19/05/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening, you're watching Friday's Look North.

Jail for 12 people after a high-speed race crash.

Four young people died in the collision near Wakefield.

Today, the drivers and bystanders involved were sent to prison.

All the pain we suffered, it's not going to change nothing for us.

The pain is still there for the rest of our lives, isn't it?

An inquest into the death of a transgender inmate in Leeds

finds she was let down by the Prison Service and the NHS.

Would you plant a microchip in your own body?

We'll hear from the tech enthusiasts in Yorkshire

We live in Bradford with Billy bands and some very excited Bradford city

fans. Who is going up to the championship which are marked

Bradford city! If and this week we've seen it all,

pretty much, weather-wise. Well, join me later

in the programme and I'll give you

the full live forecast. A total of 12 people have been sent

to prison today after a crash in West Yorkshire that saw a driver

smash his car into a quad bike while he was racing

at 140 miles per hour. Four young people on the bike

were killed in the collision on the Hemsworth bypass

in September 2015. Police described the speed

as "unprecedented." Our home affairs correspondent,

Spencer Stokes, was in court. The Hemsworth bypass,

a road with a 60 limit, but 24-year-old Daniel Rayner used

it to race his Nissan 350 Today, he was sent

to prison for nine years, and banned for

driving for 15 years. After he drove into the back

of a quad bike at 140 miles an hour. The riders on board

were Alexandra Binns, aged 18, Ryan Beale and Brandon

Brown, who were 20. They weren't involved

in the race, but all died. Sentencing judge Geoffrey

Marson said of Rayner, you were showing off and trying

to go as fast as you could. You hit the quad bike,

and all four of those young people suffered catastrophic

injuries and were killed. In his eyes, he said,

this was a dreadful case. Rayner's passenger, 22-year-old

Matthew Todd, was also jailed for nine years,

along with ten others who received sentences between 42 weeks

and a year with the rarely used charge of

encouraging dangerous driving. They had come from

Barnsley and Wakefield for the organised

race on the bypass. We lost sons and daughters entering

the prime of their lives. We lost the chance of seeing

the people they would have grown into, and the family lives

they could have had. Because my boyfriend

is not coming home ever again, they are coming

home to their families and their friends, and we are never

going to see ours again. So I think that's

what angers us all. I mean, Brandon's got nieces

and nephews he's never going to see West Yorkshire Police said that

officers who dealt with the case have been seriously

affected by what they saw. The investigation wasn't aware of

such beads being reached previously. The speed is unprecedented on public

roads. It's just utter stupidity, and totally reckless and without

need. With four young lives taken, today's tough sentences were clearly

intended to act as a deterrent to those who might be tempted to get

involved with racing on public roads.

An inquest jury has concluded that a transgender woman who died

at Leeds Prison was let down by the Prison Service and the NHS.

Vikki Thompson was found dead in her cell in 2015.

Despite criticism of the authorities,

jurors did find it was right that Vikki was in a male prison.

Vikki Thompson was only 21 when she died at Leeds prison.

She'd lived as a woman since she was ten.

An inquest was told that Vikki had been let down by those

The jury said that no individual was responsible

for Vikki Thompson's death but, throughout her chaotic life,

Vikki had been let down by the NHS, the Prison Service

Jurors believed it was the right decision to send Vikki

to an all-male prison, but described the management

of her treatment and state of mind as inadequate,

In a statement read by her solicitor, Vikki's mother,

Lisa Harrison, called for urgent changes at Leeds prison.

HM Prison Leeds has the second-highest number

and an inability to learn from their mistakes.

Vikki's mother remains deeply distressed

by the loss of her daughter, yet hopes that if any good

is to come from her death, it is that the Ministry of Justice

also undertakes a complete overhaul of HM Prison Leeds.

Vikki was found hanged in her cell in November 2015.

The jury described the observations on the night

They believed more regular observations

And said that all evidence pointed to services under immense pressure -

understaffed and working in extremely difficult situations.

Vikki was jailed for breaching a suspended sentence

She told prison staff she would be "leaving in a box".

Leeds Community Health Care NHS Trust has said...

HMP Leeds has put in a number of measures to better support

offenders, according to the Ministry of Justice.

Sometimes in the morning, I don't know what day it is.

How school children are raising awareness of the condition

with a film on the big screen in York.

In three weeks' time, we should know who our next Prime Minister is.

Yes, the general election is getting closer and as part

of our coverage, we've been speaking to the leaders of the parties

Today, it's the turn of the Green Party.

the Green Party is promising a second referendum

When, or if, we're out of the EU,

they want to safeguard all the EU laws that are currently in force

to protect British nature, wildlife and countryside.

Big one for the Greens - they want to ban fracking and

scrap plans for new nuclear power stations.

And they want a bottle deposit scheme

to stop 16 million plastic bottles ending up in the bin.

Earlier today, I spoke to the Green Party's joint leader,

whether the Green Party was still relevant.

We find that we are setting the agenda on things

like air pollution very strongly, providing a real opposition around

concerns about Brexit and what that will mean for the environment,

exposing that the Government realises that it may lose a third

of the environmental protections that we are enjoying now

and pushing very, very hard to get climate change up the agenda.

for the package of a ratification referendum on the deal that's done

but also investment in public services

and of course preparing our economy,

transitioning it and making it fit for the 21st century.

Don't you find it, though, a bit dispiriting when you have a cause,

but you don't have an army of voters behind you?

we got more votes, 1.1 million votes,

than all the other general elections put together.

we would have 24 MPs in the House of Commons.

That suggests quite a considerable army to me.

We are now polling ahead of Ukip, standing more candidates then Ukip,

and we've got a place in the public debate.

If you vote for the Green Party, you are making a vote that sends

a very clear message to Westminster about the direction,

future direction that you what the country to go in.

Up until now, we've had Ukip basically calling the shots

for this government, telling the Government to jump,

and the Government's saying, "How high?"

Now, if you want to switch us back in the right direction,

vote for the Green Party and you get sent in that direction of travel.

What do you say to Yorkshire voters, then?

A lot of people turn round to me, and I suspect to you as well,

and say, "Great ideas but, come on,

we're not going to vote for you because this is a battle,

quite simply, between Theresa May and Mr Corbyn."

I think if you want to vote for the vision

that's going to prepare our economy for the 21st century,

the Green Party is the obvious party to vote for.

If we've learned anything from the last two years,

with the unexpected result in the referendum, Trump in America,

and even in France, we realise that the tectonic plates of politics

and they are shifting very, very rapidly.

This is an opportunity to shift the whole country

Vote for the Green Party and you get a real vision of the future

that something positive, and we can expose, I think,

some of the lies that we've been told over the last few years

by all the established parties, which is that, somehow,

we are bankrupt as a country, there isn't enough money.

The problem is, it in the wrong hands.

It's in the hands of big corporations,

who are sucking out these excess profits

from our economy, from our public services,

and the Green Party is saying, loudly and clearly and very proudly,

You are talking a good game there, you ain't going to win any seats,

But, if you could, where would your main areas be?

Would it be fracking areas, would it be wind farm areas,

Well, I'm glad you raise the issue of fracking

without yet winning any seats, in Yorkshire -

I'm not going to be drawn on specific areas at the moment

because if I've learned anything again from the last two years,

you invariably end up with egg on your face -

over fracking, we were the ones who actually setting

the agenda over fracking, the only party that was standing up

We have to keep our fossil fuels in the ground

that doesn't sacrifice our local communities

We can create good, clean energy to clean up our environment,

give our communities control over their energy.

Now we've seen the Liberal Democrats change their policy,

the Green Party have been leading on that,

and we can providing a real opposition

We have set the agenda over that in Yorkshire.

Ten seconds - it's not a wasted vote?

The Green Party will always stand for the right things,

you can always be sure of what you get

Voting for the Green Party sends a very very clear message

about the kind of future we can have -

Jonathan Bartley, thank you very much indeed.

Next tonight, if you're heading to the cinema in York this weekend,

there's a good chance you'll get to see a short film

made by pupils at Carr Junior School.

and it's being screened alongside Hollywood movies

Well, in a moment, we'll be chatting to Ian Donaghy from York.

He helped the children to make the short film

And he then persuaded the big-name cinemas to screen it.

Sometimes in the morning, I won't know what day it is.

Sometimes, I put my clothes on back to front.

Sometimes I've got to ask people where I am,

Sometimes I buy stuff what I've already got in my fridge.

Sometimes I get a bit muddled up too.

But I ain't got my mum to keep me right.

I've known you for years, so I know you are very precise it in this and

I was an achievement, wasn't it? It really was. We had the support of a

charity who were helping me. We also had Inspired Youth who help me. We

got it into the cinemas. I just went in and just asked. I told them they

could tell me to go away, I would not get upset. But they didn't. We

had some wonderful people at the city screen and at Vue. Why are you

doing this? I know people who have had dementia. I spent every day with

people ranging in age from 17 to 110 living with dementia. -- 70 to 110

living with dementia in care homes. We have spent so much time raising

awareness in the city and surrounding areas, and it matters

because this is not someone else's problem. This is our problem. It was

so touching, seeing the kids in that film. Why is it so important to

involve younger generations in something that is quite a serious,

hard issue. Because they haven't made their minds up yet. If he gets

the generation before and then the older generation, you can do a

pincer movement on the generation in between who think they are the

clever ones. If we can change the ones who have made up their minds,

if we can change their thinking, we can make things better. That is what

we want to do. People listen to children. I wrote a script but by

the time I'd given it to that lot, it was like writing for Tommy

Cooper, it was better when they did it. It was nice for the kids to

spend time with the older people as well, wasn't it? That's because guys

like Jim are great. 78, he feels about 38. He was watching it in this

and with the kids, and he was so lovely. Very special, this. I have

to turn around and say you have got your own band and you are well known

around the circuit in York. The Night To Remember Evenings what you

organise to raise money for this, aren't they? The years ago, we

raised ?38,000 for a hospice and other projects in York. Yorke let us

do amazing thing. You are very persuasive. They are easy to

persuade. There are a lot of people on our side. It just puts it into

perspective when you realise that someone is diagnosed every three

minutes. What I do is that if all you see is a big word beginning with

D, you will miss everything else. Good to see.

Next tonight - pet owners often microchip their cats and dogs,

Well, now a group in Leeds, who call themselves Biohackers,

of what they believe is the technology of the future.

It involves having a tiny, programmable chip

So is being a cyborg the way forward?

where people who are really into their technology

build stuff or take things apart and start again.

A few of them, though, have technology implanted inside them.

fitted with something called near-field communication.

Buried in their hand, the chip can do tasks for them.

Phil's chip has been programmed to work as a key.

As you can see, that will open the door for me so I can get in.

It's the same technology that you've been chipping cats and dogs with

they'd have to be within one centimetre of me

and I've got a password on it as well.

So you can't be turned into some cyborg robot assassin

or anything like that with this technology?

My chip goes to my Facebook art page as a digital business card.

Holly uses the chip in her hand to direct people to her web page,

but she envisages a possible medical use in the future.

I feel that this is going to replace a hospital tag.

Something as simple as that can help,

because if someone is passed out on the floor,

you've got no idea of their medical history.

You can scan their hand and you've got all of their history,

I think something like that is where this technology

And this is the size of the chip the biohackers have inside them.

Currently today I've programmed it to send you a text message.

and believes it's really important to be a pioneer human with a chip.

This is a very simple chip so the danger is not that great.

these chips can be a bit more versatile, more powerful.

and that's what we're trying to explore now.

There are currently only about 200 people in the UK with a chip.

We think nothing of putting them in cats and dogs.

Is putting them in people the next logical step?

Yorkshire's cricketers are back in action.

They put themselves into bat at Old Trafford

But both openers have gone already, I'm afraid.

At lunch, Yorkshire were 71 for 2 in their first innings.

It's a massive weekend for Bradford City, who take on

Millwall at Wembley tomorrow for a place in the Championship.

Well, we are in the villagers pub with the wonderful Wilson Bantams.

Is everyone excited? Yes! Are you nervous? Yes! No! A bit of a mixed

reaction to that. We will be speaking to them in a moment. Stuart

McCall came back as manager in 2007, and it didn't go to plan. But he has

comeback, and this season has been fantastic.

I knew I was a different type of person when I came back here.

I didn't come back with any emotional ties or anything.

I was fortunate to get a job at a big club with a big fan base.

and we just hope that, when we come back up the road on Saturday,

we've got the result that will show that.

# The Bantams, pride of Yorkshire

# In our hearts, we always stand together... #

I think there's a togetherness of the group which has been fantastic.

It's probably been one of the best groups of lads in a changing room

and such a good, relaxed mood every day in training.

we work hard, with intensity, but with a smile on our face.

He's been brilliant, I think the fans here

show every week that they love him, and rightly so.

He's a legend down here, and hopefully we can win

for the fans and for the manager as well.

Do you think you were burdened by the legend status

as a player at the last time around?

Can you maybe deal with it better this time around?

because I'm more mature now, and I'm ready for it.

I've managed in the Champions League at Motherwell, in cup finals.

I had three great months at Rangers in front of 50,000.

Certainly, you've got to learn as you go along.

It's been different this season, there's no doubt about that,

the bottom line is you create an environment

where people want to come in and improve, learn and succeed.

Thankfully, the boys have taken that on board.

Obviously, you had amazing times here as a player.

You were here to get them into the Premier League,

What would it mean to you as a manager

although this has been a dream all season, really.

I think if the final whistle comes and we've won the game,

it will probably be the biggest achievement I've had as a person,

really, not just as a manager, regarding football.

I think if you could have the chance to lead your team at Wembley

to victory, and to get up a division,

I'm sure it would be a very, very proud moment.

We have got some very excited fans, and a excited Billy bands as well.

We will start with the grown-up fans, who are very excited. Chris is

also here, thank you for getting everyone down here for us. Back to

the summer, when Stuart McCall was coming back, what did you think?

Fantastic, a legend returning. As the season wore on, did you start to

think this is going all right? Yes, too many draws, but we thought we

could do it. And what about Millwall at Wembley tomorrow? It's not the

best team we could be facing, but we can do it. We can take away their

and produce a fantastic display. Can I take you back to the part in the

season where there were eight players, you had new players, what

were you thinking? Shock, surprise. As soon as I knew that Stewart was

going back, I knew every thing was going to be OK because he is a

legend. Or those people who died are about Bradford City, the atmosphere

at the way you have got behind the team? The new owners have supported

us, they encourage everyone to come. The players as well, they have got

heart, and they just inspire everybody. Let's have a word with

some of the younger fans. I will duck underneath my cameraman. How

excited about Wembley are you? Derry. What will happen? We will

win. 2-0. I'm really excited. Who is your new signing? Pogba. Turnaround.

We have a Bradford City found with Paul Pogba's name on his back. Paul

Pogba has signed for Bradford City, you heard it here first! They are

clearly coming into money! That has gone down well! What about you,

young lady, what will happen? We are going to Wembley. Are you going to

win? Yes! Thank you so much for being fantastic. Most of this lot

are going on coaches down to Wembley, if he can't go there, you

can hear it all on BBC Radio leads, they have been there all step of the

way this season. They are going to comeback winners!

Fantastic, that. York city on Sunday as well. Looking forward to it.

Will he need his raincoat? Definitely, but not the winter coat.

Down south, it could be getting up to 20 Celsius. Today has felt quite

cool and we have seen a lot of this drizzly rain.

The headline for tomorrow is sunshine and showers. A bit of

sunshine through the morning, showers heading in through the

afternoon. Today was very unsettled. Low pressure heading towards the

North, especially the East Coast. A parent of rain, and the cloud

associated with that can be seen here. This is a satellite from

earlier, a lot of that cloud along the East Coast, bringing some rain.

A fair bit of cloud remaining, and heavy showers as well. If you're

going away for the weekend, it might be a problematic commute, some spray

on the roads. It will ease overnight, they'll be some patchy

rain with some drizzle and a lot of cloud. Temperatures will not drop

too low, six or seven Celsius. Starting tomorrow, it will not be

too bad. The sun will rise at around 4:57am. These are the times of high

water. Mostly dry start to the day, but better to head out sooner rather

than later because we have showers arriving later. We may start with

further north as well, but these will be light and patchy. Through

the afternoon, the showers will pack up and travel from West to East in a

very organised feature. Some of these will be heavy and slow moving,

so if you get caught in one, you will know about it! Definitely keep

the runner to hand. Highs of 16 Celsius, which is 69 -- which is 61

Fahrenheit. Sunday is definitely the better day of the weekend. Saturday

has some heavy showers. Paul is definitely coming, and he

has promised to buy me a drink. So he definitely won't turn up! The

late news is that 10pm. Goodbye.