:00:12. > :00:12.Good evening from Look North. a towering PR disaster.
:00:13. > :00:14.The family of a man, who was killed by
:00:15. > :00:16.a South Yorkshire Police horse 16 years ago,
:00:17. > :00:18.are calling for a fresh inquiry into his death.
:00:19. > :00:23.was trampled on before a match in Rotherham.
:00:24. > :00:28.but the footage wasn't shown at the inquest into Terry's death.
:00:29. > :00:30.His widow has spoken to the BBC's Inside Out.
:00:31. > :00:36.Terry Coles, a father and a football fan
:00:37. > :00:39.who lost his life following his team.
:00:40. > :00:43.at the side of Rotherham's old Millmoor ground.
:00:44. > :00:47.There was trouble. Fans were throwing stones.
:00:48. > :00:49.Alan Roberts was another Swansea supporter there that day.
:00:50. > :00:52.16 years on, this is the first time he's been back,
:00:53. > :00:57.the first time he's spoken about what he saw.
:00:58. > :00:59.You could tell by the policd officer's body language.
:01:00. > :01:00.He spotted something, he saw something
:01:01. > :01:06.You know, the horse geed up, I do not know what term
:01:07. > :01:09.they use, the horse term, but the horse went faster.
:01:10. > :01:11.You know, he only took a couple of strides
:01:12. > :01:14.and, as I was turning back to see where the police officer was,
:01:15. > :01:18.The inquest jury declared Terry Coles' death was an accident,
:01:19. > :01:21.but Alan Roberts was never called to give evidence in person
:01:22. > :01:22.and, even more surprisingly, the whole incident
:01:23. > :01:29.but that was never shown to the jury.
:01:30. > :01:31.I actually viewed the tape and, to this day, I'd definhtely
:01:32. > :01:33.say that the horse went directly into his path.
:01:34. > :01:35.A review by the Independent Police Complaints Commission
:01:36. > :01:37.heavily criticised three officers, including the horse rider,
:01:38. > :01:42.PC Dave Lindsay, here leaving the inquest.
:01:43. > :01:44.One of the match commanders, Superintendent Dave Turner,
:01:45. > :01:47.was given a written warning, but his colleague,
:01:48. > :01:50.Chief Inspector Paul Croplex, and PC Lindsay, had retired by then,
:01:51. > :01:56.The family recently discovered that two of thosd
:01:57. > :01:59.officers had been involved in the Hillsborough disaster.
:02:00. > :02:02.Both those officers, Dave Lindsay and Paul Cropldy, gave
:02:03. > :02:05.statements after the Hillsborough disaster, talking about fans
:02:06. > :02:09.who were drunk and who didn't have tickets.
:02:10. > :02:11.Now, that's the narrative that's been rejected twice.
:02:12. > :02:15.First by Lord Justice Taylor's inquiry in 1989 and again
:02:16. > :02:20.by the fresh Hillsborough inquests that finished earlier this xear
:02:21. > :02:22.South Yorkshire Police told us they're now working
:02:23. > :02:27.to gain a better understandhng of their concerns.
:02:28. > :02:31.It seems the force is still weighed down by the mistakes of its past.
:02:32. > :02:36.Dan Johnson, BBC Look North, Rotherham.
:02:37. > :02:38.A 23-year-old motorist, who paralysed himself and khlled
:02:39. > :02:41.two of his passengers while racing on roads in West Yorkshire,
:02:42. > :02:47.Another of Thomas McMeekin's passengers was also paralysdd.
:02:48. > :02:51.Our crime correspondent John Cundy reports.
:02:52. > :02:54.Wheelchair-bound Thomas McMdekin will probably be paralysed
:02:55. > :02:59.for the rest of his life, btt today, he was still jailed for 7.5 years
:03:00. > :03:02.for what was called his "lunatic driving" which killed
:03:03. > :03:06.two of his passengers in a road disaster last year.
:03:07. > :03:08.Motorists Thomas McMeekin bragged he could offer lifts
:03:09. > :03:14.He'd show off to children, doing dangerous high-speed
:03:15. > :03:20.But on that Saturday in March last year, McMeekin lost control
:03:21. > :03:25.of his car and smashed into this tree at the side of the A62,
:03:26. > :03:31.Rhys Baker and George Wharton, both 14, were killed.
:03:32. > :03:35.Two other teenage boy passengers suffered life-changing disabilities,
:03:36. > :03:43.Thomas McMeekin had been warned by his mother and other children
:03:44. > :03:47.to stop his dangerous driving in the days before the tragddy.
:03:48. > :03:52.This was, to use that clichd, an accident waiting to happdn.
:03:53. > :03:55.And tragically, it did happdn on that fateful day.
:03:56. > :03:58.Two boys lost their lives and two others were seriously injured
:03:59. > :04:03.and McMeekin now has receivdd the justice of the court.
:04:04. > :04:05.They are disappointed with the sentence
:04:06. > :04:10.They were obviously aware of the injuries that Mr McMdekin
:04:11. > :04:12.sustained in the accident, but feel the sentence is low,
:04:13. > :04:14.given the devastation that was caused to four famhlies
:04:15. > :04:20.The community in Morley werd united in grief after last year's tragedy.
:04:21. > :04:23.Hundreds attended a vigil for the victims.
:04:24. > :04:26.The judge told Thomas McMeekin that, but for his own self-inflicted
:04:27. > :04:31.injuries, his sentence of 7.5 years jail, for causing the tragic deaths
:04:32. > :04:37.of Rhys Baker and George Wh`rton, could have been even longer.
:04:38. > :04:43.The family of a father and daughter who died in a house fire
:04:44. > :04:45.in Wakefield have returned to the scene.
:04:46. > :04:47.Police believe the fire that killed eight-year-old
:04:48. > :04:50.Kierra Broadhead and her dad Andrew was started deliberately.
:04:51. > :04:53.They launched a murder investigation yesterday.
:04:54. > :04:55.Kierra's sister and mother, who escaped the fire,
:04:56. > :04:57.looked at floral tributes outside their home.
:04:58. > :05:00.In a statement, they said they were "devastated" and thanked
:05:01. > :05:07.Labour has held the West Yorkshire seat of Batley and Spen
:05:08. > :05:10.after the death of MP Jo Cox led to a by-election.
:05:11. > :05:12.Former Coronation Street actress, Tracy Brabin,
:05:13. > :05:18.The Conservatives, Lib Dems, and Ukip decided
:05:19. > :05:22.not to put up candidates in the contest as a mark of respect,
:05:23. > :05:26.but several fringe parties took part.
:05:27. > :05:28.The Herd of Sheffield - 58 individually designed eldphants,
:05:29. > :05:31.which have been dotted around the city since July -
:05:32. > :05:34.were auctioned off last night at The Crucible.
:05:35. > :05:37.They raised just over ?400,000 for the Children's Hospital Charity.
:05:38. > :05:43.It'll be using the money to provide new life saving equipment.
:05:44. > :05:46.I cycle to work and, every day when I cycled
:05:47. > :05:48.to work when they were out, you'd just see clusters
:05:49. > :05:53.I also used to check them for damage as well.
:05:54. > :05:55.But yeah, it's just brilliant and then, when you go out in town,
:05:56. > :05:57.and you see families ticking them off on sheets,
:05:58. > :05:59.and then they're off to the next one,
:06:00. > :06:06.yeah, it's been just really inspiring.
:06:07. > :06:10.Every home should have won. Now for a look at the weather. How hs it
:06:11. > :06:19.looking? Not bad, more sunshine than today.
:06:20. > :06:26.Some showers but a good deal of dry and bright weather as well. High
:06:27. > :06:29.still dominating, one blip by the middle of next week, low prdssure
:06:30. > :06:35.pushing in and becoming settled again towards the end of next week.
:06:36. > :06:39.-- high pressure dominating. Some showers pushing in from the east
:06:40. > :06:44.right now, moving westwards through the night, some mist in rur`l spots,
:06:45. > :06:51.and temperatures lower in the countryside. Cool and potentially
:06:52. > :06:56.misty start tomorrow, dry and bright weather, just a few light showers
:06:57. > :07:00.from the East. More likely to catch them in the afternoon and e`stern
:07:01. > :07:06.areas favoured for this but a lot of dry and fine weather, temperatures
:07:07. > :07:11.around 11 or 12 degrees, decent weather if you wrap up warm. Sunday
:07:12. > :07:16.will feel cooler because thd grease will be fresher. The weekend
:07:17. > :07:22.overall, light showers, takdn on Bella, although you might not need
:07:23. > :07:29.it, dry and usable weather. -- take your umbrella. Frosty start on
:07:30. > :07:31.Monday, and the potential for some thrust after