27/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Welcome to Friday's Look North. There is continuing coverages of the

They phoned us and said, your grandson's in the infirmary.

I went down there and sat there until he died.

Also tonight: Held to ransom - the flood-hit residents in a block

of flats who say their home insurance has gone up to more

We talk to Masters champion Danny Willett as he takes time out

to encourage the young golfers of the future.

And a new challenge for the cancer survivor who's given herself just

five months to learn how to be a jockey.

And it's been a grey, cold day today once again,

as you can see from this picture taken this morning in Bingley.

It is going to be brighter eventually tomorrow,

I will be back later in the programme with all the details.

A man's in custody after the teenage brother of a young Leeds United

Raheem Wilks, who was 19, was found fatally wounded outside

Police say a murder inquiry is underway and are holding

a 49-year-old man in connection with the incident.

Phil Bodmer has tonight's main story.

Well, police were called to this street in Harehills just after 1.20

They found a man with serious injuries.

He was taken to hospital but later died.

Throughout today, this area has remained sealed off,

as inquiries into what happened here get underway.

Crime scene investigators at Gathorne Terrace

A white police tent at the entrance to a barbershop where

a 19-year-old man was fatally shot yesterday lunchtime.

The victim was named locally as Raheem Wilks,

older brother of Leeds United under-23 player Malik Wilks.

Today, Mr Wilks's grandparents paid tribute to the teenager.

Everybody, yeah, everybody loves him.

I was the last person to see him go out, and it really hurt me

There are many questions to be answered now...

Throughout the day, friends and relatives laid flowers

One message read simply, to daddy, you were taking too soon.

Well, police say that although their enquiries

are at an early stage, they believe the victim

As a result, they are increasing patrols in the area

Police say a 49-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder.

At his weekly press call, the Leeds United manager said

that the club will offer support to Raheem 's brother Malik,

who is in the squad for this weekend's FA Cup game against

My job is to focus on supporting him and how he feels and how he is,

and we are giving him the best support possible, and

That's what we are as a club, as the staff, and as everyone

Specially trained liaison officers are now supporting the victim's

family at this difficult time. Police say they understand what

happened here will cause concern within the community. More flowers

were laid at the scene tonight and additional neighbourhood policing

teams will be on the street to provide reassurance to local people.

We are awaiting the results of a postmortem into of death but tonight

West Yorkshire Police say they want to hear from anyone who may have

been in the area yesterday witnessed anything, or indeed who may have

information about what happened. Get in touch and help them with the

investigation. People living in a block of flats

say they feel "held to ransom" after their flood insurance shot up

to more than ?26,000 a year. The insurance is split between 12

flats in Topcliffe near Thirsk that were badly flooded

in September 2012. Residents say they can't even move

out unless they're prepared to sell the flats for much less

than they're worth. Topcliffe mill back in 2012, a year

that many people here want to forget. More than four years on, and

the flood water may have disappeared but the people living here are still

paying the price. It is a high price. Back then, the insurance was

?1500 per year and now it is more than ?26,000.

So it was all throughout all of the flat.

For residents like Ruth, the service charge on their homes is around ?400

per month. It is like another mortgage every

month, basically. People are struggling and we are all

struggling. We are 12 normal homeowners who have unfortunately

been in this position where we have been flooded, but we are still

paying the price. Back in September 2012, this entire

area was completely underwater, but a lot of people that were affected

by flooding are protected under a Government scheme which keeps

insurance low. Because the people living here are leaseholders rather

than freeholders, they are not protected in the same way. But it is

not just the monthly cost. Martin lives a few doors down on what

bothers him most is the ?75,000 insurance access they will have to

pay if this home is damaged. It is unsustainable. Not only as a

premium being extremely high, but with the level of the access, it

makes the policy value less. It is frustrating and demoralising and we

all dread that this time of year. Our buildings need flood insurance.

The local MP says this is a top priority of his.

The scheme obviously has not worked, so we must go through the process

again. We need to meet with the Secretary of State again, I

requested an interview with Andrea Leadsom, and we need to meet with

insurance companies again. We need to find networks and find a

solution. British insurance brokers

Association says they are launching a scheme to help leaseholders get

cover. In the meantime, people like Ruth and Martin are wondering how

they will manage to pay this year's insurance, more than four years

since their homes were flooded. Graeme Trudgill is from the British

Insurance Brokers' Association. I asked him why the Flood Re scheme

doesn't help leaseholders. When the Government were deciding

where to draw the line about what is and is not covered,

they decided that domestic property owners are in,

but commercial property And they have drawn

the line where there are basically three flats -

that's the limit. If it's more than that,

then it's not in Flood Re. The reason they decided

upon that is because they felt that there was not a systemic issue

across the UK for commercial risks. They felt that they couldn't

intervene with state aid, because state aid rules

on commercial risks. So that was their decision,

unfortunately. OK, so, in these circumstances,

then, obviously where there are more than three flats,

what do people do? Well, they are again

looking in the open market, so the British Insurance Brokers'

Association is doing everything we can with our insurance brokers

to help people access insurance. And if they have taken resilience

measures out in their property, and if they have basically got hard

floors now, and moved the electrical points up the wall,

and perhaps they have got some door shields and things like that,

that could make a big difference to the acceptability

to the insurance industry and the British Insurance Brokers'

Association has put a new scheme together for commercial properties,

where we are doing our very best to try to use those resilience

measures using the latest mapping technology as well

to try to get them insurance. Is this a sign that the insurance

industry is not doing enough to help, and that there are perhaps

some blank spots? I think the insurance

industry is very aware We are certainly doing

all that we can. It's very difficult,

cos insurance is for the unexpected, so if you're in a property

by a river that's flooded on a regular basis, it's very

difficult to ensure that. But if we work with

the Environment Agency and we look at the work they are doing,

and with the property owner, what resilience they can build

into their property, then it is possible for us

to work with the market We've had quite a good bit

of success since we've launched this new facility in the last few weeks,

so please work with us Also to say that there are grants

still available from the Government up until March time -

if you were flooded by storms Desmond, Eva, or Frank,

there is money available to build in this resilience which can then

make you more easily insurable. Graeme Trudgill,

thank you very much. A Bradford teenager who made a pipe

bomb in his bedroom has been cleared The 17-year-old was found not guilty

at Leeds Crown Court of the terrorism offence,

but was convicted of a lesser charge The student - who can't be named

because of his age - said he never intended to use

the pipe bomb. Police found the device

in his bedroom, which was decorated A West Yorkshire MP is urging

the Government to commit to a national campaign to tackle

a fall in the number of women having More than a quarter of women don't

have regular smear tests. During a Commons debate,

Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff looked at how more women could be

encouraged to book appointments. Will the minister commit

to a national campaign to prioritise and increase the level

of cervical screening attendance? And how will the Government

encourage cooperation between the different levels

of the health service to ensure that we see cervical screening

rates rise once again? Parents of three and four-year-old

children in North Yorkshire will soon be able to receive double

the amount of free childcare Eligible parents will be able

to claim up to 30 hours of childcare per week for all eligible three-

and four-year-olds from April, doubling the existing 15 hours

they can currently claim. Parents in York are already

benefiting from the scheme, which is expected to be rolled out

nationally by the end of the year. The announcement has been welcomed

but nursery bosses say the money they receive is unlikely

to cover their costs. Sheffield Theatres are celebrating

after being awarded the title of Regional Theatre of the Year

for the third time. Industry judges were impressed

by their productions, including the classic Show Boat

which ran at the Crucible Praise was also given

for the theatres policy of making Next, Emmy van Deurzen

makes no secret of coming from the Netherlands,

but she has lived and worked She lives in Sheffield and works

in London but has struggled to be formally recognised

as a British citizen. Today, though, that changed,

much to her delight, I have the great pleasure now

of presenting you with your After years of waiting,

Emmy van Deurzen is now a citizen of the Netherlands

and Great Britain. I had no idea how really

pleased I would be to feel She lives in Sheffield

and works in London, where she runs a business

employing 70 people. In her own words, she's worked

and paid taxes for 40 years here, but she was initially rejected

for citizenship, even though she had been granted

indefinite leave to remain. It is as if that trust you have

built up between yourself and the country that

you have adopted, and that you think has adopted you,

suddenly rejects you. For those looking for citizenship,

an 85-page form awaits. Crucially, you need to provide

details of all of your trips If you are an EU national

with freedom of movement, and therefore a passport which does

not get stamped, that can be In the end,

Emmy contacted her MP, Nick Clegg, Today's citizenship ceremony over,

Emmy is now not only pleased to be finally recognised by her adopted

country, but also still passionate We've got to be united

and we've got to work together. We've got to maintain peace

in this country and in Europe. Later on Look North: We look ahead

to the fourth round of the FA Cup. Can Leeds and Huddersfield survive

to remain the only West Yorkshire Who inspired you when

you were at school? A new project in Bradford

is using role models from black and Asian communities to motivate

youngsters to achieve more. One of the city's MPs is hosting

a series of events to highlight local success stories,

and the first person to be featured is West Yorkshire's

highest-ranking BME officer, Another day at the office in a job

he never imagined he'd do. Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain

is the most senior officer from a black or ethnic minority

background in West Yorkshire Police. Only 5% of officers come

from BME communities. Mabs grew up in Girlington

in Bradford, and is now It does make me feel immensely proud

as to what I have achieved. What's really important for me is,

having achieved what I have achieved, I try and make it easier

for others that are Most days start like this,

briefing the team. Thank you for your attendance

at the leadership forum. Mabs is foremost a police officer,

but he feels he also has a duty I understand being sat there and not

having those aspirations, not having the confidence,

thinking that you could be the next police officer,

you could go and be the next teacher And it's great that people are doing

that now, so that these kids can Assembly at Oasis Academy

in Lister Park in Bradford. Mabs talks to the pupils

about his work and his life. He is the focus in the first

of a series of evening events in the city this week

hosted by MP Naz Shah, highlighting the importance of role

models in the BME communities. I think that assembly

was really inspiring and it gave me hope and confidence

in what my future could be like. It's really inspiring,

thinking that as he could become It makes it easier slightly for us

to know that it does get hard To look up to someone as a role

model like Mabs, it's amazing. It won't be long until these

teenagers are looking for jobs, but the unemployment rate in

BME communities in Yorkshire This new project will promote

the stories of successful people who We've got a lot of high-profile

individuals that we need to recognise and highlight,

so people that know that we're a great city and we're

doing really well. We've got people who are from

Bradford who move onto other things, And who knows, maybe today's

assembly has inspired the next Chief Superintendent,

MP or business leader. Abi Jaiyeola,

BBC Look North, Bradford. It's the FA Cup fourth round this

weekend, and Leeds and Huddersfield are our only two sides left

in the competition. Leeds face the lowest-ranked team

in the cup and Huddersfield Both West Yorkshire clubs

are in the race for promotion to the Championship,

but a cup run could be a good distraction and

bring in extra funds. Ah, the magic of the Cup - a good

excuse to take into the archive. 1970 is the last and only time Leeds

have played a Sutton United... With a helping hand

from the Sutton goalkeeper. Fast-forward 47 years and Leeds

qualify to face Sutton on Sunday Sutton are 84 places below them

in the league pyramid, but Leeds will be taking

nothing for granted. We stay determined, we stay

focused, and we respect our opponents in every game

that we play. But what we do is make

sure we put our best football on the pitch,

and we try and prepare Searching through the FA Cup archive

again, and the last time Huddersfield faced Rochdale

in the competition was back in 1991. The Terriers won it 2-1,

thanks to goals by Iwan Roberts Hopefully the 18-mile

trip to Rochdale will be as easy as the last round,

where Huddersfield But are there any fears a cup run

could distract the site It is not possible to use those two

words in one sentence. It is the oldest football

competition in the world. Everybody is speaking about this FA

Cup competition all over the world, and we are able to be a part of it,

and we'd like to be in the draw Both managers have their eyes

firmly set on promotion to the Premier League,

but a cup run would be a bonus, Either way, it will be another

match for the archives. The enthusiasm. Neither of our sides

are featured in live television this weekend, but there will be

highlights on Saturday at 1030 and Sunday at 1030 as well.

Several Yorkshire riders are competing in

the Cyclo-cross World Championships in Luxembourg this weekend.

Huddersfield's Amira Mellor is in great form,

Our national under-23 men's champion Billy Harding has one

of the hardest jobs, in a tough race category on Sunday.

And Leeds teenager Tom Pidcock is hot favourite for

If it's muddy then, yeah, there could be a lot of running.

There are a lot of off cambers up and down

banks and, yeah, but it looks pretty good.

The US Masters and the green jacket, his first baby -

with a little help from his wife - and a Ryder Cup place.

It was great to see Danny last night at one of his old haunts,

the wonderful Sitwell Park Golf Club in Rotherham.

It was all to do with his golf initiative called Wee Willetts

for the youngsters trying to get into the game.

It's good that one of the nice guys of sports got to

But he's quick not to forget his roots.

A packed golf club in Rotherham, and his Wee Willetts golf initiative

Look at the faces of pride on these young fellas,

We are just trying to get local kids from local areas to golf courses

You know, obviously, as a junior or as a men's amateur,

playing in obviously the scratch team and stuff.

You know, they've got a great little system in the six-week colleges

where kids of any age, ranging from as small

as they want to be up to 16 or 17, you know, can actually play these

little miniature tournaments, and it is just to see if anyone that

might not have ordinarily wanted to actually takes it

Danny is now in full training for the new season,

I think it's good to still look back and, kind of, relive what you did,

and look back and applaud yourself, I guess, for your achievements.

But you've got to move on, obviously, cos you've got to keep

trying to get better and keep improving.

You know, after all this, it was a bit of a whirlwind

of everything that went on, and the game slumped a little bit,

but we've been training really hard and working really hard,

and we've not quite seen the results of that yet,

but I'm a firm believer that if you keep working hard and stuff,

and doing the right things, then things can very

Danny will be embarking on nonstop golf around the world fairly soon.

But this shot is sure to be one he will treasure.

But who will ever forget this moment?

The chat with his wife on the telephone after he'd won

at Augusta, with a new born baby waiting there as well.

It is lovely to see you giving so much back to the game.

Good luck. I'll see you, Danny.

Great to see the faces of the kids getting medals. It was a wonderful

night. Now, Joanne Ford knows

all about facing challenges. She's a mother of two from Bedale,

who was diagnosed with cervical cancer 20 years ago,

and more recently had major surgery to rebuild part of her spine

after a riding accident. Despite all that, she's now training

for a charity race day in York She's got five months to learn how

to become a jockey before racing in front of thousands

of people in June. Carla Fowler has been to find out

how the training's going. Stepping up to the challenge,

Joanne Ford has been selected by national charity

Macmillan Cancer Support to be one of 12 riders competing in their big

charity race day on June 17 in York. Between now and then, each rider

faces gruelling daily training. They have had to find a racehorse,

a professional trainer, and pledged to raise

thousands in funds. Until I came here for the first time

and I rode for my first two days, I had no idea how fit you really do

need to be. I was in agony on the

Saturday morning. I struggled to walk down

the stairs forwards, and now, two or three weeks in,

it's really sunk in how fit these people are and how

fit you need to be. I need the experience

and I need to learn. It's very different from any riding

I've ever done before. Some of these horses

are worth six figures, and Jo has to pass a jockey test

in May to make her She's fought cancer twice,

and seven years ago had major back surgery when she was told

she would never ride again. In just five months,

Jo will take part in the oldest and biggest charity race day

in the world. Last year, just short of half

?1 million was raised in one day. She's got to learn how to raise

a thoroughbred in York in front She's got to be jockey fit

and she has two pass the assessment She has got to source her own

racehorse to race, and we are also challenging her to raise as much

money as possible for And this north Yorkshire racing yard

has the right form to put Jo in the lead on race day,

having trained the Macmillan We have done the same thing

for the last few years. It's a really good cause

and if there's anything we can do to help with it all,

I'm happy to go along with it. Obviously she could ride

when she came to us to start with, which was a big help,

but changing from riding normally to riding a short

is like riding like a jockey, which is a big difference,

so she is coming and improving It takes nerves of steel to ride

a racehorse as an amateur, but Jo's battles with cancer

and surgery have given her them. She is getting ready to make

the ride of her life. Carla Fowler,

BBC Look North, Richmond. All be very best to her. We will

keep you posted. Good luck to her. Now let's take a look

at the weather. Has the cold weather finally

disappeared? It is disappearing, yes. Not

tonight,... But yes, it will start milder and pushing from the south.

You will not it by tomorrow, temperatures a few degrees above

what they have been, but still six or seven Celsius. We would like it

warmer than that, though. The photographs, the first one sums up

most of the mornings this week. Misty and frosty. The second picture

was taken this morning before that Kyle reached the top of the hill.

Some missed in the valley, looking down from there, and the third

picture shows how grim and bleak it has been near Abbotsford. This was

taken this morning. Keep your pictures coming in. You can tweak me

or send your pictures and. It will get less cold over the week, and by

next week, the gays could be in double figures. It will feel

different then. Tomorrow, with less cold air, coming with some cloud and

rain. Arriving overnight, but it will linger for a time to tomorrow.

Particularly the cloud. At rain opens the door for Atlantic

influence to our weather, which means milder and a warmer body of

water, but also unsettled with several areas of low pressure

heading in our direction over the next few days until next week as

well. Some of us had some sunshine to this morning, but a lot of cloud

in general, and a bit of missed out there at the moment. Gradually the

receiving, we will start to see epics of rain and drizzle sped up

from the south, and after that first spell, further spells from the West.

More cloud means not as cold as last night, with temperatures down to

around two Celsius. So, the sun will rise in the morning at around 8am.

It AM on the nose, setting at 4:39pm. These are the high waters.

Start the morning with a lot of cloud. Not as bitingly cold as it

has been but a lot of cloud. Outbreaks of rain and drizzle is not

pleasant through the morning. An improvement but a slow improvement

through the day, with more in the way of dry weather. Hopeful that

cloud will start to break before Sunset, some parts of west Yorkshire

and the Dales and the Peak District could see brightness before the end

of the day. Generally a lot of cloud tomorrow. Even though temperatures

will be higher, it could feel disappointing. Nevertheless, getting

up to around six or seven Celsius. Looking further into Sunday, quite a

lot of uncertainty in the forecast on Sunday. An area of rain affects

the UK, we would like to keep in touch with the forecast, because it

could change. We'll start with a decent start but hiding over with

rain spreading of the south and west. At the moment, looking set to

affect South Yorkshire, but could change. Milder into next

affect South Yorkshire, but could change. Milder into next week.

We have an update at 8pm. And back with the latest news at 10:30pm.

Enjoy your weekend. Bye-bye.