05/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.

:00:07. > :00:08.Tonight: A man is charged with firearms offences

:00:09. > :00:10.following the police shooting of Yassar Yaqub near

:00:11. > :00:13.A hefty fine for the man who illegally demolished his house

:00:14. > :00:21.and wrecked his neighbours' home in the process.

:00:22. > :00:28.There was a lot of windscreen scraping across Yorkshire this

:00:29. > :00:30.morning. But the temperatures are going up. Stay tuned for the

:00:31. > :00:34.A man has been charged with firearms offences

:00:35. > :00:36.following the police shooting near Huddersfield on Monday.

:00:37. > :00:39.A post mortem showed that Yassar Yaqub was shot by a police

:00:40. > :00:42.officer after two vehicles were stopped near

:00:43. > :00:46.Meanwhile the Independent Police Complaints Commission,

:00:47. > :00:48.which is investigating the incident, is calling for more

:00:49. > :00:55.Tonight a man's been charged in relation to the incident which

:00:56. > :00:56.happened here at Ainley Top three days ago.

:00:57. > :00:59.30-year-old Moshin Amin from Dewsbury is facing firearms

:01:00. > :01:04.charges, relating to a loaded semiautomatic handgun,

:01:05. > :01:07.capable of firing nine millimetre ammunition.

:01:08. > :01:12.Two other men arrested at the same time have been

:01:13. > :01:17.Meanwhile earlier today a postmortem examination revealed that

:01:18. > :01:21.Yassar Yaqub died from gunshot wounds to the chest.

:01:22. > :01:24.He was shot by one West Yorkshire firearms officer.

:01:25. > :01:28.Investigators at the Independent Police Complaints Commission

:01:29. > :01:33.So far they have no footage of the incident and want

:01:34. > :01:38.The IPCC wants to reassure the community that the investigation

:01:39. > :01:43.will be thorough, detailed and independent.

:01:44. > :01:47.The dead man's parents want to know why their son was killed.

:01:48. > :01:50.Family and friends attended the mosque

:01:51. > :01:54.Some local people have spoken of Yassar Yaqub's

:01:55. > :02:00.He was not involved in anything, he has no convictions

:02:01. > :02:03.of anything whatsoever, no drug convictions, no firearms

:02:04. > :02:08.So he was not a bad lad in any way then?

:02:09. > :02:11.No, he was a very kind lad and he helped all

:02:12. > :02:13.communitiess, people around here, whatever race they were,

:02:14. > :02:19.He was shot in a planned operation when four unmarked

:02:20. > :02:21.police vehicles stopped two cars on a slip road off

:02:22. > :02:28.Mr Yaqub was in a white Audi and a non police issue firearm

:02:29. > :02:30.was found in the car which is now undergoing forensic tests.

:02:31. > :02:37.The police involved were not wearing body video cameras.

:02:38. > :02:40.Don't let's read into this something that is not there to read.

:02:41. > :02:44.This isn't America, it's not Chicago, and I get very irritated

:02:45. > :02:50.when a small minority would like to make it

:02:51. > :02:54.What we need here is a period of calm reflection.

:02:55. > :02:57.The funeral for Yassar Yaqub will be held at Crosland Moor mosque

:02:58. > :03:01.in Huddersfield tomorrow and the inquest into his death

:03:02. > :03:08.Meanwhile it's emerged that West Yorkshire has the highest crime

:03:09. > :03:14.Police figures analysed by Look North show that there's

:03:15. > :03:16.a growing trend of violent and serious crime in the region.

:03:17. > :03:19.They show that there were over 200,000 recorded crimes

:03:20. > :03:21.in West Yorkshire last year, and a quarter of these

:03:22. > :03:25.Now the crime rate for England and Wales stands at 68 crimes

:03:26. > :03:31.The crime rate in West Yorkshire is 90 crimes for every 1,000 people,

:03:32. > :03:34.and the offences being committed in our region are

:03:35. > :03:41.Our data journalist David Rhodes has this.

:03:42. > :03:45.West Yorkshire has a history of being the scene of some of

:03:46. > :03:49.It was the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, during the 1970s,

:03:50. > :03:53.whilst recently the murders of the teacher Anne Maguire in Leeds

:03:54. > :03:56.and the death of MP, Jo Cox in Birstall,

:03:57. > :03:59.are crimes which have captured the world's attention.

:04:00. > :04:03.We turn overseas to England now, that nation mourning

:04:04. > :04:07.Shot dead on the street, a case of gun violence, so rare there.

:04:08. > :04:10.She was a rising star in British politics.

:04:11. > :04:12.Clement Desmier was murdered in Bradford in 2012

:04:13. > :04:14.and the police found 70 different injuries on his body.

:04:15. > :04:24.Every serious crime leaves a huge impact on those left behind.

:04:25. > :04:26.At one point we were constantly looking over our shoulders, seeing

:04:27. > :04:29.if anyone was following us, thinking, or have they done it?

:04:30. > :04:36.It's changed absolutely everyone in the family.

:04:37. > :04:39.The nature of crime both locally and nationally is becoming

:04:40. > :04:43.more serious and in some cases more violent.

:04:44. > :04:47.That is because every crime recorded by the police is now being scored

:04:48. > :04:49.for severity so if you're caught with cannabis, that crime

:04:50. > :04:52.receives a low score, but possessing a gun or a weapon,

:04:53. > :04:57.And this is why West Yorkshire is statistically the crime

:04:58. > :05:02.The crimes being committed in this region are more severe.

:05:03. > :05:05.For academics there is a link between the regions level of

:05:06. > :05:07.poverty and the rising tally of serious offences.

:05:08. > :05:09.The level of violence crime more recently has started

:05:10. > :05:19.There is a body of evidence, an outstanding body of evidence,

:05:20. > :05:26.criminological evidence, that essentially always finds

:05:27. > :05:32.an association between deprivation and violent behaviour

:05:33. > :05:37.and so it is quite possible that in an increasingly unequal society

:05:38. > :05:39.we are seeing more violence as a result of that.

:05:40. > :05:41.West Yorkshire Police say although crime

:05:42. > :05:44.levels are rising, the chance of the victim of crime is still low.

:05:45. > :05:47.We do have a number of challenges in various communities across this

:05:48. > :05:50.large urban force but we need to also be mindful that we have lost

:05:51. > :05:54.?140 million out of our budget over the last few years and we have 2,000

:05:55. > :05:56.less officers and staff working for us.

:05:57. > :05:59.As demand increases the force says it is going to recruit an extra 500

:06:00. > :06:03.A transgender prisoner, who was on remand for attempted

:06:04. > :06:06.murder, has been found dead in a cell at Doncaster Prison.

:06:07. > :06:08.49-year-old Jenny Swift, who was previously known

:06:09. > :06:10.as Jonathan, was charged with attempting to murder

:06:11. > :06:15.An independent investigation will now be carried out

:06:16. > :06:22.by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.

:06:23. > :06:24.A man who illegally demolished his house near Skipton,

:06:25. > :06:26.taking part of his neighbour's property with it, has

:06:27. > :06:32.Joan and Geoff Peel returned from holiday to find holes in a wall

:06:33. > :06:38.David Eckersall had permission to make alterations to his home,

:06:39. > :06:41.but instead pulled it down completely.

:06:42. > :06:43.Alasdair Gill was at Bradford Crown Court.

:06:44. > :06:47.When Geoff Peel and his wife Joan went on holiday in May last year,

:06:48. > :06:50.their home was as resistant to the elements as ever.

:06:51. > :06:52.When they came back, however, it wasn't.

:06:53. > :06:59.You can watch through the gaps, and see the cars going past.

:07:00. > :07:01.Their new neighbour, David Eckersall, had told them

:07:02. > :07:08.Instead, his whole house, once attached to theirs, had gone.

:07:09. > :07:13.Today, he was fined ?17,500 at Bradford Crown Court.

:07:14. > :07:17.The court heard that Eckersall had listed building consent

:07:18. > :07:19.for an extension to the property but while work was

:07:20. > :07:25.it became structurally unsound and he decided to demolish it.

:07:26. > :07:27.The judge called that a catastrophic decision.

:07:28. > :07:32.He said it was a drastic step while the Peel's

:07:33. > :07:34.were away on holiday, without speaking to anyone

:07:35. > :07:39.Eckersall, on the right here in the hood, hadn't set out

:07:40. > :07:41.to demolish his home, his lawyer told the court,

:07:42. > :07:45.it had simply related from a lack of care.

:07:46. > :07:49.But that will be of little comfort to the Peels who now require

:07:50. > :07:55.listed building consent of their own to repair their property,

:07:56. > :07:57.which has damage to the tune of some ?10,000.

:07:58. > :07:59.For their neighbour, he may have avoided jail,

:08:00. > :08:04.mortgage payments on a house that no longer exists and he has been

:08:05. > :08:12.Campaigners hoping to save Scarborough's Futurist theatre have

:08:13. > :08:15.submitted last-ditch proposals to the council.

:08:16. > :08:22.Scarborough Council will decide on Monday whether to demolish it,

:08:23. > :08:25.so Flamingo Land can build an attraction on the site.

:08:26. > :08:27.Hundreds of people attended a meeting organised by The Save

:08:28. > :08:34.It says scores of local businesses have pledged their services free

:08:35. > :08:37.of charge to help bring the theatre back to its former glory.

:08:38. > :08:38.Football now, and Doncaster Rover's terrific form continued

:08:39. > :08:40.with a 3-1 victory against Portsmouth.

:08:41. > :08:42.Great start for the League Two leaders.

:08:43. > :08:43.John Marquis with a close range header.

:08:44. > :08:47.Portsmouth equalised just before half time,

:08:48. > :08:56.Bennett providing the assist for Cal Naysmith to score.

:08:57. > :08:59.Rovers cemented top spot and a vital win when Tommy Row scored.

:09:00. > :09:02.Great work in the build up from James Copinger.

:09:03. > :09:04.The third on 80 minutes just underlined how good

:09:05. > :09:20.I know you were watching the affable commune of bitter football.

:09:21. > :09:25.Absolutely community. I don't play football though. Unfortunately. It's

:09:26. > :09:30.been pretty cold in the past few days but we're in for a bit of a

:09:31. > :09:35.change. Tonight across Yorkshire it is still going to be pretty cold.

:09:36. > :09:40.The map is bathed in blue colours. Darker colours move across from the

:09:41. > :09:45.West. That is cloud ahead of a weather front which is behind me. It

:09:46. > :09:49.is chilly tonight and we see more cloud building and temperatures will

:09:50. > :09:55.fall close to freezing. It will get down to about -2 in North Yorkshire.

:09:56. > :09:59.Tomorrow morning the further east to you will catch brightness first

:10:00. > :10:02.thing and it will not last. The weather front comes in and

:10:03. > :10:06.introduced outbreaks of rain with thicker cloud and rain coats on

:10:07. > :10:10.stand-by. Heavy spells of rain on high ground further west. The air

:10:11. > :10:15.temperature is interesting because we are looking at five or six at

:10:16. > :10:21.three in the afternoon but the air behind this is a bit milder so as

:10:22. > :10:27.the weather front moves across to us it will lose that and we get a bit

:10:28. > :10:31.of a breather as the high pressure builds. As we look towards Saturday

:10:32. > :10:36.a few things to mention. High pressure generally means that things

:10:37. > :10:41.stay settled and mostly dry. We will see that that there was a lot of

:10:42. > :10:49.cloud trapped under this area and we do not like that. A lot of us will

:10:50. > :10:53.like this milder air. It moves up from the south-west. It looks very

:10:54. > :10:57.dramatic with the yellows and oranges and we're looking at highs

:10:58. > :11:00.of eight or nine or ten, but still, not as bitterly cold least. I leave

:11:01. > :11:04.you with the creeping up by a notch or two, 10,

:11:05. > :11:15.maybe nine Celsius. Here is Louise with the national picture.

:11:16. > :11:16.Won't it cold and frosty this morning? The coldest night of