31/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Almost 5,000 people have signed a petition calling

on the Government to let a South African man stay in Yorkshire

Immigration rules mean Natalie Engel has to earn

at least ?22,000 a year to keep her husband Michael in the UK.

The family claim the law puts a price on love,

Family life at home in South Milford, but because Michael

is from South Africa, he faces a fight to stay here.

The Government says Natalie does not earn enough to support him.

They have suspended my driver's license even, so...

Just for example, the other day, when she was poorly, I couldn't

You sort of feel worthless and inadequate.

Michael and Natalie met in 2009 while working on a cruise ship.

She was a trapeze artist, he was a waiter.

It is really scary, I have lost a lot of weight and have had chest

infections. The couple moved to South Milford

last year to be closer to Natalie's They say this is a much better

and safer place to bring up But as the Government toughens

its stance on immigration, it is In a statement,

the Home Office says... Michael's application to stay here

is going through Dave Edwards, BBC Look North,

South Milford. Searches have continued

for a 12`year`old boy from Huddersfield who was swept into

the sea off the North Wales coast. Isaac Nash was paddling during

a family holiday to Anglesey when Coastguard, volunteers

and divers have spent three days Police say his family have

returned to West Yorkshire. An influential committee is to

investigate what ministers knew about child sexual exploitation

in Rotherham while Tony Blair was The police and council have faced

criticism since it emerged last week that 1,400 children were abused in

the town over of a 16`year period. The report claimed research by a

Home Office worker was "effectively Now the

Home Affairs Select Committee is to ask why that was allowed to happen

and who knew at the time. You can see a full investigation

into the child abuse in Rotherham The Grooming Scandal

will be shown at 8:30pm Next tonight, to the four`year`old

girl from West Yorskhire facing a three`hour round trip to get to

school when term starts this week. Olivia Sheard missed out

on her top choices. Her mum ` who doesn't drive `

says she'll need to catch 12 buses a day to get her daughter to class

and back. Four`year`old Olivia Sheard is

starting school on Tuesday. She has already been at preschool

at Methley Primary near home, but she isn't going

into reception class there. Her mum, Melissa,

was told by Leeds City Council that Methley was oversubscribed and so

were her next two school choices, so Olivia is going to Allerton Bywater,

an hour and a half away by bus She was absolutely devastated,

she has got all of her friends and knows all of her teachers,

it was a little bit of a shock that They were over occupied by one,

so they have 61 pupils in there. We got sent the forms late

and they did not receive them back in time, so we kind of got pushed

back then and people from different It should be local schools

for local children. Melissa did appeal

against the decision but lost, now she has to catch 12 buses every

day with nine`month`old Daisy This is where Melissa,

Olivia and Daisy get their First Bus from Methley to Whitwood just

before seven o'clock. Nearly an hour later it is time to

get the bus from Whitwood to Castleford, until at last,

half an hour later, the third I think she is going to

be completely exhausted. I think she is going to

come home and fall asleep I don't personally mind doing it but

it is Olivia, it is not fair on her, I think she is going to dread going

to school and start to hate it. And she shouldn't do, she should be

enjoying it like she was at Methley. Leeds City Council have stated that

they are acutely aware of the pressure on places

in primary schools. Olivia is number four

on the waiting list. Carla Fowler, BBC Look North,

Methley. It's been a decent start

for Yorkshire in their latest They bowled Lancashire out

for 278 on day one and In Super League, Wakefield beat

Salford 42`6 and Castleford won Finally tonight, a charity claims to

have set a record for the largest ever gathering of

people dressed as Sherlock Holmes. Around 4,000 people gathered

in fancy dress at Temple Newsam. Things going downhill tonight after

a duty day to day. Some patchy rain and drizzle and hill fog will be

present tonight. It'll be a dull and damp start to the day on Monday.

Problems with visibility. We will gradually see an improvement, not

the afternoon. Drier weather pushing down from the

North. Temperatures in the high teens. Goodbye, have a good evening.

Good evening. Much of the country has enjoyed some sunshine to finish