:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.
:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight: Fighting Yorkshire's biggest cause of premature deaths -
:00:08. > :00:11.more than ?5 million is to be spent on the UK's biggest ever lung cancer
:00:12. > :00:19.How the internet's bringing work from war-torn countries
:00:20. > :00:34.Some sunshine through tomorrow and a much colder day on Thursday. I will
:00:35. > :00:38.have the full forecast later in the programme.
:00:39. > :00:40.The UK's largest lung cancer screening trial is to be
:00:41. > :00:45.The ?5 million project hopes to increase early diagnosis
:00:46. > :00:50.Nationally, breast cancer and prostate cancer are more common,
:00:51. > :00:54.but in Yorkshire lung cancer affects most people, with around 4,500
:00:55. > :01:00.Survival chances are low, and the disease claims
:01:01. > :01:08.Now funding from Yorkshire Cancer Research is to be used to target
:01:09. > :01:11.parts of Leeds where most people are at risk.
:01:12. > :01:16.I go for another checkup tomorrow, I have another CT scan tomorrow.
:01:17. > :01:18.68-year-old Val Sykes from Leeds found out she had
:01:19. > :01:21.lung cancer last year, and that was quite by accident.
:01:22. > :01:25.A former smoker, who hadn't had a cigarette in 20 years,
:01:26. > :01:29.she actually went to the GP after straining her chest helping
:01:30. > :01:34.As a precaution, she was sent to hospital for an X-ray.
:01:35. > :01:37.It was there doctors saw a nodule on her lung.
:01:38. > :01:40.Val then had an operation to remove it.
:01:41. > :01:46.So it was quite a shock when they did find it and
:01:47. > :01:56.Val is very lucky, but her case is unusual.
:01:57. > :01:59.Lung cancer is so common and serious because there are usually no signs
:02:00. > :02:02.or symptoms in the early stages of the disease.
:02:03. > :02:06.In fact, you could have a large tumour with no pain at all.
:02:07. > :02:08.But now, here in Leeds, they are launching a multi-million
:02:09. > :02:13.pound investment in screening, which they hope will
:02:14. > :02:19.At the moment, you're screened using a CT scanner in hospital,
:02:20. > :02:22.but this ?5 million project will take the scanner
:02:23. > :02:28.Similar to the ones used to detect breast cancer,
:02:29. > :02:31.the lung cancer vans will be about the size of a single-decker
:02:32. > :02:35.The project is being led by Dr Matt Callister.
:02:36. > :02:39.The target age for our study will be people between the ages of 55 and 80
:02:40. > :02:41.who have ever smoked, either current smokers or smokers
:02:42. > :02:45.That's because 86% of lung cancers are caused by smoking,
:02:46. > :02:48.and Yorkshire has one of the highest rates in England.
:02:49. > :02:50.We know that by screening patients we can pick up cancer
:02:51. > :02:53.at a much earlier stage, when it is hopefully suitable
:02:54. > :02:56.for curative treatment, either with surgery
:02:57. > :03:03.If it is successful it could become a national screening programme,
:03:04. > :03:13.then more people like Val will be diagnosed before it's too late.
:03:14. > :03:16.Well, a short time ago I spoke to Dr Kathryn Scott,
:03:17. > :03:18.who's the interim chief executive at Yorkshire Cancer Research
:03:19. > :03:22.and I began by asking her what kind of work was done before this
:03:23. > :03:29.This room that I'm standing in now was full of experts in lung cancer
:03:30. > :03:31.and in early diagnosis, and we brought them all
:03:32. > :03:34.together and we said, "OK, we are a charity here in Yorkshire,
:03:35. > :03:36.we are here for the people of Yorkshire, what biggest things
:03:37. > :03:39.could we do to have the maximum impact in lung cancer?"
:03:40. > :03:42.So you decided to invest ?5 million in Yorkshire.
:03:43. > :03:48.So those are donations from the people of Yorkshire.
:03:49. > :03:51.We have got a lot of legacies left to the charity in wills.
:03:52. > :03:54.We have got people who do tea parties and the Great North Run,
:03:55. > :03:58.They do all sorts of fundraising activities for us from
:03:59. > :04:01.the sublime to the ridiculous, and we are so proud that we have
:04:02. > :04:07.That has enabled this ?5 million investment in
:04:08. > :04:15.How will the trial actually work then?
:04:16. > :04:18.So, it is going to be working with GPs based in and around Leeds,
:04:19. > :04:21.and it is going to be inviting people to go for a scan.
:04:22. > :04:24.These people are not unwell, they don't know that they have got
:04:25. > :04:27.anything wrong with them, but they will be in an at risk
:04:28. > :04:30.population and we will be putting those people in a low
:04:31. > :04:33.dose CT scanner on two occasions two years apart,
:04:34. > :04:36.and then we're going to see if we can spot those cancers early.
:04:37. > :04:39.When this similar study was done in the United States,
:04:40. > :04:42.it showed a 20% improvement in mortality rates in this
:04:43. > :04:45.disease that has got a very poor mortality outcome.
:04:46. > :04:51.So we are hoping to recapitulate that.
:04:52. > :04:54.We want to make sure that the people of Yorkshire get the very best
:04:55. > :05:03.For you, how will success look at the end of this trial?
:05:04. > :05:07.This charity, Yorkshire Cancer, is trying to get 2,000
:05:08. > :05:10.fewer deaths by 2025, and we think this CT scanner trial
:05:11. > :05:13.will significantly impact on that, actually within the trial.
:05:14. > :05:17.If the trial works, we want to be able to roll this out to everywhere,
:05:18. > :05:25.Dr Scott, thank you for joining me this evening.
:05:26. > :05:27.A mother from Penistone, whose two sons were killed by their father,
:05:28. > :05:30.has been to Downing Street to campaign for better
:05:31. > :05:33.Claire Throssell delivered a petition calling for
:05:34. > :05:36.the government to change the way courts handle cases involving
:05:37. > :05:41.She had warned the authorities that her ex-husband posed
:05:42. > :05:47.12-year old Jack and his 9-year old brother Paul died
:05:48. > :05:50.after their father Darren Sykes lured them into the attic
:05:51. > :06:00.No other parent should have to hold their child
:06:01. > :06:03.in their arms as they die, knowing it was at the hands
:06:04. > :06:05.of someone who should cherish and protect them the most.
:06:06. > :06:08.The family courts are not run in the same way as Crown Courts.
:06:09. > :06:11.We're not giving up on all the parents out there.
:06:12. > :06:13.There is always hope because without hope
:06:14. > :06:15.we have got nothing, and if we have got nothing,
:06:16. > :06:19.We're not just going to sit by and let that happen.
:06:20. > :06:21.So if anyone is out there and they are in despair,
:06:22. > :06:27.then don't because there is hope and change on the way.
:06:28. > :06:30.The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is renowned for showcasing art
:06:31. > :06:32.and sculptors from all over the world, but their latest
:06:33. > :06:35.exhibition is accessing art in a different way
:06:36. > :06:40.Work from across the Middle East and North Africa is on display.
:06:41. > :06:43.The artists themselves can't travel, but through the power
:06:44. > :07:09.I love the fact that this girl could be any girl in any country.
:07:10. > :07:15.We were keen with this show that we would see inside lives
:07:16. > :07:19.that were not just on the news in war zones.
:07:20. > :07:23.The real positivity and creativity and hopefulness.
:07:24. > :07:26.Responding to an open call, artists from across the world
:07:27. > :07:31.They cannot travel to the UK due to political unrest and immigration
:07:32. > :07:38.We can work with partners all over the world in a way
:07:39. > :07:52.He submitted the instructions for the sculpture to be printed,
:07:53. > :07:55.via e-mail, and here I can see it being created from the other
:07:56. > :08:00.People wrote down their thoughts on their environment
:08:01. > :08:08.Visitors here are asked to do the same and the notes are displayed.
:08:09. > :08:14.How does it feel to have your work displayed in the UK, even though
:08:15. > :08:25.If your artwork is in a different country you've heard about,
:08:26. > :08:32.there is artwork from Henry Moore, it will be a great feeling.
:08:33. > :08:37.And that feeling is here, 3,000 miles away in Yorkshire.
:08:38. > :08:41.It's fantastic, it's showing art where we can't access it.
:08:42. > :08:45.These pieces here, you have the contrast of the conflict
:08:46. > :08:56.I think those two pieces are quite symbolic.
:08:57. > :08:58.It is hoped this will be the first of many exhibitions
:08:59. > :09:07.where ideas and art can travel, even if people cannot.
:09:08. > :09:10.In tonight's football, some Bradford City fans faced a long
:09:11. > :09:13.The referee called off the Checkatrade Trophy game due
:09:14. > :09:18.to a frozen pitch five minutes before kick off.
:09:19. > :09:21.But in League One, Sheffield United lost their top of the table clash
:09:22. > :09:37.That's it from me. Now the weather forecast.
:09:38. > :09:40.I think there will be a touch of frost overnight, but not as
:09:41. > :09:45.widespread as last night. Even though we will have some patches of
:09:46. > :09:49.mist and fog, I don't think it will be to the extent it was this
:09:50. > :09:53.morning. Tomorrow, it will be a cloudy start, but we should see some
:09:54. > :09:57.sunshine across most of Yorkshire before allowed then increases again
:09:58. > :10:01.from the south-east. It will get colder over the next day or so,
:10:02. > :10:04.Thursday in particular looks chilly with a southerly breeze of the
:10:05. > :10:15.continent. Francis Eric Holder the moment. Dash-macro is very cold.
:10:16. > :10:21.Atlantic conditions will try to wind over the weekend and temperatures
:10:22. > :10:24.will climb. We could see some fog in places, even some dense patches, but
:10:25. > :10:29.not to the extent of this morning. Some drizzle possible over the days,
:10:30. > :10:37.but otherwise a dry story overnight, and not as cold as last night.
:10:38. > :10:44.Tomorrow, variable cloud to start the day with the mist and fog
:10:45. > :10:47.lifting. For most of us, Western North Yorkshire in particular some
:10:48. > :10:56.sunshine, but always the threat of cloud will stop. Temperatures
:10:57. > :11:00.tomorrow in the North getting to around six or 7 degrees. Very chilly
:11:01. > :11:01.on Thursday, and temperatures gradually climbing towards the
:11:02. > :11:21.weekend. Have a good evening. For all of us, it'll get colder and
:11:22. > :11:27.then milder again come the weekend. This shot taken earlier by a weather
:11:28. > :11:32.watcher in East Anglia. The fog becoming extensive over the next few
:11:33. > :11:34.hours in many south-eastern parts of England.
:11:35. > :11:35.Much, much milder, further north and