:00:00. > :00:21.Our cameras are given exclusive 24 hour access to life on the front
:00:22. > :00:24.line to find out why hundreds of care staff are leaving
:00:25. > :00:35.Also tonight: The flick of an electric switch may have
:00:36. > :00:37.caused the massive gas explosion that killed a York man
:00:38. > :00:51.Why waiting lists to join the Scouts are at an all-time
:00:52. > :00:55.high in our region - despite an abundance of volunteers.
:00:56. > :00:58.A fairy tale ending for young dance fans as Northern Ballet and CBeebies
:00:59. > :01:00.bring their production of The Three Bears
:01:01. > :01:23.And I will have the weather forecast sharply.
:01:24. > :01:38.The shortage of staff in care homes is getting worse.
:01:39. > :01:46.Look North has been given unprecedented access
:01:47. > :01:56.Dayshift starts at 7.15 here at St Cecilia's in Scarborough.
:01:57. > :01:58.Sue is due to have her weekly shower this morning
:01:59. > :02:00.but first she must take her medication.
:02:01. > :02:02.This is a medium-sized home, housing in total around 40
:02:03. > :02:05.Each have different, complex needs, ranging from dementia
:02:06. > :02:09.This is the constant soundtrack to their lives.
:02:10. > :02:21.Room buzzers calling for help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
:02:22. > :02:23.Normally eight care workers and two nurses staff
:02:24. > :02:51.Because the population has got bigger hospitals can't keep them
:02:52. > :02:53.so the nurses are taking more, what they would not
:02:54. > :03:00.There is a chronic national shortage of
:03:01. > :03:03.nurses, and since Brexit, new nursing applicants from the EU have
:03:04. > :03:05.St Cecilia's just can't recruit enough.
:03:06. > :03:07.It's the health care assistants, or HCAs
:03:08. > :03:09.who look after all the needs of the residents.
:03:10. > :03:22.It's quite upsetting and disheartening when you
:03:23. > :03:25.find out that people earn more just stacking shelves and you are looking
:03:26. > :03:28.You're not falling, you're all right.
:03:29. > :03:32.The care sector is quite like a dead end job.
:03:33. > :03:34.I know it sounds horrible but you can't
:03:35. > :03:39.I love my job, don't get me wrong, but it's not what I want to
:03:40. > :03:43.So far it's what I want to do forever.
:03:44. > :03:52.Most care workers are paid just above the minimum wage.
:03:53. > :03:55.The local authority pays St Cecilia's
:03:56. > :03:59.around ?500 per week for one person's 24/7 care.
:04:00. > :04:02.There is not enough money for more staff.
:04:03. > :04:03.The smallest providers are the ones that are
:04:04. > :04:17.That is what we have had to do in this instance to
:04:18. > :04:22.There is a lot of small operators in this town.
:04:23. > :04:25.The way things are going we are going to
:04:26. > :04:30.We have already lost a few in the last couple of years.
:04:31. > :04:32.We are going to lose a few more without a
:04:33. > :04:34.Meanwhile, social services and hospitals
:04:35. > :04:36.call two or three times a
:04:37. > :04:43.Yes, but I've had to put them off because we've only just had one
:04:44. > :04:46.There's another one supposed to be coming but we've no
:04:47. > :04:55.idea what is going on with the hospital.
:04:56. > :04:58.And then we're going to assess on Monday with a view to
:04:59. > :05:01.Tonight on the shift a nurse has called in sick.
:05:02. > :05:03.An agency nurse has had to be drafted in.
:05:04. > :05:06.She's the clinical lead for the night in a home she's
:05:07. > :05:09.Is this the cupboard for the medications?
:05:10. > :05:21.Just being an agency nurse, this is the sort of thing
:05:22. > :05:35.I have had the handover from the day staff so I am quite
:05:36. > :05:39.On the 12 hour night shift just two HCAs look after
:05:40. > :05:42.The bedridden need moving at least once every two
:05:43. > :05:46.Laundry, washing, drying, and start putting
:05:47. > :05:51.So if we get late now, we finish really late, and it's not
:05:52. > :05:57.There are concerns EU carers like her will become
:05:58. > :05:59.increasingly scarce as Brexit progresses.
:06:00. > :06:06.Every resident here is somebody's mother, father, loved one.
:06:07. > :06:12.But often those closest to them are the workers who care.
:06:13. > :06:19.Now, St Cecilia's is classed as a good care home -
:06:20. > :06:22.but it still has to cope with staff turnover.
:06:23. > :06:25.In fact across Yorkshire the figure is 28% -
:06:26. > :06:28.one staff member in four will leave every year.
:06:29. > :06:32.Or put another way - more than 90 social care workers
:06:33. > :06:37.in Yorkshire resign from their job every day - and more
:06:38. > :06:39.than half of those quit the profession altogether.
:06:40. > :06:41.And as for replacing them - well there are 6,360 vacant
:06:42. > :06:43.adult social care posts here in Yorkshire alone.
:06:44. > :06:51.Now, we have repeatedly asked for a Government spokesman to talk
:06:52. > :06:53.to us about the problems within the care industry -
:06:54. > :06:59.But they did tell us that they were backing the industry
:07:00. > :07:01.with an extra ?2 billion over the next three years.
:07:02. > :07:06.They also said they were investing in the workforce of the future.
:07:07. > :07:08.Last year 87,800 apprentices started in the industry - compared
:07:09. > :07:15.Joining us now is Mike Padgham, whose company owns St Cecilias
:07:16. > :07:23.and is also chairman of The Independent Care Group.
:07:24. > :07:28.the Government says 87,000 apprentices, they are committed to
:07:29. > :07:32.helping you, idea? We welcome the apprentice is coming on board but we
:07:33. > :07:38.do not feel that the Government has got a grip of the matter. We have
:07:39. > :07:41.seen the front line. I invited the Prime Minister to see it on a
:07:42. > :07:47.day-to-day basis. That is why I wanted the BBC to look at who care
:07:48. > :07:51.is today. You invite a dozen. We excepted of course with enthusiasm.
:07:52. > :07:55.But you open yourself up to risks, don't you? What are the risks?
:07:56. > :07:58.Definitely that they couldn't find any other volunteers that wanted to
:07:59. > :08:01.put themselves out there but I thought the public and others
:08:02. > :08:05.deserves to see what care was like. I have already had calls today about
:08:06. > :08:08.are be doing the right thing from the authorities. I am confident that
:08:09. > :08:15.we are. I have given unfettered access. And we have seen some
:08:16. > :08:18.incredible dedication of staff. The staff are fantastic. We have got
:08:19. > :08:23.fantastic stuff. I'm sure you would always say that but the problem is
:08:24. > :08:28.we cannot pay them. Why can we not pay them what they deserve? It is
:08:29. > :08:31.not impossible, it is difficult. At a time of economic crisis, local
:08:32. > :08:35.authorities purchase most of the queue across the country, and they
:08:36. > :08:40.are strapped for cash. The Government says 2 billion extra is
:08:41. > :08:45.being given, that only gets us back to where we were two years ago. We
:08:46. > :08:50.get just under ?3 per hour to look after dementia. That is not enough.
:08:51. > :08:54.We want to pay staff nine or ?10 per hour. They deserve it, but we are
:08:55. > :09:00.stuck. The trouble with our society is that we do not register that kind
:09:01. > :09:03.of problem until it hits our family. Social care has always been a
:09:04. > :09:08.Cinderella service. Social care workers are a very low down. We need
:09:09. > :09:12.to get more on board, BBC gets more than working in supermarkets. And we
:09:13. > :09:17.want to encourage people. But as a great profession. We have got some
:09:18. > :09:21.figures today that sure that one third of the care homes in Yorkshire
:09:22. > :09:25.needs improvement. As it's just about money or is that sometimes
:09:26. > :09:28.people come in and look at something, and a ticket out of
:09:29. > :09:33.context, or whatever? It is difficult to get it right every day
:09:34. > :09:38.and every week. The public sector has difficulty as well. Most of the
:09:39. > :09:43.homes are good. There are some that require improvement. We need is to
:09:44. > :09:49.get that right. Given a chance to do one thing that might help overnight
:09:50. > :09:54.to make your job and the job of caring for the elderly easier, what
:09:55. > :09:57.would it be? I would like to see the Government come and see for
:09:58. > :10:02.themselves what is happening on the front line and do something about
:10:03. > :10:05.funding. As difficult as it does, going to have to have to go up
:10:06. > :10:09.somewhere to care for older people. We cannot get more for less all the
:10:10. > :10:12.time. Thank you for opening up your care home.
:10:13. > :10:14.On tomorrow's Look North we will return to St Cecilia's
:10:15. > :10:16.and be talking to residents, and their families,
:10:17. > :10:27.And we've all investigate how much social care can cost you.
:10:28. > :10:29.Why residents in a South Yorkshire village say
:10:30. > :10:40.they're being plagued by thousands of flies.
:10:41. > :10:43.The flick of an electric switch is likely to have caused the massive
:10:44. > :10:46.gas explosion that killed a York man in his home in Haxby last year.
:10:47. > :10:49.An inquest jury's decided that Paul Willmott, who was 63,
:10:50. > :10:50.was killed accidentally in the blast.
:10:51. > :10:55.On this residential road in York, it was,
:10:56. > :10:59.said the coroner, a catastrophic sight.
:11:00. > :11:03.A gas explosion destroyed one house completely and damaged 11 others.
:11:04. > :11:06.At the time, many thought a bomb had exploded,
:11:07. > :11:08.while others even feared a plane had crashed.
:11:09. > :11:12.We couldn't believe what had happened.
:11:13. > :11:15.We were wandering around in a daze, really.
:11:16. > :11:17.14 months on, you will never forget it?
:11:18. > :11:23.We are still suffering a little bit, mentally.
:11:24. > :11:26.In the wreckage of number 20 Springwood, the body of
:11:27. > :11:32.The inquest heard how the fractured pipe that caused
:11:33. > :11:36.by corrosion and the movement of the concrete floor in which it
:11:37. > :11:41.One expert said Mr Wilmott may have become desensitised
:11:42. > :11:46.We don't know exactly how long it was
:11:47. > :11:50.Certainly, it is possible there was a smell of gas
:11:51. > :11:53.there that Mr Wilmott wouldn't have detected.
:11:54. > :11:55.And simply switching on a light may have ignited that?
:11:56. > :11:57.Yes, you just need any sort of tiny spark.
:11:58. > :12:00.Not necessarily a naked flame, just a
:12:01. > :12:03.small electrical spark that you get on a switch is sufficient
:12:04. > :12:09.14 months since the explosion, the coroner today
:12:10. > :12:13.recorded the jury's conclusion of accidental death.
:12:14. > :12:15.In Springwood, meanwhile, a sense of normality is
:12:16. > :12:21.There is still some concern as to why this gas pipe
:12:22. > :12:24.fractured and whether it could happen again.
:12:25. > :12:27.I don't know what the answer is, without them coming round and
:12:28. > :12:31.I don't know how you'd check it without actually digging down,
:12:32. > :12:48.did not want to comment after the inquest.
:12:49. > :12:51.During the hearing, though, she described him as a man that was
:12:52. > :12:54.more aware than most of the risks and dangers in the home.
:12:55. > :12:56.Residents in a South Yorkshire Village say
:12:57. > :12:59.People are complaining of hundreds of the insects
:13:00. > :13:03.And are repeatedly calling the Environmnt Agency
:13:04. > :13:14.Perhaps the only good thing about the infestation of
:13:15. > :13:17.flies in Rossington is that it keeps the grandkids entertained.
:13:18. > :13:19.These sticky flycatchers were only put up
:13:20. > :13:28.worried about how the flying pests can affect the health of her three
:13:29. > :13:36.If we are having food out, even cooking in the kitchen which is
:13:37. > :13:38.the middle of the house, there's flies constantly in.
:13:39. > :13:40.They go in the food when we're not looking.
:13:41. > :13:42.These flies are landing on the children.
:13:43. > :13:47.These are flies from waste that are then
:13:48. > :13:52.sitting in your home and on your children.
:13:53. > :13:57.For businesses in the village there is frustration.
:13:58. > :14:00.We've got butchers and food places round here that are suffering with
:14:01. > :14:04.In here where there's clients it's not nice for them
:14:05. > :14:12.Residents here blame the lorry-loads of rubbish brought to Morris and
:14:13. > :14:21.The company says they will be increasing the use
:14:22. > :14:23.of insecticide and have brought in a pest control
:14:24. > :14:24.consultant to keep the
:14:25. > :14:27.We've come down to the industrial estate and
:14:28. > :14:29.you can see the flies buzzing around.
:14:30. > :14:31.There are a few on the bonnet here of this car.
:14:32. > :14:36.They say they've sent officers down to the
:14:37. > :14:38.site and believe they have identified the source of the fly
:14:39. > :14:43.They say they're working with that company to ensure that it
:14:44. > :14:45.takes effective and immediate action.
:14:46. > :14:47.And residents will be hoping that before any summer heatwave this
:14:48. > :14:59.An inquest into the death of a teenage kick boxer
:15:00. > :15:02.from Sheffield has been opened and adjourned today.
:15:03. > :15:05.Fourteen-year-old Scott Marsden collapsed last month while competing
:15:06. > :15:10.He was treated in hospital but died the following day.
:15:11. > :15:12.The inquest heard that Scott had been fighting someone
:15:13. > :15:15.of a similar age and size, and he was wearing appropriate
:15:16. > :15:22.Concerns are being raised in Elland about the closure of the town's two
:15:23. > :15:25.Both Barclays and Halifax are moving out this summer.
:15:26. > :15:28.They say it's due to falling customer numbers, as more people
:15:29. > :15:43.They shouldn't let it happen. People need our banks here. I think it will
:15:44. > :15:52.ruin the town. Even more than it already is. It is disgusting. We are
:15:53. > :15:58.losing to banks in the space of a month, we are losing to cash
:15:59. > :15:59.machines. You have to go all the way down to Morrisons or even to the
:16:00. > :16:01.post office at the other end to use post office at the other end to use
:16:02. > :16:04.a cash machine. The number of adult volunteers
:16:05. > :16:07.working for the scouts in Yorkshire has reached the highest number
:16:08. > :16:08.in its history. But despite that, the number
:16:09. > :16:11.of children on the waiting list here is more than 3000,
:16:12. > :16:14.an all-time high. The Scout Association says that
:16:15. > :16:17.means it needs even more volunteers. Ali Fortescue has been
:16:18. > :16:19.to meet some cub scouts The age-old message from the Scouts
:16:20. > :16:32.since they were formed back in 1908. And being prepared can involve
:16:33. > :16:35.anything from marching to building More than a century on,
:16:36. > :16:42.and with a couple of changes along the way,
:16:43. > :16:44.the Scouts are now more
:16:45. > :16:46.popular than ever. It's fun and you can get to go
:16:47. > :16:49.to different places and You basically don't know
:16:50. > :16:54.what could happen or what you're going to do,
:16:55. > :16:59.so it's just, like, fun. Nearly 40,000 people are involved
:17:00. > :17:02.in Scouting in Yorkshire, and the number of adult volunteers
:17:03. > :17:05.is at an all-time high. But they still need more volunteers
:17:06. > :17:11.to deal with the 3000 young people still
:17:12. > :17:14.on waiting lists here. Quite a lot of our volunteers heredo
:17:15. > :17:17.come through the movement, and quite a lot of our
:17:18. > :17:20.parents, as well. so much enjoyment out of it
:17:21. > :17:26.when I was a young person and I want to see young people,
:17:27. > :17:28.especially in this society, it is needed
:17:29. > :17:31.more than ever. Today, this group are performing
:17:32. > :17:35.their own modern drama. They hope to take home a coveted
:17:36. > :17:39.entertainment badge. This young lady is no
:17:40. > :17:44.stranger to winning. When I get a badge,
:17:45. > :17:56.I feel proud of myself because I have finished something
:17:57. > :17:59.that I have always wanted to finish. And when I get home, I tell my
:18:00. > :18:03.parents that I got something And I say, I got
:18:04. > :18:07.a badge for something Cub Scouts for eight
:18:08. > :18:13.to ten-year-olds like these But to get more people off
:18:14. > :18:18.waiting lists and joining the adventure, they're
:18:19. > :18:20.going to need even where help An innovative Leeds Theatre Company
:18:21. > :18:35.is behind one of the most ambitious projects being staged
:18:36. > :18:39.at the Hull City of Culture. Slung Low specialises in creating
:18:40. > :18:41.adventures for audiences - The company's production of Flood
:18:42. > :18:47.is a year-long event which will be played out on TV,
:18:48. > :18:50.online and on a floating stage. It's coming for me, I can't put one
:18:51. > :18:58.step in front of the next! It's a story set in
:18:59. > :19:00.the future asking how we would cope if Europe
:19:01. > :19:02.flooded and only a few survived in a
:19:03. > :19:05.floating city. And this week, almost 3000 people
:19:06. > :19:09.will watch from the side of Victoria Dock, listening through
:19:10. > :19:12.headphones to the cast We knew that it would be much
:19:13. > :19:19.easier to tell a flood story on water than
:19:20. > :19:21.it would be on land. It does come with a series
:19:22. > :19:23.of technical challenges, but each of them allows an opportunity
:19:24. > :19:26.to create something for the audience that they wouldn't have seen
:19:27. > :19:29.elsewhere, so that is worth The Leeds-based theatre
:19:30. > :19:34.company, Slung Low, spent more than two weeks building
:19:35. > :19:37.the set, and then another fortnight rehearsing what is the second part
:19:38. > :19:43.of a year-long project. Part one saw a film
:19:44. > :19:45.released online and toured round supermarket
:19:46. > :19:49.car parks in Hull. I think it sounds like a radio play
:19:50. > :19:52.and looks a bit like an Eventually, there are 57
:19:53. > :19:58.people on that set. It feels like there is a community,
:19:59. > :20:01.talking and thinking about the issues, and in that sense,
:20:02. > :20:05.it's really ancient Greek. So yes, it is definitely
:20:06. > :20:07.a hybrid, and it is all on water, and occasionally,
:20:08. > :20:09.it's set on fire. Putting on an event like this,
:20:10. > :20:12.I've never seen anything it. And I would just say
:20:13. > :20:16.it was brilliant, the way It was very interesting,
:20:17. > :20:18.very thought-provoking. I've never seen anything like it,
:20:19. > :20:21.I don't think I breathed It is one of the best things I've
:20:22. > :20:26.seen in a long time. These live performances
:20:27. > :20:28.will run until Saturday. The next part of this epic
:20:29. > :20:31.piece of theatre will be shown on BBC Two in the summer,
:20:32. > :20:34.before part four comes back to the If I said "who's been
:20:35. > :20:49.sleeping in my bed?" would you know what
:20:50. > :20:53.I was talking about? Not sure I want to, but some
:20:54. > :21:00.people may be interested. I meant the story of the three bears
:21:01. > :21:03.and a very special collaboration between a world famous
:21:04. > :21:05.ballet and Cbeebies. Let's see if Cathy Killick can
:21:06. > :21:08.explain from Eureka in Halifax!. It's Halifax, not Leicester Square,
:21:09. > :21:11.but it is a premier all the same. The show on screen,
:21:12. > :21:13.Goldilocks And The Three Bears, brought to you by CBeebies
:21:14. > :21:18.and Northern Ballet. The Bafta-winning collaboration has
:21:19. > :21:20.become something of an Easter tradition, and you can see the show
:21:21. > :21:25.when it is aired on Easter Monday. In the audience for the Premier
:21:26. > :21:29.is one of its stars, An invitation from
:21:30. > :21:39.Goldilocks and her It gets kids involved
:21:40. > :21:50.in dancing, learning about dance, it opens them up
:21:51. > :21:54.to all types of ages and for little ones growing up,
:21:55. > :21:58.learning to dance, learning to express themselves
:21:59. > :22:01.through dance is really good. Also on offer are dance
:22:02. > :22:04.workshops, led by Just like Baby Bear's
:22:05. > :22:08.porridge, they went down It creates some excitement
:22:09. > :22:17.round here and gets kids into dancing and also storytelling,
:22:18. > :22:20.I think putting the two together is really
:22:21. > :22:21.beautiful. It's a story that kids love
:22:22. > :22:24.and enjoy, so what better way to Now we are going to put our spoon
:22:25. > :22:33.into the big bowl of porridge. They don't have any
:22:34. > :22:35.inhibition, they will just jump up and dance
:22:36. > :22:38.as soon as they hear music. They're constantly moving
:22:39. > :22:42.and dancing, and it is really lovely to have an event
:22:43. > :22:46.to sort of celebrate that. As if CBeebies stars and dancers
:22:47. > :22:48.weren't enough, there If that's not guaranteed
:22:49. > :22:55.to wear them out, And it's all on again
:22:56. > :23:01.tomorrow, free, If you were a fan of last year's
:23:02. > :23:11.series of Strictly Come Dancing, then this will bring back
:23:12. > :23:14.plenty of memories. That was the former Morley
:23:15. > :23:42.and Outwood MP Ed Balls with his own unique
:23:43. > :23:46.interpretation of Gangnam Style. Well, now it's been
:23:47. > :23:49.nominated for a Bafta Award And on a slightly more serious note,
:23:50. > :23:53.the West Yorkshire-based drama series Happy Valley
:23:54. > :24:14.is in the running for three Baftas. Do know what I like about a weather
:24:15. > :24:15.presenter? When they wear a tie. We got a little bit of Paisley
:24:16. > :24:39.today. Is it to you or aquamarine? sky out there today. Pictures sent
:24:40. > :24:50.in by weather watchers. It was kind of the story across the
:24:51. > :24:54.board, a little bit blustery. Waves there. Keep sending your weather
:24:55. > :25:09.pictures into us. Tomorrow's story starts off downhill
:25:10. > :25:10.but we do improve. We have some rain first thing but it will clear
:25:11. > :25:14.will teach you with some good news, will teach you with some good news,
:25:15. > :25:19.because it will priced up later on. It's not a bad end to the day, it is
:25:20. > :25:27.mostly dry, but if you spot a rain overnight. It'll get cloudier and
:25:28. > :25:33.breezy, levels of eight or nine Celsius. Winds in the south-west
:25:34. > :25:48.coming up from the north, so quite a chilly wind. Tomorrow, sparred high
:25:49. > :25:54.watchers... -- high watchers... Outbreaks of rain, cloudy first
:25:55. > :25:58.thing. Wipers on first thing, I think, but then things will brighten
:25:59. > :26:01.up. We will see a bit more in the way of sunshine as that weather
:26:02. > :26:10.front continues to kind of sink southwards. Let's take a look at the
:26:11. > :26:19.temperatures. It's fairly similar across the area, 12 or 13, but a bit
:26:20. > :26:22.breezy. If you do get out and about in the temperatures and in those
:26:23. > :26:31.sunny spells and what I reckon it will feel all right. Where has the
:26:32. > :26:34.lovely warm weather gone? It won't make a repeat performance, I'm
:26:35. > :26:41.afraid. We have some high pressure, he can see some fronts coming our
:26:42. > :26:43.way. What that means is it is a fairly repetitive story over the
:26:44. > :26:50.next few days will stop dry weather to come, it will often be cloudy,
:26:51. > :26:56.breezy conditions, breeze picking up at times, and towards Easter, not a
:26:57. > :27:07.Celsius, a bit breezy. But that is Celsius, a bit breezy. But that is
:27:08. > :27:13.an all right story, is the? Over, it feel Paisley outfit for next time.
:27:14. > :27:35.Good to see you, buy buy. There have never been
:27:36. > :27:37.so many people in work - that's what the Government
:27:38. > :27:39.keeps telling us. But what's the reality of this
:27:40. > :27:44.Tory jobs bonanza? Well, if you're one of the millions
:27:45. > :27:48.of people working on a contract without fixed hours
:27:49. > :27:54.or days, then it's not so good.