:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.
:00:00. > :00:08.Damage and disruption as Storm Doris rips
:00:09. > :00:12.And why hundreds of Yorkshire motorists are still behind
:00:13. > :00:22.the wheel, despite having more than 12 points on their licence.
:00:23. > :00:28.most of us are happy to see the back most of us are happy to see the back
:00:29. > :00:30.of Storm Doris. Strong winds to come tonight, full
:00:31. > :00:36.forecast shortly. Wind speeds of almost 90mph
:00:37. > :00:38.have battered Yorkshire. Storm Doris caused traffic
:00:39. > :00:41.disruption, brought down trees and left thousands
:00:42. > :00:44.of people without power. In Halifax, a woman had a lucky
:00:45. > :01:00.escape after a tree crushed her car. Fortunately, the owner of this car
:01:01. > :01:05.with safe inside the museum, showing a group of children around, when
:01:06. > :01:09.Storm Doris came to Halifax. She emerged to find an uprooted tree had
:01:10. > :01:13.pressed down onto the roof of her parked car.
:01:14. > :01:18.As I said to the insurance company, it's a big tree on my little car. At
:01:19. > :01:23.first, it was laughable, because we thought, has this really happened to
:01:24. > :01:30.us? And then I think shortcake then, some of the children got upset. I
:01:31. > :01:35.kept saying, it's OK, Nolan has been hurt, we're OK.
:01:36. > :01:39.Those travelling in the air were OK, despite expensing tricking landings.
:01:40. > :01:43.Pilots flying into Leeds Bradford Airport are used to windy
:01:44. > :01:47.conditions, but today Doris posed a real challenge. Most fights went
:01:48. > :01:52.ahead though. It was a very different situation with rail
:01:53. > :01:58.travel. Virgin East Coast and trans-Pennine express services was a
:01:59. > :02:03.really disrupted. Passengers from Doncaster, Leeds and York were
:02:04. > :02:07.severely disrupted. Services from Sheffield station were severely
:02:08. > :02:11.disrupted. All trains to London some Pancras were cancelled. The
:02:12. > :02:15.situation has improved, and passengers have been told if they
:02:16. > :02:19.couldn't travel today, there are tickets are valid for tomorrow.
:02:20. > :02:24.It's regrettable so much disruption has been caused today. We look all
:02:25. > :02:28.experience of previous events and plan for those, and we've plan that
:02:29. > :02:33.today, but we have seen exceptional events.
:02:34. > :02:38.Wind speeds peaked at High Bradfield, reaching 87mph. A power
:02:39. > :02:43.cut left hundreds without light. No hot food on the menu at this pub,
:02:44. > :02:47.just candlelit sandwiches. It's more than half of business
:02:48. > :02:55.today. Normally we're around 200 meals a day. Today, we're lucky it's
:02:56. > :02:59.30. It's had a massive impact. As a winds raged through from the
:03:00. > :03:05.west, there were more fallen trees and blocked roads. The council
:03:06. > :03:07.worked to clear the trail of destruction. There's leave
:03:08. > :03:13.tomorrow's forecast is clear and bright.
:03:14. > :03:20.Owain is with us, Doris made her presence known today?
:03:21. > :03:25.Absolutely, as we sign the peace, there were high winds and outbreaks
:03:26. > :03:30.of rain. I think when people hear about named storms coming, a lot of
:03:31. > :03:35.the time you expect the storm to bring the same sort of thing, heavy
:03:36. > :03:39.rain, perhaps thunder and lightning. But as we saw there, the issues
:03:40. > :03:44.today with the strong winds. The forecast is stronger as we head
:03:45. > :03:49.through the next 24 hours. Quite blustery across eastern coastal
:03:50. > :03:51.parts. Ice more of a risk now, but I'll have the full forecast in a few
:03:52. > :03:53.minutes. Look North has discovered that more
:03:54. > :03:55.than 900 people are legally driving on Yorkshire's roads with 12
:03:56. > :03:58.points or more on their licence. One driver in West Yorkshire has 62
:03:59. > :04:01.points and is still allowed behind the wheel, despite being caught
:04:02. > :04:04.speeding dozens of times. Courts can choose not to disqualify
:04:05. > :04:07.drivers if it would cause The Government says in most cases
:04:08. > :04:13.motorists are disqualified, but road safety charity Brake
:04:14. > :04:15.says it's appalled. Here's our data
:04:16. > :04:16.journalist, David Rhodes. From speeding to drink-driving,
:04:17. > :04:21.failing to have insurance or causing a collision
:04:22. > :04:23.on the road, penalty points are given to motorists
:04:24. > :04:26.when they break the law. Keep blowing, keep
:04:27. > :04:28.blowing, that's it. Figures obtained by the BBC though
:04:29. > :04:34.show that just over 900 drivers in Yorkshire are still on the roads
:04:35. > :04:37.despite having 12 or The fewest are found
:04:38. > :04:42.in North Yorkshire, whilst South Yorkshire has more than 200
:04:43. > :04:44.drivers who, in theory, But in West Yorkshire,
:04:45. > :04:50.there are over 500 motorists still driving despite having 12
:04:51. > :04:54.or more active penalty points. One driver in West Yorkshire
:04:55. > :04:58.is still on the road despite having The law doesn't seem to be
:04:59. > :05:04.working at the moment. We have people being caught
:05:05. > :05:06.and going through the justice system, but this points system seems
:05:07. > :05:11.to be making a mockery of that. Drivers are getting away
:05:12. > :05:15.with repeatedly breaking the law. Motorists with 12 points or more can
:05:16. > :05:18.appeal to a Magistrates' Court, such as this one in Bradford,
:05:19. > :05:21.and claim a driving ban would bring exceptional hardship,
:05:22. > :05:25.meaning they would lose their job or be unable to care
:05:26. > :05:27.for their family. There is no definition
:05:28. > :05:30.in law, though, as to So one magistrate may decide that
:05:31. > :05:36.if a driving ban would cause someone to lose their job,
:05:37. > :05:38.that is exceptional hardship. Another magistrate
:05:39. > :05:42.may decide it isn't. Every ban is considered
:05:43. > :05:45.on a case-by-case basis. If you can establish
:05:46. > :05:50.on the balance of probability that exceptional hardship -
:05:51. > :05:52.and it has to be exceptional hardship, not inconvenience
:05:53. > :05:55.and not hardship - but if exceptional hardship would be
:05:56. > :05:58.caused as a consequence of the disqualification
:05:59. > :06:00.either to you, or more persuasively, to other people, then
:06:01. > :06:04.the courts have a discretion. And it's obviously up to them how
:06:05. > :06:10.they exercise that discretion. The Government says the vast
:06:11. > :06:13.majority of drivers with 12 points are automatically disqualified,
:06:14. > :06:16.and only in exceptional circumstances can judges
:06:17. > :06:24.decide not to issue a ban. A year ago, frail pensioner
:06:25. > :06:26.Tommy Ward died in hospital, four months after being viciously
:06:27. > :06:29.attacked and robbed in his home But now detectives have released
:06:30. > :06:35.CCTV footage from outside his home They think it could help them
:06:36. > :06:40.finally find his killers. You may find some pictures
:06:41. > :06:44.in John Cundy's report upsetting. This is what the vicious robbers did
:06:45. > :06:47.to 80-year-old Tommy Ward. The gang stole his
:06:48. > :06:51.?30,000 life savings. Tommy's daughter Jackie
:06:52. > :06:56.is desperate his killers are caught. In his younger days, her dad had
:06:57. > :06:59.been a soldier, later a miner. He loved his Irish jokes, loved
:07:00. > :07:05.the time of day, with everybody. It is every day you
:07:06. > :07:11.are thinking about it. How come they haven't
:07:12. > :07:14.come forward, anybody? Because somebody must
:07:15. > :07:16.be shielding them. But now, a possible
:07:17. > :07:19.CCTV breakthrough. The movements of this Saab '93 car,
:07:20. > :07:23.almost certainly carrying the robbers, outside Tommy's home
:07:24. > :07:27.in Salisbury Road in Maltby, narrow the likely time of the attack
:07:28. > :07:32.to between 5am and 6am I just need anybody to come
:07:33. > :07:39.forward who knew a friend, a family member or an associate
:07:40. > :07:42.who had that type of car, whatever colour, whatever year,
:07:43. > :07:45.to tell the police There is still a ?10,000 reward
:07:46. > :07:51.from Crimestoppers leading to the arrest and conviction
:07:52. > :07:53.of these people who A clear message for help
:07:54. > :07:57.from Tommy Ward's family. Find it in your hearts to come
:07:58. > :08:02.forward and tell us who has done it. You've got to think
:08:03. > :08:05.of everybody else. They didn't bother about my dad
:08:06. > :08:09.that night, or morning, So they need to find it
:08:10. > :08:17.in their hearts to come forward Let us know for my dad
:08:18. > :08:21.to rest completely. Tommy Ward's family say they can't
:08:22. > :08:23.rest until those responsible for his violent death
:08:24. > :08:31.are hunted down. A man has been arrested in Sheffield
:08:32. > :08:39.in connection with bribery offences linked to international
:08:40. > :08:40.cricket match spot-fixing. Officers from The National Crime
:08:41. > :08:43.Agency arrested the man - who's in his 30s -
:08:44. > :08:45.this morning as part of a joint investigation
:08:46. > :08:48.with the cricket authorities. He's been bailed pending
:08:49. > :08:51.further inquiries. Council tax in Bradford
:08:52. > :08:54.is to go up by almost 5%. Councillors voted through a budget
:08:55. > :08:57.this evening which also includes It means bills for those living
:08:58. > :09:02.in a typical family home will go up Meanwhile, York Council has agreed
:09:03. > :09:19.to increase its bills by 3.7%. Let's get to Owain again. Looking,
:09:20. > :09:25.for the next few days? It is. Witty severe today across
:09:26. > :09:30.southern parts of Yorkshire. Our breaks of rain as well. This is the
:09:31. > :09:36.pressure charts, Storm Doris has moved away from us now, but we are
:09:37. > :09:40.still feeling the effects of the low pressure in the form of these
:09:41. > :09:46.isobars. Strong winds across coastal parts now. Those will ease,
:09:47. > :09:50.prompting the Met Office to issue a yellow warning for ice across parts
:09:51. > :09:56.of South Yorkshire. Because under clear skies, with light winds, some
:09:57. > :10:00.of this rain will freeze on the ground overnight. Things do turn
:10:01. > :10:07.largely dry, there clear spells will clear there's kick in in early
:10:08. > :10:12.hours. Take it easy first thing in the morning, you could see some of
:10:13. > :10:16.that ice. Blustery winds on the coast and nights, they will ease
:10:17. > :10:20.throughout the day tomorrow, and what a difference 24 hours makes.
:10:21. > :10:25.The map is looking clear, lots of sunny spells, and the wind is
:10:26. > :10:29.picking up a little later in the day, temperatures around eight
:10:30. > :10:34.Celsius tomorrow. A much better story compared to today. Let's look
:10:35. > :10:39.to the weekend, everybody wants to know about the weekend. Saturday,
:10:40. > :10:43.this weather fronts makes its way towards us. Here come the white
:10:44. > :10:48.lines, close together there. Blustery at times, but nothing like
:10:49. > :10:54.what we've seen over the past 24 hours. These weather fronts on
:10:55. > :10:59.Sunday moved towards us, further outbreaks of rain, but thinks and it
:11:00. > :11:01.will be mostly dry, some higher temperatures to look
:11:02. > :11:10.be much milder. I will leave you with Thomas Shelter.
:11:11. > :11:18.Good evening. It was quite a day for some of us. We get these sort of
:11:19. > :11:21.storms every couple of years also. Difficult to give an exact number,
:11:22. > :11:22.but it was certainly a nasty one. It's