15/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

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Better awareness about brain tumours - the young cancer

patients campaigners say are being short-changed by a lack

You've got your 24-year-old son and all he wants

He wanted nothing more than to be able to go to London and lived

Police and the council are told to change the way they deal

with people protesting against tree-felling in Sheffield.

Drones and phones - the latest technology

being used by schoolchildren in their geography lessons.

How about a rummage through one of the most fabulous women's

Join me later for a look back at five centuries of

And it has rarely felt like spring today. A lovely sunny and mild day

across the region but some changes for tomorrow.

First tonight to the campaign for better funding to help hundreds

of people diagnosed with brain tumours in Yorkshire every year.

It's claimed the disease kills more people under 40

than any other cancer, but gets just 1% of funding.

The number of cases in our region is increasing.

We'll ask a Leeds doctor why in a moment.

First, Emma Glasbey has been to meet two women affected by the disease,

including one who took her fight to Westminster today.

Aaron was a 20-year-old university student when he discovered

A lot of his friends describe him as the life of the party.

One day, without warning, Aaron had a seizure at the family home.

After surgery and radiotherapy, his brain tumour disappeared,

but two years later Aaron's tumour came back.

He died in December at the age of 24.

because you've got your 24-year-old son and all he wants

He wanted nothing more than to be able to go to London and live

with his friends from uni, it was all taken away from him.

Aaron had been frustrated by the lack of funding

He donated his brain to medical research.

A 24-year-old in this day and age should not

lose his life to something that, if they have the right kind

of funding, if they have enough funding, they can research

The latest figures show 404 people in Yorkshire were diagnosed

That's a 13% increase on the year before, so the problem is growing,

and although it's the biggest cancer killer of those under 40,

just 1% of national cancer research spending has been allocated

Lisa has a tumour growing into her brain.

She's been told it cannot be removed.

Tonight, Lisa will be at Westminster to join the campaign for more

I have lost a lot of friends that I have met through this

process with brain tumours, and we are all like a little gang.

But we keep losing people on the way, so we really do need

Lisa has recently undergone radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Later this week she will have a scan to see if the treatment has

Emma Glasbey, BBC Look North, Baildon.

We're joined now by Dr Ryan Mathew, who's a neurosurgeon

in Leeds, and also works with Cancer Research UK.

Thank you for joining us. Heartbreaking stories there. Why

does this type of cancer get such little funding?

And awareness issue. People are not aware that brain tumours affect so

many people and have such a devastating impact on lives. When

Angelina Jolie talks about breast cancer, it is in newspapers and

television, but we need more awareness of brain tumours.

We heard the numbers are rising, why?

We are not sure. We pick up more brain tumours through better access

to scanning, certainly over the last ten or 15 years, more scans and that

increases incidents. But until we find out what causes them, it is

difficult to understand why they are increasing.

The funding is important. The relative little you get is

significant. Why is Brexit such a concern for this?

The concerns relate around the amount of European funding we get,

which we think that for every ?1 we put into Europe, we get about ?3

back. That is research funding. Until we know what the final

negotiations are, and we know where the funding gaps are going to be,

there are concerns about research funding that we would normally get

from Europe. It is important to find out the

causes of brain tumours, because it is still a mystery in many aspects.

It is, and we have a better understanding of the different types

of brain tumours, and the fact that tumours in children versus adults

behave differently. But even to people with the same sort of tumour

on paper have actually very different cells within their brain,

and that is helping our understanding of brain tumours, but

without more funding it is difficult to get to the bottom of why they

occur in the first place and why the progress and why they remained

resistant to treatment. Diagnosis is really important, and

we are always told that. What can be done for early diagnosis in brain

tumours? We are doing a good job in the

University of Leeds, trying to push forward our understanding of brain

tumours, stem cell modelling, and big data on tumours, understanding

But without an understanding of But without an understanding of

these things and how we are going to screen for brain tumours, we look at

breast cancer for example and screening is something we take for

granted. Optimistic about the future?

Always. Thank you for joining us.

South Yorkshire Police and Sheffield Council have been told

to change the way they deal with protests against

The multi-million-pound scheme to replace trees and repair

pavements has been controversial and led to arrests.

Now, South Yorkshire's Police Commissioner Dr Alan Billings has

said the whole issue is being handled badly.

Our correspondent John Cundy reports.

By night and day across Sheffield, trees deemed to be dangerous

Are you proud of your city? You are shouting.

Some have been taken to court but their cases were dropped.

So far, 14 tree-felling protesters like heritage writer Calvin Payne,

All of those cases thrown out of court.

Now the police and the council are being told they are going

to have to find different ways of solving this long-running

Calvin Payne says his fellow protesters will be

I would tell them now that we will only let you do what we decide

as a community that we are going to let you do.

So if they want to do their work, they need to come and talk to us,

but we are not going to accept that 150-year-old tree is felled for

Meanwhile, South Yorkshire's Police Commissioner says the way

the prosecutions have been handled has been wasting time and money.

In a sense, it is over to you, Sheffield City Council,

to find out a political solution, but if they think that this can be

resolved by the police taking action and bringing arrests

under trade union legislation, that clearly isn't going to happen

because the Crown Prosecution Service won't allow it.

There is a difference between protesting and preventing,

and the protesters, if they are preventing the legal

work and our responsibilities, then I would ask them to consider

this and stand to one side, and allow us to

South Yorkshire Police say they acknowledge the dropping

of the legal actions, but have added...

The controversial tree felling is due to be completed

by the end of this year, whether or not protests continue.

John Cundy, BBC Look North, Sheffield.

We'll get reaction from a barrister who's been following the controversy

in our late bulletin as part of the BBC News at Ten -

Later on Look North: Encouraging green fingers -

a major new investment for Sheffield's botanical gardens,

The Crown Prosecution Service has received files from police

in West Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in relation

Around 20 forces across the country have been looking at the expenses

of Conservative MPs in marginal seats, to see if the costs

of activists being bussed in for support should have

The constituencies involved haven't been named.

A fundraising page set up in memory of a 14-year-old Sheffield boy

who died following a kick boxing fight has raised more than ?4,000.

Scott Marsden died a few days after collapsing during

a kick boxing title fight in Leeds on Saturday night.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service has responded to criticism

of its response to the incident from the president of the World kick

It says it worked tirelessly to save Scott.

A teenager's being questioned by police in connection

with the death of a woman who was hit by a car in Doncaster.

62-year-old grandmother Susan Gravel was knocked down in Stainforth

The teenager has been released on bail. A 17-year-old boy was arrested

on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and has been

bailed while enquiries continue. A water pump has been unveiled

in York in honour of the scientist who first discovered that cholera

was a water borne disease. Dr John Snow was born

in the city in 1813. Today his descendants and academics

from the University of York gathered Dr Snow's research helped

end a cholera epidemic He was also Queen

Victoria's anaesthetist. People know about his work

on cholera perhaps more than his work on anaesthesia,

but I think his history is really focused very much on his London home

and his connections to here are not very well-known, and I think it's

a good thing that we are having more What a great time to visit

Sheffield's botanical gardens. They're home to 5,000 species

of plants in the heart of the city. Now they've benefited

from a major new investment. A dedicated learning centre

was officially opened today. It'll offer opportunities

for schools and practical courses, as well as art

and photography courses. On an afternoon like this,

you can believe spring In the heart of Sheffield,

the season is standing in the wings of the botanical gardens,

ready for a dramatic entrance. In one corner of the gardens,

there is a new bloom, And with ceremonial secateurs,

the Duke of Devonshire wasn't deadheading, but rather in fighting

the flour to open. Naturally, I'm absolutely delighted

to be in this lovely place, and I am really delighted to have

been invited to open this really amazing

new education centre. This is the botanical gardens'

brand-new education Centre, ready to host visiting speakers

and inspire a new green We had a very old, leaky

Portakabin here before, and there were times when people

thought we would never But luckily we had three really

wonderful donations from people who love the gardens,

including one from Mrs Dorothy Fox, after whom the centre is now named,

which is certainly meant it And after such a while, there was no

need to rush the formalities. A stoll in sunshine scattered

by blossom was very much The next generation,

they can wait just a little longer. Tom Ingall, BBC Look North,

the botanical gardens in Sheffield. That looks gorgeous in the sunshine.

Now let's look at the sport. We had a break from the thrills

of the Championship promotion race last night, because none

of our teams in it were playing. But who might be coming

up from League One? We still have two serious

candidates, and Sheffield United in particular will surely soon be

planning the open-top bus parade, if they can keep

up their current form. Sheffield United remain top

of the table with nine matches left, and a nine-point cushion

inside the automatic promotion zone. But the most telling

numbers for the Blades Four more last night in their 4-2

win at Swindon makes it 71 for the season,

the highest in the league. He then supplied Kieron Freeman

to establish a 2-0 lead. Swindon hit back to actually draw

level at 2-2, but the Blades had two First, Jay O'Shea thanked Swindon's

goalie for his present, and then Paul Coutts' penalty sealed

the 22nd victory of Bradford City's biggest number

is in the drawn matches column. It is 18 stalemates now after last

night's 1-1 at Charlton. Timothee Dieng headed

in City's equaliser. And Chesterfield could also have

done with more than a draw Their 3-3 with Peterborough

was at least terrific entertainment. The Spirites needed

Dion Donohue's second-half But Chesterfield's ten-point

distance from safety is already beginning to look too far

to avoid the drop. Doncaster Rovers are doing so well

in League two that most bookies have stopped taking bets

on them getting promoted. Rovers beat Notts County 3-1 last

night, and Dave Edwards was there with some

of their most dedicated fans. Two hours before kick-off

at the Keepmoat Stadium, Melanie and Corinne wait with pens

in hand for autographs Of course, they have got

most of them already, because they do this

for every match. I have been coming

for over 40 years. My dad brought me when I was four,

and then you come to all the games and you build it up,

get your season tickets, and get The players are friendly

and the staff are friendly, And they have been

brilliant on the pitch too. After going behind to Notts County

early on, Doncaster came back through James Coppinger's

close-range strike and Then, as county's goalkeeper pushed

forward in injury time, the Rovers broke clear,

and Andy Williams was left with a chance that looked

too good to be true. The last four games we have been

magnificent from one to 11, and the subs that have come

on as well, it is a real tight knit group and we have got

a great team spirit. With nine games left,

hopefully we can continue that. The expectations of myself

to the players is to win the league. And we are in a very good position,

but, you know, things can We have got to make sure

the standards remain the same You will not hear this

from the manager or the players, but it is almost a certainty that

Rovers will be promoted Three teams go up automatically,

and they are 16 points clear They have dominated this position,

and when they do celebrate promotion, you can bet these two

won't be far away. Dave Edwards,

BBC Look North, Doncaster. Here is a team we do not talk about

enough these days. York City may be struggling near

the bottom of the National League, but they could be on their way

to Wembley again in the FA Trophy! The Minstermen beat Lincoln

2-1 in the first leg of their semifinal last night,

with Vadaine Oliver scoring And there was a bit of good

fortune about the winner, as Adriano Moke's shot went in off

Aidan Connolly. Boxing now, and Leeds'

Featherweight Josh Warrington came face to face with his next opponent

today, ahead of their clash in May. Warrington knows he'll have to be

at his best to defeat the former World superbantamweight champion

Kiko Martinez of Spain, The pair appear on Frank Warren's

show at Leeds Arena on May 13, along with Olympic Champion Nicola Adams

and Huddersfield's Tyrone He knows how to finish guys,

and he doesn't just knock them out, You switch off for a split second

or got into the fight thinking it is an easy fight,

and then you could get hurt. So I want to go into this fight,

and I would always want to win and carry on where I left off

and keep the stoppage ratio going. You know, I am hitting harder

than I ever have done in the gym, and I think I will show that

on May 13. It should be a good night.

Thank you. You are looking good and I like the suit. It is dapper and

you brush up well. Next tonight - how phones,

drones and iPads have become One school in Malton

in North Yorkshire has gone hi-tech to teach a traditional

subject - geography. It's part of a project to introduce

technology across subjects Alasdair Gill went

along to find out more. Teenagers staring at their phones,

nothing new, you might think, but these pupils are on a geography

field trip, hard at work recording the urban environment with tablet

computers and smartphones. When I was at school, a geography field

trip involved a clipboard and a pen and a worksheet, but in 2017 these

pupils have some extra high-tech bits of kit. Piloting the drone is

James, and education trainer helping their school get to grips with new

technology and how best to use it. Would-be students having iPads, they

can take photos and only commend the day and share the stuff on the fly.

Rather than spending less on time collating paperwork, they can focus

on learning and collate it on the go.

Today is a study of urban environments, looking for visual

clues to residents' quality of life. Pupils are still using pen and paper

but they say the extra kit like this camera that takes a 360 degrees

picture, makes their work better and easier.

We can go back to our classrooms and record more, whereas if we did not

have our technology, we would be writing it down as fast as we could.

We have iPads, so we can take pictures of the areas to see things

visually without breaking it down. That is better and more accurate.

We have drones, to take aerial photographs, and that gives us more

of a wider survey of all of the houses we are surveying.

The younger generation is always quicker to accept new technology,

but what about the teachers? It will really enhance the student

's' exam performance and they must explain how they collected the data

and why, and reflect on their data collection techniques. They will be

one step ahead of other candidates across the country.

When it comes to improving teaching through technology, the sky 's the

limit. When it comes to fashion,

which decade or century Now the way Yorkshire's women have

dressed to impress over the past 500 years is being explored

in a new exhibition. I like the glamour of the 1950s.

I like flared trousers, so the 1960s or 1970s.

Now the way Yorkshire's women have dressed to impress over the past 500

years is being explored in a new exhibition.

Lotherton Hall near Leeds has been turned into

We take you to Bradford for something new in the way of fashion

shows. For centuries in Yorkshire has bone

at the high heart of the textile industry, where fashion played a big

role. -- it has been at the heart of textiles. Women here have dressed to

impress, starting as far back as the 1600 's. This is just beautiful.

Look at this waistcoat. Margaret Leighton, related to

France's lighting of Lord, North leads... What makes it special is we

have the jacket and the portrait of her.

Is that we are, to have the portrait?

Very rare. Stretching over five centuries, most

comments here have been donated by family members and tell the story of

each individual women's style. This wardrop belonged to Mary holding

Killingworth in 1800, married to a Rich Miller in Bradford and she

loved fashion. After a shopping trip, she wrote this in a letter to

her sister. She said, one very light silk dress, one dark handsome silk,

and one summer mantle and a velvet cloak to leave home with. I feel in

a perfect world. I know just what she means. Fast forward 150 years,

and fashion of the 1940s sees hemlines are shortened and women who

work. This collection belonged to a land girl in the Second World War.

This exhibition showcases personal stories behind the clothes, which is

rare and we don't often have those, but we know about the women who wore

these garments and that makes it special.

These clothes belonged to a poet and fashionista who represents the

21st-century woman, embracing different cultures to shape her

style. Tell us about this outfit. This garment was designed in Ghana.

I designed it myself, and came up with the concept and idea when I got

back to England, and I thought the Queen remember me wearing that

garment. Why not, indeed? Evolving,

transforming, women of Yorkshire have always had style.

It goes to show there is plenty of fashion in Yorkshire. Now let's take

a look at the weather. What is your favourite era of clothing?

Potentially flapper style in the 20s but I like 1980s fashion, with big

hair and Reebok shoes. We used to be like the Von Trapp family with

matching hair. Not a look to be repeated. Today has been... Up to 15

Celsius, both in Bridlington and down in the Vale of York. Cooler

tomorrow and a bit more cloudy as well. A transitional day between

nice weather with high pressure dominating and much more unsettled

weather later on in the week. You can see low-pressure here, these

area is sweeping through Friday and the weekend. Tightly packed isobars

mean a blustery day. Lovely out there this afternoon. You can see on

the satellite picture, cloud in the sky and some patchy cloud across

parts of north Yorkshire. Fine through this evening. Fine with long

and clear spells. Overnight, towards the end, more cloud in the West and

the North developing, but it will stay bright, good and clear breaks

temperatures falling back to around temperatures falling back to around

seven or eight Celsius. The sun will rise in the morning at 6:20am,

setting at 6:12pm tomorrow evening. High water is here. We start the day

tomorrow with a decent spells of sunshine away from coasts, and more

cloud in the West and north. Generally through the day, more

over the Dales and Pennines the over the Dales and Pennines the

afternoon and it will not make its way any further south until after

dark, and as it does start to push south-eastwards, it will tend to

fragment. For most of us, a dry day tomorrow, away from the

north-western corner with patchy rain by tomorrow evening. To sum up

tomorrow, a bit cooler and cloudier and some rain around later. 11

Celsius today and tomorrow in York. 52 Fahrenheit tomorrow. The wind is

starting to pick up into tomorrow. Looking at a windy spell of weather,

especially on Friday, with potential gales away from the hills. A chilly

started the day on Friday, becoming windy with rain of the afternoon and

it really will feel much cooler on Friday. Some spells of wet and windy

weather across the weekend, not a total wash-out but it will be

blustery. It has been gorgeous today.

We will be back with our extended news from ten o'clock tonight.

Goodbye.