04/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Good evening. On Look North tonight:

Calls for calm - protestors attack a police car

and block roads after armed officers shot dead a man in Huddersfield.

We'll be talking to MP Naz Shah, who says tensions are running high.

Also tonight: Why Sheffield council plans to chop down trees planted

Paralympic gold medallist Kadeena Cox has her funding

suspended while she takes part in a controversial TV show.

Grabbing centre stage, the two entrepreneurs

helping you find the best - and cheapest - seats in the house.

A widespread frost to come tonight, sunny tomorrow,

but big changes as we head into Friday.

Footage has emerged of a group of men surrounding and attacking

It happened during a protest about the death of Yassar Yaqub,

who was shot by police on a slip road off the M62 near

Tonight a vigil is planned at the scene of the shooting at Ainley Top.

Bradford city centre last night - a police car is surrounded.

Banners are draped over the windscreen as protesters film

Kicks are aimed at the side of the car.

For several hours, people blocked routes and waved signs

carrying phrases including "police, don't murder".

No-one was injured or arrested during the protest.

It was a reaction to the death of Yassar Yaqub, shot dead by police

on Monday evening at J24 of the M62 in what they have called

The Independent Police Complaints Commission says a gun

A postmortem examination on Mr Yaqub's body was due

Yesterday, police were at the family home in Huddersfield,

where up to ten CCTV cameras dot the walls, perhaps in response

to an incident in 2015 when a shotgun was fired

Yassar Yaqub's father Mohammed didn't want to speak on camera

today, but he told us that the death of his son

was like something that would have happened in America.

He said he couldn't believe that Yassar would have pulled a gun

on someone or even have had one in his possession.

Inside the house, you could hear the sound of crying up the stairs.

Yassar's father Mohammed said he himself had no

Yassar Yaqub was a fan of fast cars like this yellow Lamborghini.

His dad bought them for his only son, who he admits he spoiled.

In 2010, Yassar Yaqub was cleared of attempted murder

and a firearms offence because of insufficient evidence.

What happened in the moments before he was shot dead on Monday

night at Ainley Top, we don't yet know.

Where there is a person who has actually lost a life, you know,

that has had an impact on the family, community,

irrespective of what other people think.

And the point is there has got to be a line of accountability,

and what the people want now is the police force to actually

be up for it in terms of what's happened.

In an attempt to improve transparency, West Yorkshire Police

has been introducing body-worn cameras, but none of the firearms

officers involved in the shooting was wearing them.

Firearms officers need a bespoke solution for body-worn video.

The current cameras that are available to the general police

officer are not suitable for firearms usage,

and that is purely down to where they are worn on the body

and the blocked views that they get because of

the nature of the equipment, the firearms carried.

Three men remain in police custody tonight while another

All five or arrested on suspicion of having a firearm.

The IPCC's own probe into West Yorkshire Police's actions

Alistair Gill, BBC Look North, Huddersfield.

Well, our reporter Ian White joins us now live from the scene

Good evening. This is a place familiar to you because you were

here last night, but I am at this road from the M62 up to the Ainley

Top area where the incident happened 48 hours ago. It is hard to imagine

what it was like 48 hours ago when the shooting took place. The road

has been reopened. It has been business as usual. The traffic is

flowing and there is not much to tell you what happened here apart

from some flowers left at roadside in tribute. Other tributes on social

media and Facebook, various pages paying respects to the dead man.

They want to know what happened exactly, asking West Yorkshire

Police to explain what happened and what were the circumstances to

Yassar Yaqub's death? We expect a gathering there are

later this evening. Tell us about that.

Through social media, there has been a momentum gathering throughout the

day, saying that people want to get together to pay their respects. It

is believed that later this evening a group of family and friends will

gather here at Ainley Top, at the spot where Yassar was killed on the

night. They will gather here to pay respects and there is talk of

balloons being let off as a mark of respect. That is likely to happen

later this evening and we will bring you more on our latest news at

10:30pm. Naz Shah is the MP

for Bradford West. She's called for calm

following those protests last night, It was supposed to be a peaceful

protest last night. No, we had a small number of

individuals who decided to take it upon themselves to attack police

cars and brought traffic to a standstill. That has been condemned

by the community and it... I condemn that kind of behaviour and I would

like to see the police make some arrests and make sure there is no

place for that behaviour. We saw masked men vandalising a

police car in the footage. The police... When I spoke to a

Chief Superintendent, on numerous occasions yesterday, and I spoke to

them today, and they said it was a relatively peaceful protest. We must

take the lead from the police because they are experts on policing

these demonstrations. Racial Justice campaign group Just

Yorkshire said they do not want another situation where a protest

escalated into a riot. Is that a concern?

It is not a concern because the police complaints commission are

investigating. That tragedy then leads to questions... Rightly so,

because people need reassurance. But the police cannot issue a statement

while the high PCC are investigating, but the police must

maintain strong links with the committee. That creates the

suspicion of police not being transparent, but actually what then

it is the responsibility of people like me, committee leaders to step

up and have conversations with communities to say, actually, the

purpose of my statement was to appeal for calm because there is an

investigation ongoing and we will see what transpires and pans out.

What are your main concerns? I am pleased that following

yesterday, having spoken to people in Liverpool and Bradford, tensions

have simmered down. Things have moved on and progressed and the IPCC

have released a statement and that has gone a long wait in reassuring

the committee. The police commission says that

confidence in West Yorkshire Police is good. Do you endorse this?

I have confidence in West Yorkshire Police but we must address the

concerns. This does not abdicate our responsibility to hold police to

account but in this instance we must respect the process. It must take

its course and that is what I would like to see.

When community leaders have to take responsibility and MPs as well, is

that something you are happy to embrace?

It is what we are elected to do. We must hold the police to account and

services to account. And we must go to communities and offer

reassurance, it is part of what we do.

Thank you. And we'll have more on our

late programme as part Next tonight - controversy

in Sheffield over plans to chop down 23 trees planted as a memorial

to soldiers killed in World War One. A large crowd of protesters held

a rally outside the Town Hall before the issue was debated by the City

Council. As our correspondent John Cundy

reports, the campaign on just one historic road in Sheffield is part

of a city-wide row involving Objectors say Sheffield

councillors can't see More than 5,000 campaigners

have signed a petition to save the special trees on one

street in the Crookes district. All the trees here on Western Road

are a registered war memorial, in honour of the 400 pupils who went

from the school here to fight Now the council save 23 of these

trees must come down, because they are considered

dangerous. 100 years on, they remember

their war heroes here. It's about to come after

the centenary of the dedication. This is highly inappropriate that

nearly half of them would be taken down and replaced

with shrubs, basically. The trees have got another

100 years left in them. The City Council have awarded

the ?2 billion contract to the construction firm Amey

to prepare Sheffield's roads and pavements,

and look after roadside trees. The root of the problem -

trees deemed dangerous or decayed. Across the city, 4000 trees have

already been felled, 3000 new ones planted,

and plans for 50,000 more But already in November

there was community outrage when contractors moved in at 5am

in the morning. They felled trees at Rustlings Road

in the Endcliffe area of the city. And so, to the town hall this

afternoon for the big debate. I can certainly tell

you what I am hoping for, and that is that the council see

sense and are big enough to admit they have got this

one very badly wrong. The councillor at the head

of the controversy says he does Now he wants to work with them

to find solutions that can preserve the memories

of the First World War heroes. What we want to do is maintain that

memorial going forward, so we went to replace trees that

have already disappeared and have been felled or have died

and we want to look and bring a sustainable solution for that,

so we have got a war memorial going forward

for the next 100 years. Tonight, there does seem to be

an olive branch between campaigners and council like to remember

properly the young men from Western Road who fought

so bravely for their country. John Cundy,

BBC Look North, Sheffield. Later on Look North: Open wide -

the Leeds dentist helping A coroner looking into the death

of an 11-year-old boy, who drowned in a canal in Rotherham,

has told South Yorkshire Police she needs more information

about their investigation. Subhaan Ali's body was found in

the water near Parkgate last July. His mother told the inquest

she believed he was pushed in, but other witnesses said

he got in himself. The coroner now wants to know why,

given the inconsistencies in the evidence, the investigation

into Subhaan's death A toddler has been killed

after being hit by a car in the Lofthouse area

of Wakefield this afternoon. Emergency services were sent

to the incident at a residential address at 2.15, but the young boy

died at the scene. Police are investigating

the circumstances leading The RMT rail union is to ballot

its members at Arriva Rail North, who run Northern trains,

for strike action. It's over what they say

is an unacceptable pay offer. Northern say they're disappointed

with the news and that employees have been offered a guaranteed,

above inflation pay rise over Nearly 140 people were arrested

by North Yorkshire Police for drink- and drug-driving between one

December and New Year s Day. 93 people were arrested

for drink-driving and 44 for driving That's a 10% increase

on the same period in 2015. In contrast, West Yorkshire Police

charged two fewer people this You may not have felt it,

but there was an earthquake off It was detected just

before 7pm, 150km east The British Geological Survey say it

had a magnitude of 3.8. A dentist from Leeds has been giving

up his time and money to volunteer in war-torn Iraq

in what he describes as the worst Dr Mohammad Mozaffari treats

hundreds of patients, including orphans and widows

of victims of the so-called Islamic State, through the charity

A World Without Barriers. Dr Mohammad Mozaffari is back

in his day job at treating He's been to Iraq for times

in the last 12 months, treating orphans, widows

and the homeless, who, after suffering years

of conflict in their country, have had to prioritise

just getting by. That's rather than things

like going to the dentist. Some of his patients were victims

of the so-called Islamic State, who fled to the city of Najaf

where he volunteers. They had the worst general

health and oral health They were conditions that

would normally be picked up when children are born,

like cleft lip and palate, like having a hole inside the lip

and a hole inside the mouth, which would normally have been

picked up and treated. There were four or five-year-olds

that were still suffering to eat, Outside of work, Mohammad spends

much of his time in the mosque It is his faith which motivates him

to give up his time and spent thousands of pounds a year

travelling to Iraq to volunteer with the charity

A World Without Barriers. What Islam teaches me

is that the other person in society has as much value as I do,

and so by equalising the other in your own I,

you move away from egotism, you move away from monocentrism,

and you move away from being selfish and you move towards a realist

standpoint of caring and loving and compassion,

and ultimately altruism. Mohammed hopes to be back in Iraq

soon, putting a smile on faces Leeds United have confirmed today

that Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani has bought a 50%

stake in the club. For the time being, Radrizzani

will oversee the club's activities The Italian has pledged

long-term commitment to Leeds United and "stability

through ongoing investment". He added that he won't do

anything that will put The Rugby Football League say

there have already been ten expressions of interest

in re-forming the Bradford Bulls. It follows the club's liquidation

which was announced yesterday - a deadline for prospective

new owners has been Former Bulls Head Coach Francis

Cummins, nowadays in Rugby Union with Doncaster Knights,

has told Look North that whoever does take over the Bulls in future,

needs to learn lessons I think if you're going to buy

a sports club, no matter if it is rugby league,

rugby union or football, I don't think you are there

to turn a massive profit. You're in it for giving a little bit

back to the community, is probably where generally people

come in to help the club... But it's bigger picture -

where do you want Bradford to be? And the timescales, I don't think

it is going to happen Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox

from Leeds has had her funding suspended while she takes part

in the winter sports show The Jump. British Athletics says it will stop

supporting her until she returns A number of celebrities have been

seriously injured while taking part in the Channel 4 programme,

as Dave Edwards reports. She was one of Britain's biggest

sporting stars of 2016 - Kadeena Cox won two golds,

a silver and a bronze at the real Paralympics,

competing in athletics and cycling. She's quickly earned a celebrity

status, taking part in the BBC's Robot Wars over the weekend,

and now she's in Austria, getting The controversial programme sees

celebrities take part in a range of winter sports,

but several competitors have Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington

dislocated her shoulder, while gymnast Beth Tweddle crashed

in training and spent She needed surgery to have two

fractured vertebrae fused together. Channel 4 says there's been

a thorough review of safety procedures before this year's

series, but medical teams from British Athletics

and British Cycling are believed to have advised

Kadeena not to take part. In a statement,

British Athletics says: She'll hope to do that in time

for the World ParaAthletics where she is likely to be

a medal favourite once again. For now, though, she'll see

what happens on the snow. She is more brave than me. All of

that jumping. They say the best ideas

are the most simple, and when our next guests

took their business proposal onto the BBC programme Dragon's Den,

the Dragons couldn't believe no one They've created TickX -

a price comparison website It's now hoped the site will become

as big as Go Compare or Skyscanner. Steve Pearce from Ilkley

and his business partner Sam Coley featured on Dragon's Den

on New Year's Day. They were given offers from three

Dragons but they turned them down. Since then, they've raised ten times

the amount they asked for from private investors including

music company Ministry Of Sound. Steve and Sam join us

in the studio now. Let's see the moment

you turned the Dragons down! Two bids have now been

tendered, both at a much greater equity stake than

the entrepreneurs were offering, which poses a dilemma

for the young businessmen. So thank you, all three

of you, for the offer. The problem is we just

couldn't drop our valuation. I don't know if there's any movement

but we couldn't go to those They do not look happy.

I felt nervous. Were you nervous? It was intense there was an hour and

a half of filming. You are excited to get the offer and then we had to

turn around and say no, so it was nerve-racking.

How long do you get to whisper in Deeside?

We were in the back of the room for about one minute. We have watched

the programme for our whole lives since we were kids.

You sound just like Yorkshire lads. You have accepted the bid from

somebody else and got more money. How much did you get together?

We have raised ?175,000 in our first round of funding. We have just gone

on to raise ?750,000. How did you manage that?

A combination of finding people excited by our vision, working hard,

and trying to find the right type of people to invest.

The vision, as the Dragons said, they could not believe it had not

been done before. Who came up with the idea?

Steve did. The idea came out of spending too

much time going out in Leeds and Manchester and we found out what

events were happening, and when I contacted some of the initial idea,

we were amazed not been one place where event goers could see the

information, so that is how the idea happened.

A perfect combination. Sam, you are an expert at setting up this kind of

thing. I started a software company at 16

years old, and develop skills with that. That is how Steve knew me, and

we use those skills... I bet your conversations are

amazing. What do you talk about when you get home? Do you talk about, I

have a new fantastic idea for a website?

Universe which. I would like to talk to you further

about that. How many people have you got working for you? Has the company

developed? A team of seven but we will grow to

12 people over the next three or four months. Then we are looking to

raise a substantial amount of funding in about one year, and then

we should have 40 or 50 team members.

You are so young. 24 years old. The average age for our team are

also 24 years old like us. There are younger people as well.

I the it rules that out because we are both too old.

How are you making money? It is a great idea because people want the

best and cheapest tickets. How do you get money?

It is free to use for users and the way we make money is receiving a

small commission from ticket marketers to drive force behind

cells. No added these to users and a small reward for driving up sales.

No added fee. Not getting hold of tickets and

sound than at inflated prices... Will you help prevent ticket touts?

We offer transparency in the market so prices include the fees. By

having all the tickets in one place you see the best deal.

The key is to go around and convince people to give you the tickets to

sell in the first place. Erm...

Ticketmaster and see tickets and London theatre director, we have the

major players on board and we are a platform to help them drive

additional sales. They reach a new audience... They are happy to work

with us to sell tickets. The best of luck. We know where to

go when we want cheap tickets. Thank you.

Somebody who likes a cheap ticket... Always.

I do not like a free ticket but I like a free ticket.

Rather than a cheap ticket. These are pictures from Weather Watchers.

Not taking today but a beautiful view up to Castle Hill.

The second picture is clear skies this evening. Look at the wind

turbine. Keep the pictures coming in.

It will be pretty cold over the next 24-hour sanity is all change as wet

weather spreads back from the Atlantic on Friday. Tomorrow is a

frosty start. Mainly sunny skies. Thursday chart... Watch what happens

when the high-pressure gives way and moves the continent and pressure

balls and we end up this weather system coming across. On Friday

morning in particular it could pretty wet with outbreaks of rain.

Eventually, milder air comes in from the Atlantic. The weekend is looking

reasonable. Temperatures could reach double figures. No prizes for seeing

where the wind is coming from, straight down from the north. That

went moves a bit more cloud into coastal areas and the cloud picking

up perhaps for one or two showers. I suspect it is cold enough for

showers to turn wintry, perhaps a slight covering of snow on the

eastern side of the North York Moors, with sleet and hill towards

the coast. In that it is dry and clear. A straightforward forecast. I

am sure the gritters are out already because minus four Celsius is

expected, 25 Fahrenheit in the West. One or two Celsius on the coast and

down to about minus three Celsius in other places. Perhaps a slight

covering of snow. The sun rises at 8:23am and set at 4:01pm. Next I

want times here... -- high water times. Tomorrow, one or two showers

in Whitby, Scarborough and other places. They will fizzle out

elsewhere and a cold and frosty start. Certainly some places will

see frost lingering all day and long. Sunshine should lift

temperatures eventually to about three or four Celsius, so you might

imagine it will feel fairly chilly out of doors. They light and

variable breeze, with three or four Celsius, five Celsius in

Scarborough. Over the cup, settling nearer two Celsius, and a queue

tomorrow evening, that frost really read develops. As we head through

Friday, I think the frost has gone, as cloud and rain spread in from the

West. The wind will strengthen as well. A miserable day on Friday. A

lot of rain coming through Friday morning, heading towards Brady

afternoon. Saturday and Sunday looks rather cloudy and some drizzle over

the Pennines on Saturday morning. Otherwise Saturday is fine. Sunday

not bad, with Brian variable amounts of sunshine with temperatures

ranging nine - 11 Sultan 's. -- nine to 11 Celsius.

A bottle of whiskey at Christmas... How did you get out of the

supermarket with a tag on? That is it from us, back at 10:30pm.

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