:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to Tuesday's Look North.
:00:00. > :00:08.The Keighley man left in a coma after an attack in Thailand `
:00:09. > :00:13.his family say court delays and blunders have left them devastated.
:00:14. > :00:15.Adam Pickles' parents Adele and Andrew will join us live
:00:16. > :00:20.How bullet technology helped a retired police officer find
:00:21. > :00:23.a unique way of tackling lead theft in Yorkshire.
:00:24. > :00:28.And rolling back the years ` the Bradford company turning 2CVs
:00:29. > :00:37.into collectors' items to sell back to the French.
:00:38. > :00:56.Her It has been a cooler day. We have also had some sunshine.
:00:57. > :00:59.The parents of Adam Pickles ` the teacher
:01:00. > :01:03.from West Yorkshire left in a coma after being beaten up in Thailand `
:01:04. > :01:08.say they've been left frustrated and upset with the Thai legal system.
:01:09. > :01:12.A verdict was due today in the trial of Sean Tinsley, the man
:01:13. > :01:16.But the verdict's been postponed for a second time
:01:17. > :01:20.after important legal documents were sent to the wrong court.
:01:21. > :01:23.We'll be hearing from Andrew and Adele Pickles in a moment.
:01:24. > :01:30.Adam Pickles had lived in Thailand for seven years when he was attacked
:01:31. > :01:34.He had been working as an English teacher
:01:35. > :01:42.In May 2012 he was involved in a so`called road rage attack.
:01:43. > :01:46.Adam was in a coma but now shows some signs of recovery and is being
:01:47. > :01:51.The last two years have been distressing for the Pickles
:01:52. > :01:56.His parents Andrew and Adele were forced to remortgage their home to
:01:57. > :02:00.pay medical bills of around ?130,000 and to make several trips to
:02:01. > :02:03.Thailand to see the man accused of Adam's attempted murder face trial.
:02:04. > :02:07.The court proceedings have been slow and many hearings
:02:08. > :02:13.The family expected to hear a verdict this morning but instead
:02:14. > :02:18.This time till mid`September after important papers were sent to
:02:19. > :02:35.Well, Adam's parents, Adele and Andrew Pickles join us now.
:02:36. > :02:43.Another set back today, how did you feel when you heard the news?
:02:44. > :02:54.The first feeling was shock. Then frustration after we got over the
:02:55. > :03:01.shop. Angry really that this happened. It has gone on for so long
:03:02. > :03:06.and it has a real impact on the family and it is difficult for
:03:07. > :03:12.Andrew and I. All the constant ups and downs. An emotional
:03:13. > :03:16.roller`coaster, really. And explain the difficulties you have had trying
:03:17. > :03:22.to do with the authorities? There is the obvious cup location with the
:03:23. > :03:30.language but there is also `` obvious complication. The stages it
:03:31. > :03:36.has to go through. We have a lawyer and friends who can translate. It is
:03:37. > :03:43.a very complicated process and we are not sure about the stages we
:03:44. > :03:47.have to go through. Is this just inefficiency on behalf of the people
:03:48. > :03:54.in Thailand or is there more to it that gets you worried? I think we
:03:55. > :04:01.are unsure now whether we are going to get justice now. We put our faith
:04:02. > :04:07.in the Thai system. And your own money in it as well. A double worry
:04:08. > :04:12.for you? Yes. So we are very unsure now about what is going to happen.
:04:13. > :04:18.And whether we're going to get justice for Adam and his little boy
:04:19. > :04:22.Ben. We would like some closure on this. It does not just affect you
:04:23. > :04:33.but also Ben. Your beautiful grandson. Also his wife as well. She
:04:34. > :04:42.has been negotiating directly with the lawyers and interpreting for as
:04:43. > :04:47.`` as. It would have been very difficult without home and Adam's
:04:48. > :04:51.friends have been at the court as well and translating and watching
:04:52. > :04:53.what is happening. What about the British government will, what have
:04:54. > :05:04.they done, have they helped you? Not really. We spoke to our MP today,
:05:05. > :05:09.our MP secretary and we're hoping we will get the help we. We will be
:05:10. > :05:17.talking with him on the programme tonight at 1025 PM and we will be
:05:18. > :05:22.asking how we can help you. How is Adam doing at the moment? He's no
:05:23. > :05:29.longer classed as in a coma, he is now emerging in what is known as a
:05:30. > :05:31.minimally conscious state which in layman's Thames meteors coming
:05:32. > :05:42.through and we are getting responses from him. `` layman's terms. He can
:05:43. > :05:46.smile and indicate that he can hear us so that gives as a lot of hope.
:05:47. > :05:51.Thank you so much for coming in and we give you `` wish you the best of
:05:52. > :05:55.luck. A Yorkshire company has come up with
:05:56. > :05:58.a new tool to try and combat the huge problem
:05:59. > :06:01.of metal theft which costs the UK The idea was the brainchild
:06:02. > :06:05.of a former West Yorkshire police It is
:06:06. > :06:08.a crime that is damaging Yorkshire's Once the thieves have struck, the
:06:09. > :06:13.rain gets in to some of the region's Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire
:06:14. > :06:21.is just one of the places that The problem is that the thieves make
:06:22. > :06:29.such a mess in taking the lead, they rip it off in the middle
:06:30. > :06:35.of the night and they don?t really The damage they cause can cause
:06:36. > :06:39.immense harm inside the building So the cost
:06:40. > :06:42.of replacing that lead tends to be about four times the value of
:06:43. > :06:45.the lead that is actually stolen. But could this be
:06:46. > :06:47.the way to deter criminals? Designed by a former West Yorkshire
:06:48. > :06:51.detective, trace metal fires thousands
:06:52. > :06:55.of microdots into my metal sheets, Even the smelting process
:06:56. > :07:03.cannot destroy the nickel dots. It is a double edged deterrent
:07:04. > :07:05.of course. It goes also
:07:06. > :07:09.for unscrupulous dealers. if you buy marked metal you
:07:10. > :07:17.will not be able to sell it. Yorkshire has been something
:07:18. > :07:19.of a hotspot for lead theft Police operations and crackdowns
:07:20. > :07:25.at scrap metal yards have helping This is another weapon in the fight
:07:26. > :07:32.to try and make sure the region's We'll meet the Doctor Who fan
:07:33. > :07:51.from Leeds who inspired the new series' titles after putting
:07:52. > :08:00.his own version on You Tube. A takeaway restaurant worker has
:08:01. > :08:03.been jailed for 17 years for keeping a woman locked
:08:04. > :08:06.in his flat in Bradford as a slave. Police said thirty`year`old
:08:07. > :08:10.Abdul Hanif had put his student victim through a harrowing ordeal
:08:11. > :08:15.of rape and assault. A judge said Hanif was guilty
:08:16. > :08:19.of calculated depravity. South Yorkshire's Police
:08:20. > :08:22.Commissioner Shaun Wright has ordered an independent review
:08:23. > :08:25.into the force's decision to notify the BBC of the date
:08:26. > :08:27.of their search last Thursday of They're investigating
:08:28. > :08:32.an alleged sex attack at a rally in Chief Constable Andy Trotter,
:08:33. > :08:40.from the National Police Communications Advisory Group,
:08:41. > :08:42.will lead the review into the circumstances surrounding the raid
:08:43. > :08:44.at the singer's home in Berkshire. The force say they were not
:08:45. > :08:47.responsible for the original Sir Cliff says any allegation
:08:48. > :08:54.against him is completely false. A freedom of information request has
:08:55. > :08:58.revealed that two North Yorkshire Police employees were told to resign
:08:59. > :09:01.in the past five years over breaches The force investigated 46
:09:02. > :09:11.cases of staff misusing Facebook and Twitter ` the fifth highest
:09:12. > :09:14.number in the country. The Press Association asked for
:09:15. > :09:16.details on cases ranging from social North Yorkshire Police said the
:09:17. > :09:24.figures show how seriously it takes Protests have been taking place
:09:25. > :09:30.at train stations across Yorkshire, As a shortlist of bidders
:09:31. > :09:35.for northern rail franchises and further price rises were
:09:36. > :09:38.announced this morning, protestors were calling for lower fares and
:09:39. > :09:40.public ownership of the railways. Demonstrations took place
:09:41. > :09:46.at several stations including Leeds, Next tonight,
:09:47. > :09:53.the parents of a teenage girl ` fighting for her life after
:09:54. > :09:56.an apparent hit and run accident ` say the support they've received
:09:57. > :09:59.from the community has helped them Eighteen`year`old Danielle Stoton
:10:00. > :10:13.was knocked down in the early hours Police have arrested two women
:10:14. > :10:16.in their twenties as part of the investigation
:10:17. > :10:19.but say they need more witnesses to Tom Ingall has been to
:10:20. > :10:22.meet her parents today. Flowers and cards arrive every
:10:23. > :10:26.day at Michelle and Paul's home. The good wishes for their daughter
:10:27. > :10:29.bring great comfort but they are prompted by the phone call no
:10:30. > :10:32.parent would ever want to receive. 18`year`old Danielle was knocked
:10:33. > :10:35.down by a car a week ago. She is still in intensive care
:10:36. > :10:39.and been treated you don't even know they
:10:40. > :10:48.are happening to you. You are up and down and you don't
:10:49. > :10:52.even know what is happening. We got some fantastic people
:10:53. > :10:55.around us. She is on a huge amount
:10:56. > :10:58.of drugs to paralyse her, three different types of sedation,
:10:59. > :11:01.she has developed a chest infection They had her on a deep`freeze
:11:02. > :11:06.to keep brain swelling down. The accident happened
:11:07. > :11:15.on this lane which is quite Danielle
:11:16. > :11:21.and her friend were returning home The police have arrested two women,
:11:22. > :11:26.both in their 20s, as they continue their
:11:27. > :11:29.investigations into the accident. But they do say it is really
:11:30. > :11:31.important for anyone who saw what happened or
:11:32. > :11:35.particularly the car before it was involved in the collision,
:11:36. > :11:39.to get in touch with them. It's just pain and sorrow and it is,
:11:40. > :11:47.you try to have positive thoughts but in the back of your mind you
:11:48. > :11:50.know what is going on. It is hell on earth,
:11:51. > :12:03.that is what it is. one go. Michelle is still working
:12:04. > :12:09.on Friday's messages We want to thank each physical
:12:10. > :12:12.person not just click For now, Michelle and Paul are
:12:13. > :12:18.forced to find a life between home and hospital waiting for any
:12:19. > :12:20.sign her condition is improving. Now, it's a pretty
:12:21. > :12:24.and popular market town in the Peak District ` but Bakewell does get
:12:25. > :12:27.very busy, especially in August. And it's likely to get much more
:12:28. > :12:30.crowded, as roads are closed while eight weeks of work are carried out
:12:31. > :12:34.to replace the town's gas mains. Some of the traders aren't happy,
:12:35. > :12:50.as Jo Healey reports from Bakewell. The first cut. Traders say they will
:12:51. > :12:54.feel it is the deepest. We have got a bank holiday coming up and at this
:12:55. > :13:01.time of year being at the tourist town we need as much trade coming in
:13:02. > :13:06.without disruption. Customers are complaining about traffic. They
:13:07. > :13:12.cannot find the space and cannot get him. They will go elsewhere. Closing
:13:13. > :13:18.roles like this in a busy market town is never going to be popular.
:13:19. > :13:22.But this work that they have just started they says the has to be
:13:23. > :13:26.done. They are replacing the gas mains to ensure safe and reliable
:13:27. > :13:30.gas supplies the local homes and businesses for the next 80 years so
:13:31. > :13:33.the existing metal gas mains are being replaced by new hardware and
:13:34. > :13:38.plastic pipe that will be in the ground and will be providing safe
:13:39. > :13:40.and reliable gas supplies for a lifetime. Until then the work will
:13:41. > :13:47.run for two months. York prepares for one
:13:48. > :13:52.of the richest races in it's history ` but who's the
:13:53. > :13:55.local horse among the favourites? And re`modelling the Citreon Dolly `
:13:56. > :13:57.the Bradford business struggling to Now, to all you Whovians out there,
:13:58. > :14:09.you don't need me to tell you the new series of Dr Who starts
:14:10. > :14:18.on Saturday night here on BBC1. What you may not know, though,
:14:19. > :14:20.is the heart warming story Billy Hanshaw, who's from Leeds,
:14:21. > :14:28.is a big Dr Who fan and designed his own opening title
:14:29. > :14:32.sequence and put it on You Tube. The show's creators spotted it,
:14:33. > :14:34.loved it, and asked Billy He's here with us,
:14:35. > :14:39.but let's have a look at that Without giving away any secrets,
:14:40. > :15:42.is the BBC's version recognisably The final title sequence is a
:15:43. > :15:51.collaboration between myself and the team. You have 60,000 viewers that
:15:52. > :15:56.the day you put it on. You have now had 800,000 views. And counting. Did
:15:57. > :16:00.you ever imagine it would be so popular? It was put on there as a
:16:01. > :16:08.portfolio piece because that is the kind of work I want to get into. I
:16:09. > :16:16.did not expect for one minute that they would get in touch. You must
:16:17. > :16:21.have really impressed them. You thought it was a hoax to begin with?
:16:22. > :16:29.I did. I message him back to say is there anything I can help you with
:16:30. > :16:33.because they linked to me. They said would you be interested in helping
:16:34. > :16:38.us out with the series eight titles and I jumped at it. The titles have
:16:39. > :16:46.changed dramatically. Over the many years as well. That was the original
:16:47. > :16:53.in 19 60. Amazing for the time it was produced. It is still quite
:16:54. > :17:06.creepy. Still evokes a sense of the otherworldly effect. How much of a
:17:07. > :17:13.fan of Doctor Who are you? Capaldi is my doctor from now on. David
:17:14. > :17:27.Tennant is mine. I am toad that Capaldi is sensational. `` I am toad
:17:28. > :17:34.told. Utterly amazing. Now you are with the BBC royal tea. What is next
:17:35. > :17:42.for you, has this open some doors? `` royalty. I am pitching other
:17:43. > :17:52.title sequences at this time. We wish you well. Thank you.
:17:53. > :17:55.Leeds Rhinos against Castleford Tigers is not the only all
:17:56. > :17:57.Yorkshire Rugby League final taking place at Wembley on Saturday.
:17:58. > :17:59.There is a national schools title to be
:18:00. > :18:02.decided in the curtain raiser to the big game and it too features teams
:18:03. > :18:13.This is full`blooded, full`contact Rugby League.
:18:14. > :18:17.And this lot could claim to be the best school in Britain at it.
:18:18. > :18:20.They will be contesting the year seven champion school final
:18:21. > :18:25.in the curtain raiser to the challenge cup proper.
:18:26. > :18:27.It means the world to me because a lot
:18:28. > :18:30.of professionals haven't done this and I'm only 12 and I'm doing it.
:18:31. > :18:33.Doing what a lot of professionals want to do.
:18:34. > :18:36.I thought about it a couple of times and I'm proper nervous.
:18:37. > :18:39.It is the fifth time in nine years the Academy has sent
:18:40. > :18:44.Their year 10 girls are all conquering.
:18:45. > :18:48.But on Saturday the focus will be on these lads.
:18:49. > :18:51.The next time Oliver here kicks for goal it could be in front
:18:52. > :18:56.And coming in the opposite direction will be Brooksbank School.
:18:57. > :19:05.Just as determined, just as committed, just as nervous.
:19:06. > :19:07.When you run you will be very nervous
:19:08. > :19:18.We are playing at Wembley and we might be the best in Britain.
:19:19. > :19:21.There is just one more training session planned before the big game.
:19:22. > :19:26.But that's taking place behind closed doors.
:19:27. > :19:28.They will be running secret drills in an attempt to bamboozle
:19:29. > :19:33.While the game is yet to be decided, there is one outcome
:19:34. > :19:36.It will be coach Tim Webster's last in charge.
:19:37. > :19:39.He retired at the end of last term after 30 years with the school.
:19:40. > :19:51.The Ebor Festival gets underway at York Racecourse tomorrow.
:19:52. > :19:54.The four day event is expected to attract more than 80,000 people,
:19:55. > :20:00.But tomorrow all eyes will be on the Yorkshire trained horse, The Grey
:20:01. > :20:05.It will race against the winner of the English Derby in one
:20:06. > :20:08.of the richest ever races at York ` the Juddmonte International.
:20:09. > :20:16.Getting some much`needed rest in his stable at in Hambleton.
:20:17. > :20:19.Tomorrow he bids for the European crown at York racecourse.
:20:20. > :20:22.He is trained by former jockey Kevin Ryan who has been training
:20:23. > :20:31.It doesn't matter whether he is a sprinter, they need that natural
:20:32. > :20:43.He's got a great temperament, he's got a lot of speed and he stays.
:20:44. > :20:50.Kevin has had more than 40 wins at York Racecourse and tomorrow
:20:51. > :20:56.The Juddmonte International is the richest race at York but it is never
:20:57. > :21:09.I think for any trainer in Yorkshire this is a big week.
:21:10. > :21:12.You know there will be a lot of owners attending this meeting
:21:13. > :21:14.and we try to take the best horses to the meeting.
:21:15. > :21:16.There is no doubting this three`year`old's ability
:21:17. > :21:20.He's a great horse and a very quiet horse actually.
:21:21. > :21:23.All the time I take him racing and he has very good behaviour
:21:24. > :21:28.Around 80,000 people are expected at the four`day event.
:21:29. > :21:40.So let us hope that this old sport does Yorkshire proud.
:21:41. > :21:52.Mine was a Ford KA, but for a few months I learned to drive
:21:53. > :22:01.Well, they were once the laughing stock of the road.
:22:02. > :22:07.Designed with the french farmer in mind, the Citroen 2CV was used
:22:08. > :22:09.to transport anything from crates of eggs to actual livestock.
:22:10. > :22:12.They stopped being made in the 1990s but now a Bradford company
:22:13. > :22:16.It's started revamping old 2CVs and selling them back to the French.
:22:17. > :22:39.The car failed to the world in 1938 `` the car on unveiled. It became a
:22:40. > :22:45.design classic eventually. The flying dustbin, the upside`down
:22:46. > :22:49.pram, the upside`down snail. None of them complimentary but it is there
:22:50. > :22:55.to save the world was smitten when it came to the car. We had to say
:22:56. > :22:58.goodbye to them in 1990 but one company in Bradford have made it
:22:59. > :23:08.their mission to keep the love affair going. It builds and
:23:09. > :23:12.refurbishes the cars and it is so busy it cannot keep up with demand.
:23:13. > :23:16.One of its biggest customers are percent. Next week and one ship and
:23:17. > :23:22.it will send 30 across the Channel. They have not always been so
:23:23. > :23:26.popular. I liken them to Marmite. You either love them or you hate
:23:27. > :23:29.them. When I started the business I was ridiculed by other traders for
:23:30. > :23:33.doing them. Now the tables have turned a bit greedy and they are all
:23:34. > :23:46.saying, you were lucky to get into that in the first place. `` turned a
:23:47. > :23:53.bit really. Turnover is up by 40%. We are very busy with them. We have
:23:54. > :24:01.got orders to fill the books for the next six months, really. Another
:24:02. > :24:06.quirky looking vehicle. Designed in the late 1940s like the other car,
:24:07. > :24:09.the quirky bands are being used increasingly by fancy food stalls
:24:10. > :24:13.just perfect for those who want to stand out from the crowd. It was to
:24:14. > :24:22.look for a ban which would fit my ethos. The French ban provided the
:24:23. > :24:28.perfect thing for that so, it is completely accessorise a bowl and
:24:29. > :24:32.you can give it your personality and what you are doing. It is part of
:24:33. > :24:36.the family, really. Before you get too excited about taking a drive
:24:37. > :24:42.down memory lane you might have to start saving. The vans cost around
:24:43. > :24:48.?13,000 and the car, ten and a half thousand pounds. The company say
:24:49. > :24:53.there are on course to break all other poverty workers and we will
:24:54. > :25:11.have to wait to see the if it happens. Oldest cars but quite
:25:12. > :25:23.pricey. Are you a decent driver? A girl after my own heart. Terrible
:25:24. > :25:27.driver. I will show you some photographs before we get on with
:25:28. > :25:31.the forecast. Taken yesterday at Whitby Abbey. The second photograph
:25:32. > :25:40.was taken, I think it has been tinkered with a little bit, and the
:25:41. > :25:50.third was taken yesterday. Keep your photographs in. `` get. It has been
:25:51. > :25:54.a rather chilly out there and that is going to be a feature of the
:25:55. > :25:57.weather for the next four days. If you are camping at Leeds Festival
:25:58. > :26:02.will need to take an extra blanket because it looks quite chilly but
:26:03. > :26:06.tomorrow it will be largely dry. We continue to pull out down from the
:26:07. > :26:11.Arctic. You can see the ice coming down from the North. A lot of cloud
:26:12. > :26:14.on Thursday and patchy rain but there is some sunshine in between
:26:15. > :26:18.the showers on Friday. At the moment and we can does not look too bad.
:26:19. > :26:21.Some showers today. You can make out the shower clouds on the satellite
:26:22. > :26:26.picture from earlier. Still one or two knocking about. It is
:26:27. > :26:31.essentially a fine if a little bit chilly evening. The showers will die
:26:32. > :26:34.away over the next hour, leaving us with a 30 dry night of broken cloud.
:26:35. > :26:39.Temperatures much lower than they should be. Look at some of these. 6
:26:40. > :26:42.degrees or 7 degrees full stop perhaps even a little bit lower out
:26:43. > :26:46.in the countryside. Very chilly indeed. 9 degrees or 10 degrees in
:26:47. > :26:55.the towns and cities. The sun will rise at 553 AM. High water. It
:26:56. > :27:00.doesn't like a pleasant start to the day. It will be a mostly nice day,
:27:01. > :27:05.just a little bit nippy. In the sunshine the sun is still strong and
:27:06. > :27:07.warm. A cool breeze from the north`west and by the afternoon
:27:08. > :27:13.there could be the order, isolated shower. It is going to sit largely
:27:14. > :27:18.dry. Temperatures way below average though. We should be at this time of
:27:19. > :27:21.year, 21 degrees. Possibly spoiled by the height curvature so far this
:27:22. > :27:28.summer. 15 degrees or 16 degrees will feel nippy. Some showery rain
:27:29. > :27:36.on Thursday. Sunshine in between the showers on Friday. Take the next
:27:37. > :27:40.blanket if you are camping at the festival. Looking forward to that.
:27:41. > :27:48.We're back at 10:25pm good night.