:00:00. > :00:08.Hello - welcome to Tuesday's Look North.
:00:09. > :00:11.On the programme tonight: The Leeds mum accused of spying in Rwanda -
:00:12. > :00:20.her young sons campaign to get her out of jail.
:00:21. > :00:24.I have written a letter to Theresa May saying she is innocent and how
:00:25. > :00:29.much we miss her. for better rail services -
:00:30. > :00:32.has the city been shunted A major archaeological discovery,
:00:33. > :00:36.as a Roman burial ground How can you park your car
:00:37. > :00:48.without turning your neighbourhood There is rain and perhaps Hill snow
:00:49. > :00:50.for a time in the forecast, but something better on the way for the
:00:51. > :00:58.weekend. The sons of a mother from Leeds
:00:59. > :01:02.who's been imprisoned in Rwanda have written
:01:03. > :01:04.to the Prime Minister to ask Violette Uwamahoro -
:01:05. > :01:08.who is five months pregnant - was arrested after returning
:01:09. > :01:10.to the East African She's been charged with
:01:11. > :01:16.sharing state secrets. Her family say she's been arrested
:01:17. > :01:18.because of her husband's political activities -
:01:19. > :01:20.and she's not committed any crime. Eight-year-old Samuel
:01:21. > :01:27.and ten-year-old David write Mother's Day cards for the mum
:01:28. > :01:33.they've not seen for over a month. I miss her a lot because she helps
:01:34. > :01:37.us around the house a lot and whenever we're stuck
:01:38. > :01:42.she will always help us. Youth worker Violette was arrested
:01:43. > :01:44.on Valentine's Day travelling She's been charged with
:01:45. > :01:51.sharing state secrets She's lived in Leeds with husband
:01:52. > :02:02.Faustin for 12 years and they're I believe she was just taken
:02:03. > :02:06.because of what I do, which shouldn't be a problem
:02:07. > :02:09.because what I do is It does not involve any
:02:10. > :02:15.violence or anything. So she has just been
:02:16. > :02:21.taken as a hostage. After years of civil war
:02:22. > :02:30.and genocide in Rwanda, the country is now run
:02:31. > :02:32.by President Paul Kagame. He's been criticised for building
:02:33. > :02:35.the army to assert his authority and using anti-genocide legislation
:02:36. > :02:37.against political opponents. Violette's young sons are now
:02:38. > :02:43.campaigning for her release. I wrote a letter to Theresa May
:02:44. > :02:50.saying that she is innocent, how much we miss her,
:02:51. > :02:59.and my brother, Samuel, has written a letter to the President
:03:00. > :03:01.of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. Faustin has hired a Rwandan lawyer
:03:02. > :03:04.to represent his wife but is concerned the lawyer
:03:05. > :03:13.can't act independently. The Foreign Office say
:03:14. > :03:15.they are assisting but Faustin wants the British authorities to offer
:03:16. > :03:21.more legal support. Life has completely changed. They
:03:22. > :03:28.want to punish us as a family. David and Samuel just
:03:29. > :03:42.want their mum home. They are asking for the UK
:03:43. > :03:44.Government to assist with representation. I asked local MP
:03:45. > :03:49.Hilary Benn what can be done. My understanding is it's been
:03:50. > :03:52.a long-standing policy of the British Government that it
:03:53. > :03:54.does not provide lawyers, it doesn't pay for lawyers,
:03:55. > :03:57.to represent British citizens who But my view is that
:03:58. > :04:00.it is essential that Violette has effective legal
:04:01. > :04:09.representation one way or another because she is facing
:04:10. > :04:11.very serious charges And in his view she has
:04:12. > :04:16.been charged because the authorities are trying to get
:04:17. > :04:20.at him because he has been politically active in
:04:21. > :04:23.opposing the Government. But he says that Violette is not
:04:24. > :04:26.involved in politics at all. And as you know she only went back
:04:27. > :04:29.to Rwanda to attend her late How are relations
:04:30. > :04:32.between Rwanda and the UK? There is a long-standing
:04:33. > :04:34.relationship when it Rwanda of course is a country that
:04:35. > :04:44.has been in the process of recovery from the unimaginable
:04:45. > :04:48.horror of the genocide which took place, in
:04:49. > :04:50.which 900,000 people were killed
:04:51. > :04:53.in the space of about two months. But there have been concerns
:04:54. > :05:00.expressed about the freedom to operate of other
:05:01. > :05:02.political parties and political traditions
:05:03. > :05:03.in And what all of us want to see
:05:04. > :05:14.is what is the evidence to substantiate the charges that the
:05:15. > :05:16.Rwandan authorities have now laid Because her husband says
:05:17. > :05:21.she hasn't done any of these She was only in the country
:05:22. > :05:28.for a funeral and she is not politically active and
:05:29. > :05:30.she wants to get home to be with her children,
:05:31. > :05:33.and of course to add to all
:05:34. > :05:36.the stress, she is pregnant. Next tonight - more
:05:37. > :05:42.on high speed rail. But for a change we're not talking
:05:43. > :05:47.about the controversial HS2. Instead it's a plan to link
:05:48. > :05:50.the cities of the north Today Bradford has launched
:05:51. > :05:56.a campaign to say it Journey times between
:05:57. > :06:05.Bradford and other cities A train from Bradford to Manchester
:06:06. > :06:09.currently takes around an hour. Powerhouse rail line,
:06:10. > :06:13.that journey time would be To go from Bradford
:06:14. > :06:15.Interchange to Leeds this new train stop,
:06:16. > :06:19.that journey would be While the actual line might be
:06:20. > :06:23.years away from opening, city leaders say it's vital
:06:24. > :06:26.to start planning now. Tom Ingall joins us
:06:27. > :06:27.now from Bradford. Tom - why is this so
:06:28. > :06:40.important for Bradford? You wait a long time for a
:06:41. > :06:48.high-speed rail scheme to come at and then two come along at once.
:06:49. > :06:51.Bradford is not affected by HS2, but the city would like to be on the
:06:52. > :06:55.line of the proposed Northern Powerhouse network. It is talking
:06:56. > :06:59.about having a station in the city centre. If you have to travel to
:07:00. > :07:03.Bradford by train you know there are two stations, they are two stations,
:07:04. > :07:07.the eyeballs effectively dead ends, the train arrives slowly, then has
:07:08. > :07:11.two reverse and go out the way it comes in. With a new station you
:07:12. > :07:14.could get faster journey times, better connectivity, that is why the
:07:15. > :07:18.City Council has launched its campaign to put Bradford on this new
:07:19. > :07:24.real network, as backed by the council leader. Radford needs to be
:07:25. > :07:28.part of Northern Powerhouse real. We are the biggest city in this part of
:07:29. > :07:35.the country not on a main line. We need to be on that main line. The
:07:36. > :07:40.Northern Powerhouse rail line, is this a new idea?
:07:41. > :07:49.Until a a few weeks ago it was better known as HS3. Northern
:07:50. > :07:57.Powerhouse is what we are calling it now. The concept is to link
:07:58. > :08:01.Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Halle, even Newcastle. What
:08:02. > :08:06.we do not know is precisely what we are getting, is it a brand-new
:08:07. > :08:11.railway or is it just a spruce up of the existing rail minds? I suspect
:08:12. > :08:15.we will probably end up in the details come forward with a
:08:16. > :08:19.compromise. What is clear is Bradford would like to stake its
:08:20. > :08:25.claim for a station to improve journey times. This campaign was
:08:26. > :08:29.backed by the city of commerce -- Chambers of Commerce. Geographically
:08:30. > :08:34.it is an obvious case, Bradford is the fifth largest metropolitan area
:08:35. > :08:42.in the UK. We need to make the case for Bradford right now. But early
:08:43. > :08:45.days. We still do not know what is being proposed, what shape that new
:08:46. > :08:49.network might take, what might be you, what might be a spruce up, and
:08:50. > :08:54.crucially that means we do not have a cost. Nor do we know when the
:08:55. > :08:57.first change my trunk. Do not book your ticket yet.
:08:58. > :09:01.How a South Yorkshire firefighter brought a spectator back
:09:02. > :09:08.from the brink of death when he collapsed at a football match.
:09:09. > :09:11.The Kaiser Chiefs are backing Leeds' bid to become European Capital
:09:12. > :09:20.The band lent their support to the campaign at Y17 In York,
:09:21. > :09:38.It was another special celebration of Yorkshire's buoyant
:09:39. > :09:41.Y17 announced a special one-off rail day on April
:09:42. > :09:45.The Flying Scotsman with three other trains side-by-side will be a
:09:46. > :09:54.And Leeds announced its bid to become the European City Of
:09:55. > :09:56.Culture in 2023, endorsed by the Kaiser Chiefs.
:09:57. > :09:58.We would love to see more great bands come through Leeds
:09:59. > :10:00.and have places to play and places to rehearse,
:10:01. > :10:02.and we think the bid is
:10:03. > :10:05.And that is what it is all about really,
:10:06. > :10:07.putting Leeds on a different map to a certain extent?
:10:08. > :10:10.I think Leeds all through our life has
:10:11. > :10:13.been growing and getting better but I still think it has got loads
:10:14. > :10:17.of potential to succeed and I think that everyone from Leeds are so
:10:18. > :10:21.Going round the world there is always someone from
:10:22. > :10:24.Leeds and they are always desperate to tell you they are from
:10:25. > :10:27.The bidding is in its early stages, but facing Milton Keynes,
:10:28. > :10:30.Dundee, Belfast and Truro, there is real confidence in the camp.
:10:31. > :10:33.In other news from around Yorkshire and workers on Northern Rail
:10:34. > :10:35.are to strike for a second day on April the 8th.
:10:36. > :10:38.Members of the RMT union took part in strike action last week over
:10:39. > :10:49.plans by the company to introduce driver-only trains from 2018.
:10:50. > :10:51.It resulted in 60% of services being cancelled.
:10:52. > :10:53.The Education Secretary Justine Greening is promising to carefully
:10:54. > :10:56.consider calls for girls from low income families to be offered
:10:57. > :11:01.been skipping school - because they can't afford to buy
:11:02. > :11:06.A local charity which helps girls in Africa, is now being asked
:11:07. > :11:16.Two women who were sexually abused by their teacher at a school
:11:17. > :11:19.in Doncaster are urging parents to talk to their children
:11:20. > :11:22.They've waived their right to anonymity because they want
:11:23. > :11:25.the issue of sex abuse to become less of a taboo.
:11:26. > :11:30.We'll hear more about this in a moment.
:11:31. > :11:32.Last night they held their first public meeting for families.
:11:33. > :11:37.Parents gather in a village hall in Doncaster.
:11:38. > :11:39.Tonight they will be discussing something families often
:11:40. > :11:42.find it hard to talk about - sexual abuse.
:11:43. > :11:49.Unfortunately that was the place where it happened.
:11:50. > :11:51.The meeting has been organised by two women who were abused
:11:52. > :11:54.by their own primary school teacher in Doncaster when they
:11:55. > :12:04.I remember that he was very much you were teacher's pet
:12:05. > :12:05.if you were his favourite at the time.
:12:06. > :12:09.I think I knew it was wrong because it's not how...
:12:10. > :12:12.Nothing like that happened to me at home, but I still
:12:13. > :12:15.to this day don't know why I didn't tell anybody.
:12:16. > :12:19.# Your private parts belong only to you
:12:20. > :12:24.# If someone asks to see just tell them no. #
:12:25. > :12:28.This video from the NSPCC is part of a campaign to educate children
:12:29. > :12:32.about keeping certain body parts private.
:12:33. > :12:35.Research by the charity shows that one in 20 children in the UK has
:12:36. > :12:38.More than 90% of sexual abuse is carried out
:12:39. > :12:40.by someone known to the
:12:41. > :12:43.And one in three victims doesn't tell anyone what has
:12:44. > :12:53.From 2019, sex education is to become compulsory in all schools.
:12:54. > :12:55.The Government still needs to decide exactly what will be taught
:12:56. > :13:01.and a public consultation is to be held.
:13:02. > :13:05.Kate and Kerrie are concerned that right now not enough is being done.
:13:06. > :13:07.In Doncaster, school nurses have started talking to children
:13:08. > :13:13.There's a lot of work to be done still.
:13:14. > :13:16.I think parents and teaching staff have been a bit frightened about how
:13:17. > :13:20.to broach the subject in the first instance.
:13:21. > :13:23.It's how do you go there, so it's just about dispelling the myths.
:13:24. > :13:26.Making it a taboo subject is why children are abused because nobody
:13:27. > :13:31.I think that's where the issues really lie.
:13:32. > :13:37.Last night was the first meeting for parents.
:13:38. > :13:40.Kate and Kerrie are hoping this is just the start of their campaign
:13:41. > :13:46.So how should parents and teachers speak to small children?
:13:47. > :13:54.Kate Taylor and Kerrie Jones can tell us more.
:13:55. > :14:01.You were both so young when this abuse happened. Did you know at the
:14:02. > :14:10.time that it was wrong West remarked the only thing I really remember
:14:11. > :14:14.about the time was thinking that I was very special and that I beat the
:14:15. > :14:23.teacher very happy and that I was his favourite. I went home happy,
:14:24. > :14:28.and went to school happy because although that was happening to me I
:14:29. > :14:33.did not realise the severity of it. This is the problem. Children do not
:14:34. > :14:37.know because they are not told. I have a four-year-old daughter and I
:14:38. > :14:40.find it difficult to know how to approach those subjects because I do
:14:41. > :14:46.not want to take a innocence away by us things she does not need to know
:14:47. > :14:49.when she is so young. We do not talk about sex. We do not talk about the
:14:50. > :14:52.abuse. We just tell our children that whatever is in their underwear
:14:53. > :14:56.belongs to them and if anybody does anything they do not feel happy with
:14:57. > :15:01.the need to tell somebody, give them the confidence to tell. Why do you
:15:02. > :15:05.think primary schools are not doing enough? Are they frightened to cover
:15:06. > :15:12.the subject because it is almost to boo. It is a no go area. Most
:15:13. > :15:15.definitely. I have spoken to a feud schools and they have said that they
:15:16. > :15:20.are concerned with getting the parents back then. And they might
:15:21. > :15:23.get backlash from parents and they do not want their children to be
:15:24. > :15:28.taught about sex education. That is not what we are asking schools to
:15:29. > :15:31.talk about. I do not want my children to learn about sex
:15:32. > :15:34.education but I do want my children to learn about their own privacy,
:15:35. > :15:42.and what is theirs is theirs. Would it have needed difference to you? Do
:15:43. > :15:49.you think you might have realised what was happening and that was the
:15:50. > :15:55.case? What I have said before, it is not very nice, but I think that I
:15:56. > :16:01.still would have been abused because it would have been too late for me,
:16:02. > :16:05.but Kerry was in the year below me, so if I had spoken, Kerry would
:16:06. > :16:09.never have been abused. I know that you talk quite frankly and openly
:16:10. > :16:12.with your young children about privacy. What would you say to
:16:13. > :16:16.parents and teachers who are watching that this should be
:16:17. > :16:20.discussed more openly? How should the top to their children about it?
:16:21. > :16:26.I find it quite simple. Just tell your children that whatever is under
:16:27. > :16:36.their underwear is theirs. It is not a dirty talk. It is just quite
:16:37. > :16:40.simple. If you are just having a nice relaxing time, just explain to
:16:41. > :16:49.them, that if anyone tells you to keep a bad secrets, just tell. Just
:16:50. > :16:54.speak out. Just a quick word about what the NSPCC are doing, they have
:16:55. > :16:59.got videos to try and help this situation. Yes, and they are useful,
:17:00. > :17:07.especially with little children. The pants song. It is fun. For little
:17:08. > :17:11.children, they do not understand. When I said to my little boy what is
:17:12. > :17:25.in your pants is Jewish, he thought it was hilarious. He had no idea why
:17:26. > :17:31.I was telling him that. -- what is in your pants is yours. If you have
:17:32. > :17:43.been affected by these issues you can go to the BBC website.
:17:44. > :17:48.More than 30 Roman skeletons, as well as thousands of other
:17:49. > :17:51.artefacts, have been found at a site in Pontefract.
:17:52. > :17:53.It's thought to be the largest rural Roman burial ground
:17:54. > :17:56.The remains were discovered amid preparations to build
:17:57. > :18:04.For most people this will look like a muddy building site at hiding
:18:05. > :18:07.beneath the dust and dirt is a secret world, stories from our Roman
:18:08. > :18:12.ancestors who lived here more than 1000 years ago. With the burial of
:18:13. > :18:21.somebody who was living on a farmstead in the Roman period, 280,
:18:22. > :18:24.300 A.D., it is a unique find. It is very exciting for West Yorkshire.
:18:25. > :18:28.The number of burials is very unusual. It gives us an opportunity
:18:29. > :18:37.to look at a pig population. To find this many human remains in a small
:18:38. > :18:46.farmstead is unique. -- opportunity to look at sea pig population. To
:18:47. > :18:52.find the cemetery site with 30 days or so suggests that we have got
:18:53. > :18:56.settlements close by as well. As well as 30 skeletons, archaeologists
:18:57. > :19:06.find more than 1000 pieces of Roman pottery, bones, jewellery. We found
:19:07. > :19:11.some grave goods. Rather nice copper alloy bracelets and bangles. Quite
:19:12. > :19:16.unique. This has got a nice twist on it. There is declaration on this
:19:17. > :19:20.one. There is also a glass beads as well. Whether that person was, they
:19:21. > :19:25.were quite important, they obviously meant a lot to somebody. This spot
:19:26. > :19:28.will forever be marked on Yorkshire's archaeological map. The
:19:29. > :19:30.hope is that further exciting discoveries can be made, unlocking
:19:31. > :19:34.more stories our Roman past. Yorkshire County Cricket Club has
:19:35. > :19:36.confirmed captain Gary Ballance has The Zimbabwe-born batsman
:19:37. > :19:41.was appointed captain in December for the County Championship,
:19:42. > :19:44.One-Day Cup AND T20 Blast. He'll now stay on for at
:19:45. > :19:49.least another two years. In rugby league, the draw has
:19:50. > :19:52.been made for the fifth Featherstone will play Oldham,
:19:53. > :19:57.Leeds Rhinos take on Doncaster, Halifax travel to Whitehaven
:19:58. > :20:01.or Oxford, Dewsbury play Batley, it's Huddersfield against Swinton,
:20:02. > :20:03.and York City Knights Those games will be played
:20:04. > :20:08.on the 22nd and 23rd of April. Last season's top eight Super League
:20:09. > :20:11.clubs don't join the competition Now, this next story
:20:12. > :20:17.is a really heart-warming one. An off-duty South Yorkshire
:20:18. > :20:22.fire-fighter has helped to save the life of a football fan
:20:23. > :20:24.during Leicester City's Champions' Caz Whiteman was in
:20:25. > :20:29.the crowd for the match at Leicester's King Power Stadium
:20:30. > :20:31.when a spectator collapsed. Jim Blockley suffered
:20:32. > :20:33.three heart attacks - but is alive today thanks
:20:34. > :20:35.to Caz's quick-thinking. An emotional reunion
:20:36. > :20:49.with the firefighter who helped to save his life after Jim Blockley
:20:50. > :20:52.became ill during the match They said, are you
:20:53. > :20:56.all right to walk? Luckily for Jim, Caz Whiteman,
:20:57. > :21:11.a Yorkshire firefighter, was sitting First of all I saw it was a steward,
:21:12. > :21:17.who I subsequently found out was trying to hold him up,
:21:18. > :21:21.fall on top of him. Soon after that a couple
:21:22. > :21:26.of the on-site medics came and started CPR,
:21:27. > :21:33.which is something I have received quite a lot of training in,
:21:34. > :21:45.so I was sat quite close to the end of my aisle, so I managed to quickly
:21:46. > :21:49.get out and help at the front. He did die all in all for about 51
:21:50. > :21:52.minutes on three separate occasions. They told us to kiss
:21:53. > :21:56.him goodbye at A They did not think
:21:57. > :21:58.he would make it here. But he did and Jim is now
:21:59. > :22:01.recovering from his ordeal. What do you think about
:22:02. > :22:05.what Caz did for you? I probably wouldn't have been
:22:06. > :22:11.here if it wasn't for her. If it was not for that
:22:12. > :22:17.firefighter, she was brilliant, The 51-year-old has been sent
:22:18. > :22:28.a football shirt signed When he came round the first thing
:22:29. > :22:37.you act about was the result. I just lay there and said,
:22:38. > :22:39.what was the score? This father of three knows how
:22:40. > :22:45.lucky he is to be alive. He now plans to take it
:22:46. > :22:47.easy and watch the next It's the Spring equinox tonight -
:22:48. > :22:58.so from tomorrow the days Just the excuse to turn your
:22:59. > :23:05.attention to the garden. And on hand to help
:23:06. > :23:08.you are the staff at Harlow Carr They've launched a campaign today
:23:09. > :23:13.to "green up grey Britain". And by that, they mean put
:23:14. > :23:31.plants wherever you can - You can understand why people do it.
:23:32. > :23:35.With more cars on the roads there is pressure on parking that paving
:23:36. > :23:37.front gardens can lead to flooding and pollution saw a campaign has
:23:38. > :23:44.been launched to do things differently. Here is a possible
:23:45. > :23:47.solution laid out by the Royal horticultural Society in Harrogate.
:23:48. > :23:51.Over the last ten years more people have been paving over their front
:23:52. > :23:55.gardens. In Yorkshire and Humber we know that 19% more front gardens
:23:56. > :24:00.have been people back in the last ten years. As well as looking more
:24:01. > :24:04.delay, it is not a great space for natural habitats, and it is not very
:24:05. > :24:10.good in terms of flooding issues and water management. There is paving
:24:11. > :24:13.and there is paving. This limestone aggregators are sitting on a porous
:24:14. > :24:17.membrane underneath salt water can drain through it and into the soil
:24:18. > :24:21.beneath. Not into genes and causing flooding. And the scatter shield
:24:22. > :24:25.still does the job. It helps the entire place look like a garden
:24:26. > :24:30.rather than our car park. Other tips include planting in the awkward
:24:31. > :24:34.corners, a container of bulbs can help. And replacing fences with
:24:35. > :24:38.hedges, they provide somewhere for the birds. We are looking at how we
:24:39. > :24:44.can add more containers to every garden. Window boxes. And keep
:24:45. > :24:48.changing the displays. It adds interest to all our lives, walking
:24:49. > :24:52.through a street that is full of plants. Green spaces proven to
:24:53. > :24:57.reduce pollution, improve air quality. Every little bit helps. A
:24:58. > :25:02.pretty front garden at curb appeal and value to houses, but then so
:25:03. > :25:12.does a parking space, therefore a garden providing both provides a
:25:13. > :25:17.better Way ahead. It was the spring equinox yesterday.
:25:18. > :25:22.We do not want any fake news. I will tour to the producer.
:25:23. > :25:27.I like to get the forecast is correct. Let us look at the pictures
:25:28. > :25:39.that have come the last hours. Torrential hailstorms. A couple of
:25:40. > :25:43.centimetres of ice. There could be a little bit of snow
:25:44. > :25:46.over the tops of the hills tonight but that is good news in the
:25:47. > :25:52.forecast. Details of that in a short while. More rain later. Look at this
:25:53. > :26:01.pressure chart. Low pressure dominates. This could bring snow for
:26:02. > :26:05.a time tonight. Pressure will build Friday into the weekend. The
:26:06. > :26:08.beautiful weekends to come. Light winds, sunshine, Fiolic Miles during
:26:09. > :26:18.Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Looking down to the south West.
:26:19. > :26:24.Showers will cross in to the further north. Rain spreads into the
:26:25. > :26:44.south-west end of second half of tonight. Small on the West Yorkshire
:26:45. > :26:47.Pennines. The Sun rises. We will get rid of that room and hill snow
:26:48. > :26:52.quickly in the morning. A brighter interlude further East. There will
:26:53. > :26:56.be some rain in picking out through the morning. A miserable afternoon
:26:57. > :27:01.developing as rain spreads back up from the south-west. A little bit of
:27:02. > :27:04.sleep over at their highest hills. It will feel miserable ones that
:27:05. > :27:14.really set in with an easterly breeze. Highs of about eight
:27:15. > :27:19.Celsius. That as 46 Fahrenheit. Thursday morning we will have more
:27:20. > :27:23.rain. Then brightens up with some sunshine. Pressure builds quite
:27:24. > :27:27.strongly. High pressure in charge Friday and the weekend. Very little
:27:28. > :27:28.in the way of cloud. Some warm spring sunshine but that will be
:27:29. > :27:29.cold at