19/09/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)


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The woman in charge of children s services in Rotherham has rdsigned

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after a report published last month revealed shocking levels of child

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Joyce Thacker is leaving Rotherham Borough Council

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immediately, following widespread calls for her to go.

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It's the fourth high`profild resignation over the scandal,

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It's over three weeks now shnce the report was published, rdvealing

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the abuse and exploitation of at least 1,400 Rotherham chhldren.

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Joyce Thacker had been in charge of children's services at

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Rotherham Council since 2008 and the pressure on her was building, MPs on

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the Home Affairs Select Comlittee, among those calling on her to go.

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The perpetrators, did they not carry on raping children in Rotherham

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No, please, answer the question ` they did or they didn?t?

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She joins the council leader, chief executive and police

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Four high`profile vacancies as Rotherham looks to rebuild

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Next tonight, there've been calls for Yorkshire to

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be given similar spending powers to those now being promised

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Full independence was rejected by the Referendum Vote in Scotland.

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The Prime Minister has promhsed greater powers for England,

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Our political editor, Len Tingle reports.

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So if Scotland has control over its own economy, what will that mean

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So it follows that the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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And the timing could not be better for Yorkshire, with

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Particularly with pictures of the Tour de France on television

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And in comparison to Scotland, the population here is about the

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So what does the public in Xorkshire want?

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This was the population in Bradford today.

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If they give the power to the people that are up here,

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I think they'll be able to do more about it than the people in London.

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Politicians spend too much loney at the moment anyway,

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so I think probably it is not a good idea to set up anothdr

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I think there might be some scope for some kind

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of local bodies to vary tax`tion and raise taxation locally

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There was just one Council of the North 350 years ago.

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Today, at least four different Yorkshire

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bodies might have chunks of power in any town or city across the county.

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We have lots and lots of laxers of local government.

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And how do we get that more streamlined and how do we gdt people

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working between the different parts of Yorkshire?

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The government has promised that now that the count is over,

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they will start negotiating with the Scottish Parliament tod`y.

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There must be plenty of voices in Yorkshire saying,

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Speaking earlier on Look North, Stewart Arnold,

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deputy leader of Yorkshire First, called for a regional parli`ment

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while Peter Box, leader of Wakefield Council, disagreed.

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If it was put to the people of Yorkshire now we might gdt

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It makes no sense to have policy micro`managed from a desk

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Stuart I don't think understands what people really think,

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which is they don't want more politicians, they do not want

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How many people would be in this Yorkshire Parliament?

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Let's try and work with what we have got and it is working well so far,

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In other news now, and a man has admitted killhng two

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Austin Brayford, who's 33, pleaded guilty to murdering Helen D`wson and

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Police found their bodies in a house near the city centre

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Brayford will be sentenced `t Leeds Crown Court in October.

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South Yorkshire councils ard putting in more money to brhng high

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Last year, the similar Digital Region project, collapsed h`ving

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Now a new deal has been signed with BT and the project will be run

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South Yorkshire will pay another ?7 million to try and achieve hts

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original aim of getting 98% of homes fibre broadband by the end of 2 17.

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Well, I think it has put us in a good position.

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Without that investment, we wouldn't be where we are today.

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Historically, South Yorkshire has always lagged behind.

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We are always at the bottom of peoples' lists when it comes to

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investment and infrastructure and what Digital Region did was drag

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Shop owners in Bakewell say trade is down by 60% since major road

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Gas mains are being replaced in the town centre and people have

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been put off going there because of the queues into the town.

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The National Grid says the work is essential and once it's

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completed, it won't have to be done again for another 80 years.

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We are at least 60% down on figures from last year's takings.

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This is the time of year whdn the kids go back to school, the older

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generation go on holiday and we can carry on with a good season well up

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until Christmas to try and lake some money so that if we do have bad

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weather January, February, we all got a bit of money in the b`nk.

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The actor who played Boycie in Only Fools and Horses has offici`lly

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reopened two Chesterfield theatres following a ?700,000 refurbhshment.

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John Challis began his caredr by performing regularly in Chesterfield

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and unveiled improvements to the Pomegranate Theatre and

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The work was funded by the Arts Council and Chesterfield

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As I say, it's a special place for me, this.

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Rugby League now and Castleford Tigers were in action tonight

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But they were comprehensively beaten by St Helens, who scored fotr tries

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It finished Saints 25 Castldford nil.

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The Tigers' season isn't ovdr yet, though.

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Well, it has been a dull and mistx day.

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It looks like more of the s`me tomorrow, with some patchy drizzle,

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Sunday a much brighter day, all parts dry with some sunshine,

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our old friend the high`pressure back in charge.

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One or two thundery downpours around tonight.

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They will fizzle out, we will see some drizzle, low cloud, fog

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Lowest temperatures coming hn at around 12 or 13 Celsius.

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Saturday, repeat performancd of today, dull, damp and drhzzly.

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At first we will keep a lot of cloud.

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There's the cold front and behind that is that patchy drizzle,

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Sky's may well brighten, the Yorkshire Dales brightening up

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later tomorrow afternoon, whth top temperatures around 17 Celshus.

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Much brighter on Sunday with some sunshind.

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I will leave you with a sumlary of tomorrow's weather but now

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Hello. Our weather is about to correct

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