10/02/2017

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:00:11. > :00:13.Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 16-year-old boy

:00:14. > :00:15.died after an incident in Leeds earlier today.

:00:16. > :00:18.A number of streets in the Harehills area of Leeds remain sealed off this

:00:19. > :00:35.A large police cordoned remains in Harehills Lane in Leeds tonight

:00:36. > :00:38.following a serious assault on a 16-year-old boy this afternoon. The

:00:39. > :00:43.teenager was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds. A died later.

:00:44. > :00:48.Forensic officers are expected to remain at the scene for the next few

:00:49. > :00:54.days as inquiry is to establish exactly what happened continue.

:00:55. > :00:58.Motorists have been warned to expect some disruption as a result. A

:00:59. > :01:02.15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in

:01:03. > :01:03.police custody. Detectives are appealing for anyone with

:01:04. > :01:08.information to come forward. A woman who was admitted

:01:09. > :01:11.to a hospital ward and then asked to sleep in a shower room has made

:01:12. > :01:14.an official complaint Lynne Dexter from Seacroft in Leeds

:01:15. > :01:19.became seriously ill last Sunday. It comes as figures released today

:01:20. > :01:22.show the pressure is increasing Our correspondent

:01:23. > :01:25.Spencer Stokes has more. This is the room you would

:01:26. > :01:27.have had to sleep in. A private room in hospital, but not

:01:28. > :01:39.the sort patients might expect. On Wednesday night this week,

:01:40. > :01:44.68-year-old Lynne Dexter from Leeds was asked if she would mind her bed

:01:45. > :01:47.being wheeled into a shower room at St James' Hospital

:01:48. > :01:50.so she could sleep there. I looked at her and I looked

:01:51. > :01:54.at the room and I just started crying, and I said no,

:01:55. > :01:56.sorry, I know you're under stress, but the answer is no,

:01:57. > :02:03.and I couldn't stop crying. Lynne says the ward was full,

:02:04. > :02:07.people were sleeping in the corridor and the shower room was the last bit

:02:08. > :02:10.of space, but no place to put someone with asthma

:02:11. > :02:13.and breathing difficulties. It was damp in there because someone

:02:14. > :02:16.had had a shower in it that evening. She said it was fully cleaned,

:02:17. > :02:21.but once somebody has been in a shower, it's not fully

:02:22. > :02:28.cleaned, is it? In recent weeks, Leeds

:02:29. > :02:30.Teaching Hospitals Trust, which runs St James',

:02:31. > :02:34.has struggled with bed availability. Figures show at the start of this

:02:35. > :02:39.week, out of 1,692 beds available, 1,671 were occupied,

:02:40. > :02:45.meaning 98.7% were full. Tonight, Leeds Teaching Hospitals

:02:46. > :02:52.Trust apologised to Lynne Dexter, explaining that during extremely

:02:53. > :02:54.busy periods, patients sometimes have to be transferred

:02:55. > :02:59.to what is called a non-bedded area. The trust goes on to say that it

:03:00. > :03:03.does not regard a large shower area as the right accommodation

:03:04. > :03:06.for a patient and they're The shower, according to Lynne,

:03:07. > :03:11.did end up being slept in, I woke up and I went to the toilet

:03:12. > :03:20.and there was an old lady in the shower room in a bed

:03:21. > :03:24.and the sister said to me, "I was bullied into putting her

:03:25. > :03:26.in there," so I said it's Back at home, Lynne says she has no

:03:27. > :03:35.wish to return to Saint James' and has made a formal complaint

:03:36. > :03:56.about being asked to sleep York Minster police are being given

:03:57. > :03:59.the same powers as police officers in the cathedral's area. They have

:04:00. > :04:00.undergone specialist training and will be able to arrest people should

:04:01. > :04:08.they need to. The man behind plans to build

:04:09. > :04:11.a new ?20 million theme park in Scarborough says it would take

:04:12. > :04:14.the town "to the next level" Flamingoland owner Gordon Gibb

:04:15. > :04:18.is the preferred bidder to take over the site of the former

:04:19. > :04:19.Futurist theatre. In an exclusive interview

:04:20. > :04:22.with BBC Radio York he says his plan would enhance Scarborough

:04:23. > :04:24.as a visitor attraction A Victoria Cross awarded to a Leeds

:04:25. > :04:28.soldier for his actions during the Battle of the Somme

:04:29. > :04:31.will be auctioned off next month. George Sanders won the prestigious

:04:32. > :04:33.award for gallantry in 1916. It's being sold along with his

:04:34. > :04:36.Military Cross and other medals. Auctioneers think they could

:04:37. > :04:44.fetch up to ?220,000. A new advice centre for miners

:04:45. > :04:47.who worked in the former Selby The new service at Selby Community

:04:48. > :04:54.Centre will offer ex-miners and their families support on issues

:04:55. > :04:56.including industrial The last pit in the Selby

:04:57. > :05:16.Coalfield closed in 2004. Many staff transferred or Lefty

:05:17. > :05:16.industry altogether. -- left the industry.

:05:17. > :05:19.13 years later, volunteers say the need for advice and help

:05:20. > :05:23.We're a port of call for people who feel they're sturggling

:05:24. > :05:25.with injuries and diseases picked up from the mining industry,

:05:26. > :05:28.advice what to do next, we have a few gentlemen who have

:05:29. > :05:37.problems with knees, breathing, vibration white finger.

:05:38. > :05:40.Sport, and in Super League it was a great start

:05:41. > :05:44.to the season as Castleford took on Leigh at Home.

:05:45. > :05:55.They had the game in the back at half-time. -- bag. Castleford 44,

:05:56. > :05:56.Leeds 16. Meanwhile, Huddersfield Giants

:05:57. > :05:58.were away to Widnes, winning by 28 points

:05:59. > :06:00.to the Vikings' 16. In football, couple of results

:06:01. > :06:04.for you, in the championship, Sheffield Wednesday were at home

:06:05. > :06:08.to Birmingham, they won 3-0. And in league two,

:06:09. > :06:10.it was a goalless draw for top of the table Doncaster Rovers

:06:11. > :06:13.who were away to Newport. Now let's get the

:06:14. > :06:16.weather with Keeley. Some of us will see some snow

:06:17. > :06:27.and we do have a warning out for the Pennine chain overnight

:06:28. > :06:30.tonight and also the North York Moors where we could well see a few

:06:31. > :06:34.centimetres of snow. In fact, above 200m,

:06:35. > :06:37.we could see a few centimetres, The first feature passes

:06:38. > :06:40.through overnight and tomorrow morning then we could have another

:06:41. > :06:43.spell of snow, especially for high ground as we make our way

:06:44. > :06:46.through Saturday night into Sunday, just slushy deposits

:06:47. > :06:48.at lower levels. They will be a mix of rain,

:06:49. > :07:01.sleet and snow, but they will become much more heavier and widespread

:07:02. > :07:03.from the east later in the night and on higher ground above 200

:07:04. > :07:06.metres we could see a few centimetres, slushy deposits

:07:07. > :07:08.on lower levels and slippery surfaces on lower levels

:07:09. > :07:10.as temperatures drop Similar conditions -

:07:11. > :07:14.rain, sleet and snow showers - Snow becomes confined

:07:15. > :07:17.to the highest ground through the day tomorrow,

:07:18. > :07:22.but a cold, grey and cloudy Showers which will be more frequent

:07:23. > :07:25.through the day then another spell of snow,

:07:26. > :07:28.especially for higher That's it from the week

:07:29. > :07:31.team here at Look North.