the afternoon, the risk of showers. `` more cloud

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bubbles up. Those showers could be thundery in the afternoon.

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Temperatures getting up to 18 or 19, so cooler than we have been used

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to. Quite breezy and heavy showers to come on Friday. Look at you! You

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mistake treat there! I am a cheap date! Eiffel got to mention! Will

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you come

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