31/08/2014

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:00:16. > :00:16.Good evening. watts. -- in the vacuum cleaners.

:00:17. > :00:18.Almost 5,000 people have signed a petition calling

:00:19. > :00:21.on the Government to let a South African man stay in Yorkshire

:00:22. > :00:24.Immigration rules mean Natalie Engel has to earn

:00:25. > :00:27.at least ?22,000 a year to keep her husband Michael in the UK.

:00:28. > :00:30.The family claim the law puts a price on love,

:00:31. > :00:34.Family life at home in South Milford, but because Michael

:00:35. > :00:37.is from South Africa, he faces a fight to stay here.

:00:38. > :00:51.The Government says Natalie does not earn enough to support him.

:00:52. > :00:52.They have suspended my driver's license even, so...

:00:53. > :00:55.Just for example, the other day, when she was poorly, I couldn't

:00:56. > :00:58.You sort of feel worthless and inadequate.

:00:59. > :01:01.Michael and Natalie met in 2009 while working on a cruise ship.

:01:02. > :01:12.She was a trapeze artist, he was a waiter.

:01:13. > :01:15.It is really scary, I have lost a lot of weight and have had chest

:01:16. > :01:21.infections. The couple moved to South Milford

:01:22. > :01:24.last year to be closer to Natalie's They say this is a much better

:01:25. > :01:28.and safer place to bring up But as the Government toughens

:01:29. > :01:32.its stance on immigration, it is In a statement,

:01:33. > :01:56.the Home Office says... Michael's application to stay here

:01:57. > :01:58.is going through Dave Edwards, BBC Look North,

:01:59. > :02:05.South Milford. Searches have continued

:02:06. > :02:06.for a 12`year`old boy from Huddersfield who was swept into

:02:07. > :02:10.the sea off the North Wales coast. Isaac Nash was paddling during

:02:11. > :02:12.a family holiday to Anglesey when Coastguard, volunteers

:02:13. > :02:16.and divers have spent three days Police say his family have

:02:17. > :02:20.returned to West Yorkshire. An influential committee is to

:02:21. > :02:22.investigate what ministers knew about child sexual exploitation

:02:23. > :02:24.in Rotherham while Tony Blair was The police and council have faced

:02:25. > :02:28.criticism since it emerged last week that 1,400 children were abused in

:02:29. > :02:31.the town over of a 16`year period. The report claimed research by a

:02:32. > :02:33.Home Office worker was "effectively Now the

:02:34. > :02:36.Home Affairs Select Committee is to ask why that was allowed to happen

:02:37. > :02:40.and who knew at the time. You can see a full investigation

:02:41. > :02:43.into the child abuse in Rotherham The Grooming Scandal

:02:44. > :02:47.will be shown at 8:30pm Next tonight, to the four`year`old

:02:48. > :02:54.girl from West Yorskhire facing a three`hour round trip to get to

:02:55. > :02:57.school when term starts this week. Olivia Sheard missed out

:02:58. > :02:59.on her top choices. Her mum ` who doesn't drive `

:03:00. > :03:03.says she'll need to catch 12 buses a day to get her daughter to class

:03:04. > :03:05.and back. Four`year`old Olivia Sheard is

:03:06. > :03:13.starting school on Tuesday. She has already been at preschool

:03:14. > :03:15.at Methley Primary near home, but she isn't going

:03:16. > :03:18.into reception class there. Her mum, Melissa,

:03:19. > :03:20.was told by Leeds City Council that Methley was oversubscribed and so

:03:21. > :03:23.were her next two school choices, so Olivia is going to Allerton Bywater,

:03:24. > :03:27.an hour and a half away by bus She was absolutely devastated,

:03:28. > :03:34.she has got all of her friends and knows all of her teachers,

:03:35. > :03:38.it was a little bit of a shock that They were over occupied by one,

:03:39. > :03:42.so they have 61 pupils in there. We got sent the forms late

:03:43. > :03:47.and they did not receive them back in time, so we kind of got pushed

:03:48. > :03:50.back then and people from different It should be local schools

:03:51. > :03:54.for local children. Melissa did appeal

:03:55. > :03:56.against the decision but lost, now she has to catch 12 buses every

:03:57. > :03:59.day with nine`month`old Daisy This is where Melissa,

:04:00. > :04:08.Olivia and Daisy get their First Bus from Methley to Whitwood just

:04:09. > :04:11.before seven o'clock. Nearly an hour later it is time to

:04:12. > :04:14.get the bus from Whitwood to Castleford, until at last,

:04:15. > :04:16.half an hour later, the third I think she is going to

:04:17. > :04:22.be completely exhausted. I think she is going to

:04:23. > :04:25.come home and fall asleep I don't personally mind doing it but

:04:26. > :04:30.it is Olivia, it is not fair on her, I think she is going to dread going

:04:31. > :04:33.to school and start to hate it. And she shouldn't do, she should be

:04:34. > :04:36.enjoying it like she was at Methley. Leeds City Council have stated that

:04:37. > :04:39.they are acutely aware of the pressure on places

:04:40. > :04:41.in primary schools. Olivia is number four

:04:42. > :04:43.on the waiting list. Carla Fowler, BBC Look North,

:04:44. > :04:48.Methley. It's been a decent start

:04:49. > :04:51.for Yorkshire in their latest They bowled Lancashire out

:04:52. > :04:56.for 278 on day one and In Super League, Wakefield beat

:04:57. > :05:02.Salford 42`6 and Castleford won Finally tonight, a charity claims to

:05:03. > :05:10.have set a record for the largest ever gathering of

:05:11. > :05:13.people dressed as Sherlock Holmes. Around 4,000 people gathered

:05:14. > :05:39.in fancy dress at Temple Newsam. Things going downhill tonight after

:05:40. > :05:45.a duty day to day. Some patchy rain and drizzle and hill fog will be

:05:46. > :05:49.present tonight. It'll be a dull and damp start to the day on Monday.

:05:50. > :05:56.Problems with visibility. We will gradually see an improvement, not

:05:57. > :05:59.the afternoon. Drier weather pushing down from the

:06:00. > :06:12.North. Temperatures in the high teens. Goodbye, have a good evening.

:06:13. > :06:14.Good evening. Much of the country has enjoyed some sunshine to finish