:00:00. > :00:12.Those are the words of a children's home worker, who says
:00:13. > :00:22.staff knew grooming in the city was a big problem but couldn?t stop it.
:00:23. > :00:24.It was endemic. It was absolutely endemic
:00:25. > :00:26.throughout. We'll have more of that exclusive
:00:27. > :00:28.interview in just a moment. Also tonight, the scourge
:00:29. > :00:30.of fly`tipping The company which says it's such a problem
:00:31. > :00:44.in Bradford, it's leaving the city. And join us live on the banks as we
:00:45. > :00:49.find out why more people ard taking up the sport of rowing.
:00:50. > :00:55.It has been a disappointingly cloudy day today and workload tomorrow but
:00:56. > :00:56.a better chance of seeing some afternoon eight rix. The five
:00:57. > :01:02.forecast follows shortly. First tonight, the sexual abuse
:01:03. > :01:06.of children was endemic not just in Rotherham, but also in Sheffield,
:01:07. > :01:10.according to a care worker In an exclusive interview whth
:01:11. > :01:15.Look North, Ruth, not her rdal name, says girls were passed around
:01:16. > :01:18.groups of Asian men and trafficked She says staff knew about it
:01:19. > :01:24.but couldn't stop it. In a moment, we'll investig`te
:01:25. > :01:41.whether this is still happening These are the Memorial ground is in
:01:42. > :01:49.Sheffield. Ruth hasn't been here for a decade. The last time she came
:01:50. > :01:51.here was to rescue a missing 13`year`old in her care.
:01:52. > :01:54.We were telephoned by the mdn who had taken her to explain whx we
:01:55. > :02:04.could find her and she had been raped. She was in a real bad state.
:02:05. > :02:10.I took her to casualty. She was examined and put back together. Even
:02:11. > :02:15.though there was physical evidence, nothing was done or could bd done
:02:16. > :02:20.because she would not press charges. Ruth says it was the worst hncident
:02:21. > :02:26.she dealt with were working in the care home between 2002 and 2004 but
:02:27. > :02:32.it was far from isolated. In the unit I worked on, we had fotr girls
:02:33. > :02:35.and three of them where involved in the ring of abuse.
:02:36. > :02:40.They would go out with the one person they trusted and thotght they
:02:41. > :02:52.were building a relationship with, thought they were in love whth. They
:02:53. > :02:56.were told how beautiful unddrwear and groomed. Then he would be taken
:02:57. > :03:01.out of the city to prearranged areas to be used.
:03:02. > :03:04.She says care workers to trx and protect the girls but were
:03:05. > :03:09.powerless. You cannot drag them back in, you
:03:10. > :03:14.cannot force them back in. @ll you can try and do is you want to keep
:03:15. > :03:21.them `` persuade them you w`nt to keep them safe. Social workdrs would
:03:22. > :03:29.go out in cars and look for the girls, which put us at great risk.
:03:30. > :03:33.But we were so desperate and frustrated with the lack of anything
:03:34. > :03:38.being done for them. Now Ruth is the first whistle blower
:03:39. > :03:41.to come from here in Sheffidld since the revelations of widespre`d child
:03:42. > :03:45.abuse in Rotherham. She says not only was it going on here as well
:03:46. > :03:49.but that the authorities kndw about it.
:03:50. > :03:53.I think that the police did know about the scale, counsels md about
:03:54. > :04:01.the scale, social services certainly knew but they were powerless to do
:04:02. > :04:05.anything about it. It was endemic. The word is endemic. It was
:04:06. > :04:09.absolutely endemic throughott. You any regrets?
:04:10. > :04:16.I wish I had said something at the time. But I have hit `` if H had
:04:17. > :04:22.said at the time it was Asi`n men abusing these girls and it hs
:04:23. > :04:26.organised. They take them to Leeds, Manchester and it is all taxes and
:04:27. > :04:34.takeaways, I would have probably been labelled a racist. The whole
:04:35. > :04:39.system, the system of the l`w, social services and the way the
:04:40. > :04:47.council dealt with at, I thhnk the whole system failed the girls.
:04:48. > :04:54.Completely and utterly faildd. A detailed account of abuse in
:04:55. > :04:59.Sheffield. You have got the Council's response on this.
:05:00. > :05:02.They say they never ignored the problem and have an open culture.
:05:03. > :05:11.They are aware of the compl`int we raised but said they did act
:05:12. > :05:14.correctly. They can't reveal what they did because of data protection
:05:15. > :05:18.but he said they offered support to the girls. He said they werd only
:05:19. > :05:24.just beginning to understand the problem of what we now know of as
:05:25. > :05:28.grooming and that they have improved practices significantly since then.
:05:29. > :05:32.The police say they take thhs very seriously and want people to come
:05:33. > :05:39.forward. After the revelations about Rotherham and the 1400 people abuse
:05:40. > :05:41.there, they said they have opened a widespread investigation into
:05:42. > :05:46.historical cases of child sdxual exploitation and they will look into
:05:47. > :05:52.our cases as well as the hundreds of life cases they have.
:05:53. > :05:54.In Joe's report there were a number of disturbing issuds.
:05:55. > :05:57.But I spoke to Dr Anne Hollows, a Principal Lecturer in Sochal Work
:05:58. > :06:00.at Sheffield Hallam Univershty and I asked her just how care workers
:06:01. > :06:03.can prevent a 15`year`old ghrl from going out if she wants to?
:06:04. > :06:06.If it was your daughter or ly daughter, you could lock thd door.
:06:07. > :06:09.If it is a girl in local authority care, although the local authority
:06:10. > :06:12.is called the corporate pardnt, they can't actually lock thd door,
:06:13. > :06:16.they can't physically restr`in the girl from leaving.
:06:17. > :06:19.The only thing they may be `ble to do is, in extreme circumstances
:06:20. > :06:24.make a placement in a securd unit, but that is very unlikely.
:06:25. > :06:27.The social worker in that piece with Joe said it was
:06:28. > :06:38.There were cases, there are cases in Sheffield,
:06:39. > :06:42.There are cases in Keighley, Bradford, Leeds, Manchester,
:06:43. > :06:47.It is very widespread, not just in the North of England, thdre has
:06:48. > :06:51.been a court case in Oxford and there are more in the phpeline.
:06:52. > :06:59.Is this going to continue, more revelations over the North
:07:00. > :07:05.I think there will be more revelations.
:07:06. > :07:09.I think also as people become more willing to
:07:10. > :07:18.take action and take cases to court, then more cases will come to light.
:07:19. > :07:21.I think more girls will come forward.
:07:22. > :07:24.The publication of the Jay Report lead to quite a few women coming
:07:25. > :07:28.The woman in our report says if she had pressed her point,
:07:29. > :07:35.That is a valid point she m`kes isn't it?
:07:36. > :07:38.I think you have to look at the time she was speaking about.
:07:39. > :07:42.It was just after the Macpherson Report into the dnquiries
:07:43. > :07:46.about Stephen Lawrence and there was a real worry about instituthonal
:07:47. > :07:52.racism in making assumptions about different cultures.
:07:53. > :07:54.I think now services have developed and the liaison whth
:07:55. > :08:01.different minority communithes has changed considerably.
:08:02. > :08:04.You only have to look at thd Islamic community in Rotherham as
:08:05. > :08:11.These girls were failed by so many different bodies within
:08:12. > :08:21.Are they still under threat, in danger?
:08:22. > :08:23.I think we are better at talking to people.
:08:24. > :08:26.We have learned a lot more skills in talking to young people
:08:27. > :08:29.They don't have a lot of trtst in officials.
:08:30. > :08:33.They aren't able to distingtish good love
:08:34. > :08:42.But we are better at that, hn particular in our youth services.
:08:43. > :08:45.We can learn a great deal from youth services in how to
:08:46. > :08:48.communicate with troubled young people in these circumstancds.
:08:49. > :08:51.I think the real answer is we have got to start a lot sooner in
:08:52. > :08:55.supporting children who can't live at home at a much earlier age and
:08:56. > :09:02.Doctor Anne Hollows from Sheffield Hallam University.
:09:03. > :09:05.Just one more piece of news for you about Rotherham Council following
:09:06. > :09:15.There have been more calls today for the council's director of children's
:09:16. > :09:20.Meanwhile, an interim successor to Police Commissioner Shaun Wright,
:09:21. > :09:23.who resigned yesterday over the scandal, will be announced
:09:24. > :09:26.tomorrow, ahead of a by`election to choose a long term successor.
:09:27. > :09:33.Food suppliers at a North Yorkshire festival say they're owed thousands
:09:34. > :09:43.In other news, the number of people who are unemployed
:09:44. > :09:45.in Yorkshire has fallen sharply for the sixth month in a row.
:09:46. > :09:48.Figures for the period betwden May and July show there were 203,00
:09:49. > :09:54.That's 25,000 fewer than the previous quarter.
:09:55. > :09:57.The regional unemployment r`te is now 7.3%, which is
:09:58. > :10:03.Adam Pickles from Keighley was left in a coma
:10:04. > :10:06.after being attacked in an `lleged road rage incident in Thail`nd.
:10:07. > :10:09.Today Sean Tinsley from Wolverhampton was found not
:10:10. > :10:15.Adam is slowly recovering at a specialist care home in York.
:10:16. > :10:21.His parents say they're dis`ppointed with the outcome of the tri`l.
:10:22. > :10:24.Meanwhile, Thai police investigating the murder of a Leeds University
:10:25. > :10:26.graduate have stopped two British tourists from leaving the country.
:10:27. > :10:30.The men who have not been ddtained or arrested are in police c`re
:10:31. > :10:35.David Miller and Hannah Witheridge were attacked on a beach
:10:36. > :10:40.Bad weather is hampering the investigation into a helicopter
:10:41. > :10:45.Two men died after their aircraft plunged into the sea near
:10:46. > :10:50.Poor visibility is causing problems for investigators trying
:10:51. > :11:01.On the eve of tomorrow's Scottish independence referendum,
:11:02. > :11:04.the Scottish flag has been flying over council buildings in York.
:11:05. > :11:07.The decision to fly it over the Mansion House was taken jointly
:11:08. > :11:09.by the city's three main political parties to symbolise unity
:11:10. > :11:13.And on tomorrow's Look North we ll be investigating whether evdnts
:11:14. > :11:16.in Scotland will mean more powers being devolved from Westminster to
:11:17. > :11:23.Fly`tippers are forcing a Bradford business out of the city
:11:24. > :11:25.because the owner says he's ashamed to invite customers in.
:11:26. > :11:30.The council says it will cldar fly`tipped waste on public land
:11:31. > :11:34.and take enforcement action wherever possible.
:11:35. > :11:49.But international logistics firm Bower Green says it?s been based
:11:50. > :11:51.in Bradford for 61 years, and it?s simply had enough.
:11:52. > :12:09.You can go to prison for flx`tipping or face a hefty fine. But the people
:12:10. > :12:21.doing it don't seem to care. A short walk away is our green limited ``
:12:22. > :12:25.Bower Green. 50 staff work xear They and their clients have to drive
:12:26. > :12:32.right past the piles of rotting waste.
:12:33. > :12:34.The owner has had enough. You from my signatory and from a
:12:35. > :12:39.receptionist. They reported it to or three times a week and yet nothing
:12:40. > :12:42.is done about it. When we h`ve visitors we have to take thdm
:12:43. > :12:46.through all these piles of rubbish. It is just not how they want to see
:12:47. > :12:53.their product being deliverdd and taking care of.
:12:54. > :12:55.The company now wants to move to a new site in a different part of West
:12:56. > :12:59.Yorkshire. It is not only unsightly, it is
:13:00. > :13:05.unsafe. Some of this rubbish is spilling out into the road `nd, as
:13:06. > :13:09.you can imagine, it smells terrible. This would easily attract r`ts and
:13:10. > :13:13.flies. The irony as there is a council run to just round the
:13:14. > :13:17.corner. This waste and recycling centre takes all sorts of household
:13:18. > :13:22.rubbish, including most of what has been dumped on the streets nearby.
:13:23. > :13:27.Bradford Council says it is doing its best.
:13:28. > :13:32.We did take enforcement acthons and prosecutions against people who let
:13:33. > :13:35.and lighter. We look at particular hotspots and we try to clear it up
:13:36. > :13:39.as soon as possible. But Ian says that is just not
:13:40. > :13:45.happening. He says he first went to leave Radford for the same reason 18
:13:46. > :13:51.years ago and now he wishes he had. `` leave Bradford.
:13:52. > :13:54.Traders who ran food drink and craft stalls at a North
:13:55. > :13:56.Yorkshire music festival sax they're owed thousands of pounds after
:13:57. > :13:59.The Galtres Parklands Festival held at Duncombe Park, near Helmsley
:14:00. > :14:02.attracted 8000 people who c`me to see The Stranglers, The Hum`n League
:14:03. > :14:19.It promotes itself as one of the best family festivals in thd country
:14:20. > :14:25.with tickets being sold for ?95 each. One Saint eight, festhvalgoers
:14:26. > :14:31.use a cashless electronic sxstem to buy food or other items. Tr`ders are
:14:32. > :14:39.then supposed to get 80% of every transaction. But they have received
:14:40. > :14:45.nothing. Traders have been told the company has ceased trading. This man
:14:46. > :14:55.is owed ?500 and no fears for the future of his business. `` ?350 .
:14:56. > :15:01.I cannot sustain ?3500 worth of debt. It is really hard.
:15:02. > :15:03.They say the restructuring hs not in any way a means of not paying
:15:04. > :15:16.people. Peter Stark is owed ?1600 and he
:15:17. > :15:21.says he is warning people not to buy tickets for next year's event.
:15:22. > :15:24.Tickets are on sale on their website now and we would strongly advise
:15:25. > :15:31.anyone not to purchase thosd tickets cause, as we see it, the festival
:15:32. > :15:40.will go ahead next year. Their ticket money will be lost
:15:41. > :15:46.Galtres Parklands Festival said they would have an impact.
:15:47. > :15:57.Still to come, delving into the past, I'd view of Bradford's
:15:58. > :16:03.elaborate archive which announced this little star. Any guessds who
:16:04. > :16:06.make the? Nothing like spontaneous
:16:07. > :16:12.presentation. Loss of our teams were in action
:16:13. > :16:15.last night as the football season gets into swing.
:16:16. > :16:18.Sheffield Wednesday are quidtly enjoying a strong start to
:16:19. > :16:21.New striker Stevie May showdd quick feet and finishing power to
:16:22. > :16:27.In the dying minutes, Chris Maguire was meticulous and picking out
:16:28. > :16:33.Jeremy Helan to ensure Wedndsday are our highest placed team.
:16:34. > :16:42.Leeds take a battering earlx doors at Bournemouth
:16:43. > :16:48.But they hung in and in the second half Souleymane
:16:49. > :16:52.Next a blunderbuster from the boot of Guiseppe Bdllusci.
:16:53. > :16:54.Then Mirco Antenucci broke free to complete the recovery.
:16:55. > :16:58.3`1 to Leeds and whoever gets the coach's job takes over ` team
:16:59. > :17:05.Poetry in motion now as Anthony Wordsworth struck
:17:06. > :17:10.But Bolton's Joe Mason had the last word as he completed his hat`trick
:17:11. > :17:15.Huddersfield had keeper Alex Smithies to thank
:17:16. > :17:22.In League One, it was the Eoin Doyle show.
:17:23. > :17:24.Chesterfield were dead and buried at 3`0 down to Preston
:17:25. > :17:30.They were back in it when hd slid in for his second
:17:31. > :17:34.and took a point when he scored from the spot to complete his second
:17:35. > :17:40.More drama Colchester were Sheffield United were two
:17:41. > :17:49.Moments later, a consideratd buildup was rewarded with a tap`in for Ryan
:17:50. > :17:58.Stefan Scougall was fouled for Davis to win it with a penalty.
:17:59. > :18:02.The Blades go up to sixth and that is one behind Bradford City
:18:03. > :18:09.Aaron McLean with the opener and the lead was doubled whdn
:18:10. > :18:11.Billy Clarke intercepted a poor pass and dished out the punishment.
:18:12. > :18:16.A bad miss from Nathan Tyson which summed up
:18:17. > :18:23.In League Two, York are also struggling with
:18:24. > :18:42.There was lots of talk about legacy following the London 2012 Olympics
:18:43. > :18:47.and among Team GB's biggest successes were auroras. It seems
:18:48. > :18:53.that that success has rubbed off on Leeds rowing club. They havd seen a
:18:54. > :18:59.surge in membership and now have a brand new ?1 million boathotse
:19:00. > :19:05.opening. Phil has donned his buoyancy aid and is there now.
:19:06. > :19:10.There is messing about on the river but this is serious stuff. Ht is a
:19:11. > :19:17.nice evening for rowing. Te`m GB picked up the most medals in 10
:19:18. > :19:21.years at the London 2012 gales and that has been a catalyst for more
:19:22. > :19:27.people taking up the sport. Rowing here in Yorkshire is a
:19:28. > :19:34.rapidly growing sport. In a years they have achieved this. He ?1
:19:35. > :19:37.million boathouse for Leeds rowing club, complete with changing rooms
:19:38. > :19:44.and, unsurprisingly, rowing machines.
:19:45. > :19:46.It has been in the pipeline for five or ten years now and hundreds of
:19:47. > :19:55.people have been involved in the project. It means there is 300 times
:19:56. > :20:00.the amount of people we can get on the water. Hopefully we can get more
:20:01. > :20:06.people through the door and teach them how to rule.
:20:07. > :20:11.It is wonderfully sheltered and the conditions are ideal for rowing
:20:12. > :20:15.The club currently has more than 120 members from age 12 three to 81 But
:20:16. > :20:22.its waiting list is three thmes that what is people interested?
:20:23. > :20:27.Those moments when the boat packs up and quietly whispers are we under
:20:28. > :20:34.you and you know you are gohng fast. It is hard to describe but ht is an
:20:35. > :20:37.unbeatable feeling, definitdly. Getting up in the early hours of the
:20:38. > :20:42.morning is made easier when you have your friends on the crew. There is
:20:43. > :20:47.lots of pain as well but good times as well.
:20:48. > :20:53.The club now has a home for a home for its paws for the next. The
:20:54. > :20:58.opposite may revive a futurd for the next generation of Olympic rowers.
:20:59. > :21:01.The crews have been enjoying something of the Regatta thhs
:21:02. > :21:07.evening and it has been gre`t fun. Let us talk to you world chdck
:21:08. > :21:13.champion roar. This is Paul Bennett. What was it like?
:21:14. > :21:17.An incredible experience. You don't expect to end up as world champion
:21:18. > :21:20.in any sport so to do it in a sport I am really passionate about is
:21:21. > :21:24.wonderful. You are a local lad and are the
:21:25. > :21:27.guest of honour here tonight. What do you make of it?
:21:28. > :21:32.I am so excited to be here. Wonderful facilities. I am not
:21:33. > :21:37.formally affiliated with thhs club but everyone has been so welcoming
:21:38. > :21:40.and warm. They have offered me the chance to come back and trahned
:21:41. > :21:53.here. He is six tall. `` 6`foot tdn inches
:21:54. > :22:00.tall. Let's have a talk to the base
:22:01. > :22:04.chairman, David Cotterell. It is a fantastically proud moment.
:22:05. > :22:09.We are standing at the finest rowing facility in the North of England.
:22:10. > :22:14.You don't just build somethhng like this, why does the money cole from?
:22:15. > :22:19.It is a team effort. The money has come from the University of Leeds to
:22:20. > :22:24.have been fantastically supportive, also from British rowing and sport
:22:25. > :22:30.England and smaller charitids like Wren. The reverse thrust of let us
:22:31. > :22:35.use the water. It wouldn't be possible with out all these people.
:22:36. > :22:46.What is it mean for people wanting to rule? `` tikka rowing?
:22:47. > :22:51.It means more people can participate.
:22:52. > :22:54.Congratulations. At the try my hand at rowing earlier but I nearly
:22:55. > :23:00.capsized vessel so I think H should stick to dry land.
:23:01. > :23:09.They give very much indeed. I always had fond members of the Alh`mbra
:23:10. > :23:14.theatre which is celebrating its centenary with a special performance
:23:15. > :23:16.on Saturday. It has special memories frol me
:23:17. > :23:26.because I performed there is ten years old.
:23:27. > :23:31.It was officially opened in March 1914. Some of the biggest stars of
:23:32. > :23:38.their time have trod the bo`rds here.
:23:39. > :23:50.There were last to be had off stage as well.
:23:51. > :23:57.If the comedian had equipment I went on stage to hold his equipmdnt and
:23:58. > :24:02.that sort of thing. They wotld get a laugh out of me.
:24:03. > :24:09.Bradford 's Alhambra is most famous for its pantomimes. He started the
:24:10. > :24:17.tradition of the juvenile than strip known as the Sunbeams. Fast forward
:24:18. > :24:25.to 1981 and I was stood on this very stage. My sister and cousins had all
:24:26. > :24:37.been sunbeams and finally it was my turn and what a brilliant experience
:24:38. > :24:43.it was. Picking people load. The Hyndland
:24:44. > :24:54.filleting and singing the scales. Mum was a Sunbeam, Jackie w`s a
:24:55. > :25:02.Sunbeam. We had area herself. Jack and the Beanstalk was the
:25:03. > :25:10.longest plan to mean `` pantomime ever. It went on to Easter.
:25:11. > :25:13.For those of the nearest is position, are going to show you what
:25:14. > :25:23.Amy was like as a Sunbeam. Look at that. Very cute.
:25:24. > :25:34.Hopefully a little bit bettdr at putting on the make up thesd days.
:25:35. > :25:36.It took hours to look that good Let's look at some pictures which
:25:37. > :25:57.came in on the last 24 hours. The new blog details how thd early
:25:58. > :26:05.part of September has been one of the driest in ST years. Tomorrow,
:26:06. > :26:16.the headline is a dull start. A better chance of rightness coming
:26:17. > :26:20.through later. We could reach 2 Celsius. That cloud never btdged all
:26:21. > :26:25.day long and is currently bdginning to thicken and lower onto the tops
:26:26. > :26:33.of the hells. Very poor vishbility with mist and fog developing over
:26:34. > :26:35.higher areas. It will be exceptionally mild which has been a
:26:36. > :26:59.feature of September. Agree, dull, misty and damp start to
:27:00. > :27:02.the morning. That should lift and break and in the afternoon but will
:27:03. > :27:13.have a better chance of seehng some bright and sunny spells,
:27:14. > :27:26.particularly in eastern are`s. Temperatures are well above average.
:27:27. > :27:29.And`amid a sea. `` high humhdity. He cold front should change thhngs on
:27:30. > :27:33.Saturday night and bring in some rain. Sunday will be a good deal
:27:34. > :27:37.brighter. There should be some sunshine by then.
:27:38. > :27:42.I bet that brought back somd memories for you, didn't it?
:27:43. > :27:43.The whole family were into ht. Child performers.
:27:44. > :27:47.Good night.