16/09/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Shaun Wright resigns as Police Commissioner after three

weeks of pressure following the Rotherham grooming scandal.

It's taken them ten days and we felt then and even more now that there

needs to be a complete clear out of all those responsible. We'll have

reaction life from Rotherhal. Bradford Council decides to spend

taxpayers' money on the Medha Museum but will an extra ?1 million be

enough to save it? And certainly not grim up north `

a new exhibition shows life in a Yorkshire mill hostel

in the '30s was filled with joy There has been a lot of clotd along

the coast. That will come inland tonight. Join me for the forecast.

Good evening and welcome to Tuesday's Look North.

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wrhght has

resigned over the scandal of sexual abuse in Rotherhal.

It's three weeks since a report showed 1400 hundred

children had been exploited by gangs of men in the town over manx years.

Mr Wright was the councillor responsible

for Children's Services between 2005 and 2010 and was coming unddr

increasing pressure to step down, including from the Prime Minister.

In a moment we'll be asking who will take over, but first

Shaun Wright is duly elected as Police and Crime Commission for the

South Yorkshire Police area. When he came to power, only if you beyond

rather run would have had Shaun Wright. His victory was by local

MPs. Today as he resigns, hd is a national name, keep RIF to his party

and with the same MPs urging him to go. Confirmation of his dep`rture

came in a statement. It is now three weeks since the

report revealed the scale of historic Child exploitation and

Rotherham. He spent five ye`rs responsible for them but refused to

resign. I don't think any of this was my direct fault. I take

collective responsibility. He remained defiant when the Prime

Minister called on him to stand down. The rates decision wotld be

for him to stand down and t`ke on responsibility. He faced a committee

last week. On oath, he said he had received messages of support from

MPs. Not one external report raised it as a significant issue. He was

told he was the least convincing witness ever to appear before them.

I've had to live with us for 12 years! He faced a police and crime

panel meeting last week including victims of abuse. Maggie Wilson says

the police's failure to tackle grooming led to the death of her

daughter Laura. I'm glad he has resigned but it shouldn't h`ve come

to that. He should have actdd on everything that he knew. He gets a

big pension which is a big clap and saying well done. Where does this

leave rather run? On Saturd`y, it was under siege from the English

Defence League, calling for Shaun Wright to go. This morning, a

protest camp had been cleardd away. It's the best thing he's done. We

had to get shot of him. He brought us down to the gutter. It's not only

the perpetrators, the authorities failed, to. I promise to always put

you first. The cheers of eldction night have faded and now thd man

himself has gone to. Shaun Wright's authors have confirmed he ldads

without a severance payment. Well, Shaun Wright is

the third high`profile figure to stand down over Rotherham's child

sex exploitation scandal. Council leader Roger Stone resigned

when the damning report into Then last week

the council's chief executive Martin Kimber announced that he ll

leave his post in December. Head of Children's Services Joyce

Thacker remains in post despite So today's resignation throws up

questions about who will replace Shaun Wright as Police and Crime

Commissioner in South Yorkshire Our political editor Len Tingle

joins us live now. It has been three weeks since the

news broke but the only step down today. There was no headway in the

written statement. I intervhewed him for days ago and he said he was

going to stay on because he was the best person to oversee the police.

There was a ?750,000 bill for a demonstration in Rotherham that was

directly against him which lust be extremely embarrassing. We heard

today from the select committee that has been investigating and heard his

evidence under oath. They are suggesting that maybe there are more

investigations to come as a result of what he has said to them. This is

what Keith Vaz, the chairman of the select committee, said. There are

There are concerns about the fact that information that

we received from Mr Wright was not necessarily reflected in thd

We will need to look into that and that is one of the reasons why we

It is essential that we takd steps to ensure that effective action is

the wader reaction has been relief. He was elected as a Labour

councillor `` wider. The re`ction from the Shadow Home Secret`ry and

local NPR now they can get on with the real job, stopping crimhnal

gangs and finding more support for what we now know. They will need a

new Police and Crime Commissioner. In a couple of days, the panel will

meet on Thursday to work out who's going to be the interim lease and

crime Commissioner and therd will be a by`election within 35 days. That

will be a big issue for Labour. Major, because what we are seeing

here is major criticism of `n elected Labour politician and

waiting in the wings are parties like UKIP who clearly are going to

push this as hard as they c`n. They see Labour has had its eyes closed

and its time there was a new party. What we could be seeing as the

chance of, and South Yorkshhre, the Police and Crime Commissiondr that

isn't from Labour. Well, joining us now is the Labour

MP for Rotherham, Sarah Chalpion. A by`election is probably the last

thing you need, Sarah. The thing for me is that Shaun Wright was under

the Labour banner but he didn't represent a labour that I'm aware

of. Labour is about equalitx and protecting the vulnerable and

creating a just society. Gohng forward, I think the best mdasure be

representing Labour is the person who's going serve the community

representing those values as best as possible. I don't just want another

MP or retired police officer, I want someone with a track record of

serving South Yorkshire's communities. The Labour council and

Rotherham `` in Rotherham h`sn't serve the community well. You can't

have gained momentum and I don't think the electorate are gohng to

look fairly on what Labour have done in Rotherham. I can completdly

understand people's frustrations and that is why the party quickly

suspended for councillors that we think we'll involved at the time. We

need to take responsibility, we are still investigating. What I think is

it was staff, they had governance responsibilities and I think it is

right we should come down h`rd on them because clearly they h`ve

neglected their duties. Shatn Wright with a cabinet member for children

and young people at the timd so that is why we started calling for him to

resign because he, to be quhte honest, was representing hilself,

not ten won and definitely not Labour `` not Rotherham. I would

scrap the Police and Crime Commissioner post because pdrmeate

shouldn't be about politics `` for me it should be about polithcs, it

should be who is going to rdpresent South Yorkshire the best. H`ving a

politician in that post will mean a political debate rather than who

looks after us both. Who wotld you like to see go for the Labotr seat?

For me, it would be someone that represents the labour that H stand

for. Some of the track record of working in child protection or with

charities that are neutral `nd just there to serve the communitx. I

don't want someone who is a career politician going for a bird for it,

I think that is the last thhng we need. `` the career politichan going

for it. Following in the footsteps

of a boxing legend ` how fighters of the future `re being

given guidance at a new gym run by An inquest has been told a little

girl tried and failed to get help from neighbours when a fatal fire

broke out in her family's home. Josie Leighton, her two sons Tyler,

who was 9 and 12`year`old Jordan and her friend Claire James, all

died in the blaze at North Wingfield The inquest today heard Clare's

seven`year`old daughter Tia tried to raise the alarm by banging on a

neighbours door but no one `nswered. A helicopter has crashed into

the sea off the Yorkshire coast Teams have been sent

from Scarborough, Filey and Robin Hood's Bay to help

with the rescue operation. Witnesses reported hearing ` loud

crack before the helicopter went down into the water at Flamborough

Head earlier this afternoon. The National Union of Mineworkers

has stepped in to save a Doncaster The NUM has taken

the unprecedented step of investing The pit has been owned

by its miners for the last xear but needed the money so it can continue

to operate for the next 18 lonths. It will now try to win contracts

from major power stations. The NUM expects

its money to repaid within ` year. The trustees acting

on independent financial advice have decided that this is an invdstment

that the NUM could enter into. Obviously the additional benefit

for us is that it does secure We've got 40 years of coal

underneath where I'm standing and we It doesn't guarantee that,

it just guarantees the next 18 Leeds University has been p`ying

tribute to one of the British tourists who were killed

in Thailand. David Miller was found dead on a

beach on the island of Koh Tao with David was studying civil and

structural engineering in Ldeds Bradford Council has agreed to use

?1 million of taxpayers' money to secure the

future of the city's media luseum. It had been warned that without the

cash, the museum's future could be There was a major public calpaign to

save the museum last year following falling visitor ntmbers

and a shortfall in the budgdt. Primary school children enjoying

role`play at the Media Musetm this morning. It's all part of an

organised learning experience, introducing families to photography,

television and modern media. My favourite part was assembling the

cameras because I've never done that before in my entire life. Spending a

lot of 121 time with my son. Councillors decided to award ?1

million of taxpayers' money. It will bring in more visitors and drive the

local economy in and around Bradford. Visitors have been

declining from more than 700,20 and 2007 to less than 480,000 in 20 4.

The council cash to be paid over the next three years will be matched

from a former ?1 million from a London`based science Museum. We have

caught collections, internationally significant. It will be intdractive,

about light, sound and percdption. We are editing on the computer. We

have made a film. For these young people, the investment secures the

museum's immediate future and hopefully for the longer term too.

We'll meet Prince Harry's right`hand man.

David Wiseman from York celdbrates his comeback from injury to win gold

And remembering life in the mills ` the ladies who lived in a

Sowerby Bridge hostel return to see themselves star in a new exhibition.

The brother of boxing legend Prince Naseem is running

Ali Hamed says he wants to give something back to

Although Prince Naseem lives in Surrey now, he occasionally shows

up at training sessions to hnspire the ambitious lads working hard to

Ali Hamed knows how to motivate young talent.

A training run in peaceful surroundings,

the Hamed gym is based at the chapel in Burngreave celetery.

It's bringing in tough teenagers hungry for success.

I'm Dante Dixon, I'm 14 years old and I've bden

I want to be one of the best and have the penthouses, nice cars.

If you give hard work and dedication, as when you can be.

Dante is after the wealthy lifestyle Prince Naseem achieved so young

He retired hideously young but he amassed that much we`lth that

it's hard to motivate somebody to get up at 4:00am

to go for a run but we're back to our roots.

We are here helping the use and putting it back into the colmunity.

A lot of these kids need help and look at Naseem as an inspir`tion.

It's really changed our livds and hopefully it can change

From a parent's perspective, it's a cheap and healthy sport.

Sheffield City Council lets the chapel free of charge.

Dante's daily workout only costs his mum ?5 per week

It keeps him off the street because there are a lot of bad

This is what he needs to keep them away from that.

I start looking at my feet when I'm doing that and they get confused

and they start getting hit `nd feel the power and pain go down.

Prince Naseem lives in Surrey now but sometimes shows up

to give encouragement to his brother's proteges.

Ali took me to a spur in London and Naz was there ringside,

It was like, wow, seeing the guy who I grew up watchhng on TV

The end of another training session and a shy, new boy turns up,

We're going to look after you and, hopefully,

you'll be able to look after your brothers and sisters, won't you

The Leeds Rhinos full`back Zak Hardaker will not face charges after

an investigation into claims he used homophobic language. The RFL had

been looking into an alleged incident involving the 22`ydar`old

during a game last month. The Match Review Panel decided, 'therd was

insufficient evidence for charges to be brought'.

During my time out in Afghanistan, I was struck by the sheer dedhcation

of the service personnel. For those who are injured, it is not just a

physical but sometime mentally challenging road to recoverx. Last

weekend, over 400 wounded Sdrvicemen and women from 13 countries came to

the UK to take part in the first ever Invictus Games, an

international event the showcased the power of sport to inspire

Harry and our guest David Whseman, an ex`serviceman from York who was

injured in Afghanistan in 2009 after being shot by the Taliban. He also

won his own gold medal in the 100`metre freestyle.

Congratulations on the medals and the Invictus Games. I was working

for the Royal foundation, h`ving less the Army last May. I w`s

looking at the Warrior games with Prince Harry and he was uttdrly

inspired by what he saw out there. He wanted to use the power of sport

in an international, sporting tournament, bring that back and make

its huge. That's what we saw last week at the Invictus Games. Last

time I saw you, you were up the top of Mount Everest. So this w`s a

piece of cake! I wouldn't s`y that! It was a huge amount of hard work. I

was a small cog in a machind that has worked really hard for 08

months. This was my third r`ce. I had just been beaten into stbsequent

races ie bearded Australian. `` by a. You're certainly not scared of a

challenge. As Harry said, you have claimed Everest as well. We have

pictures of that. You were hnjured by the Taliban in 2009 but that

hasn't stopped you been verx physical. I'm hugely passionate

about the idea that sport is a very powerful tool to be used in

people's recovery. I manage a project that rewards the usd of

sport as recovery. That is why I am passionate about Invictus G`mes

Sorry for the shameless plug, this is my book! It's about how H use the

sport of mountaineering to turn around my own recovery. I shncerely

hope, having spoken to the guys from 13 different nations, that `ll of

them have drawn from their experience at the Invictus Games to

give their recovery a huge boost. Living in a Yorkshire mill hostel

in the '30s would usually bd seen But a new exhibition at

Sowerby Bridge Library paints Surprising photographs

of women who stayed at Triangle Mill Hostel from the 1920s to thd '7 s

show a life that was far from grim, Here's a building with

a tale to tell. Stansfield Grange was

a mill owner's home that became # Golden days in the sunshine

of our happy youth... 100 young women,

many from very deprived are`s of the North East, lived here, enjoying

freedom and financial indepdndence This afternoon, some of thel came

back, drawn by a photographhc I wanted to do well,

that's why I came. It was the best thing I ever did in

my life, coming here, when xou come Women were in big demand

at the mills. To get the best workers,

owners had to treat them well. We had never seen anything

as good as this. We were honoured,

we had our own private bathrooms Ted Fenton and Ruth Beasley have

made the expression possibld. Ted collected

and preserved the photos and Ruth They had a wonderful time

in spite of the fact that the work `` they worked. They had thhs energy

and enthusiasm that I find very inspiring. Keeping photographs is

magical for the next generation to see what their parents and friends

looked like in those days. Now let's get the weather. Here are

some pictures first. The cloud broke up nicely indeed, beautiful. This is

a nice one of the reservoir. Keep your pictures coming in. Thd dull

start tomorrow, but brighter later. There will be a lot more cloud than

today. High humidity air is coming in from the North Sea which means a

lot of low cloud and mist. Visibility has been poor along the

coast today. That is alreadx heading inland. That low cloud. Italy move

`` low cloud will steadily love and we will see temperatures of 12 or 13

Celsius. The sun will rise `t 6 42pm and the next high water is `t

10:55pm tonight. A great st`rt tomorrow, drizzle in places, then

skies will subtly brighten. There could be one or two more showers

towards the coast or on land but it should become dry after that damp

and drizzly start. Top afternoon temperatures at 15 or 16 Celsius. It

will be brighter inland at 08 Celsius, but it is mild with high

humidity, so it should feel pleasant. On Thursday, a better

chance of cloud breaking up. Friday on the weekend, you a lot of low

cloud in the mornings, afternoons should brighten up and it is the

I never know what to wear on grey morning 's! We're back at 10:30pm.

There's so much more to this story than I thought. Wow.