10/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Undercover police officers are being deployed on special buses

to tackle anti social behaviour in parts of West Yorkshire.

A team of Special Constables and Community Support Officers

have been disguised as passengers on a so-called Trojan Bus,

ready to intervene when trouble occurs.

It follows a spate of attacks on buses by youths in Huddersfield,

Ian White was given exclusive access to the operation last night.

We don't get anything hit at this end.

The passengers on this bus are not what they seem.

In fact, they are undercover police officers being driven into problem

areas, ready to disrupt anti-social behaviour and vandalism.

The Trojan bus, as it's called, gets them into places unnoticed,

so they can jump out when they spot trouble.

We get a lot of young people hiding in alleyways

and when they see a bus, they just start throwing rocks

Of course, that can cause serious injuries.

The police operation is all about trying to make drivers

Buses have long been a target for anti-social behaviour.

There's been many different things over the years from people

having bolts shot at them, people having their cash robbed.

When police spotted youths hanging around a disused pub,

they got off the bus to speak to them, but some made off.

Officers explained to the others why they were using the bus.

What's happening is, buses are getting damaged

and the suspects that are doing this are hanging around in this

What's happening is, windows are going through on the buses

and that's costing 700 quid to put them right.

It happened 200 times in the last three months.

At ten o'clock at night on Bradford's Homewood estate,

there are over 50 children and teenagers hanging

These youngsters weren't doing anything wrong,

but they know the next bus that comes past could have

It's keeping our passengers safe, it's keeping our driver safe

It's keeping our passengers safe, it's keeping our drivers safe

and it's also drawing attention to some of the trouble youths

are causing and it's disrupting the things they're doing.

West Yorkshire Police plan to use intelligence gathered by local

officers to identify more trouble hotspots and will be

running more Trojan buses across the county in coming weeks.

Emergency crews are dealing with a large fire at an industrial

estate on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

The fire broke out at around quarter to seven this evening

at Blue Line Auto Logistics in Ingleton.

Several houses have been evacuated and residents have been taken

Part of the A65 is currently closed both ways, while crews

Now, if you travel by Northern Rail, Monday's commute is set

to be a difficult one, as staff who belong to the RMT

It's likely to mean more than 1,000 services are cancelled.

There'll be no services before 7.00am and the last trains on most

300 replacement buses will be on the roads.

Today, the Transport Minister called for urgent talks

Standing room only on a Northern train.

They're busy enough on a normal working day but on Monday,

We've had to focus our timetable about moving people where we have

managers who are conductor-trained available to operate.

We're looking at our core flows between cities and key locations.

We aren't able to service every area, we have put bus replacements

on and I would encourage customers to think about whether or not travel

is essential on Monday as it will be very busy.

This is what this dispute is all about.

When a train arrives and departs, Northern Rail says the driver can

open the doors safely on their own but the union says

it is dangerous for passengers and a second member of staff,

This is not about money or terms and conditions,

it is about protecting the livelihoods of members

and providing safety assurances for the travelling public.

We believe having a second person on all trains

is an additional safety measure, in the event that the driver

With many services finishing early on Monday, evening commuters face

The last service from Leeds to Harrogate departs at 5:29pm

and the last train from Skipton to Bradford Forster Square

The government says the strike is very disappointing

It's calling on both sides to get around the table

We have had driver control of the doors on our rail

It has also been assessed by those who are responsible for safety

in the rail industry and judged safe.

So, what exactly is the problem that the RMT says they are

Passengers today were already wondering how they will get to work

The trains I come on completely packed out already.

I will have to see what services are running,

But if not, I will have to see what I can arrange.

Last might, I came back on a Northern service

and it was like a refugee camp, there were people everywhere.

How is one person supposed to cope with that?

Both sides say the door is open for further talks but the strike

is on track to bring disruption across Yorkshire on Monday.

Dave Edwards, BBC Look North at Leeds station.

Sport and in Super league, two of our teams were in action tonight.

Leeds husband and wife pair Chris and Gabby Adcock produced a stunning

comeback to defeat the Olympic champions and reach

the All England Badminton semi-finals in Birmingham tonight.

The seventh seeds lost the first set 16-21 to the Indonesian pair,

but levelled things in a tough second set before powering to

They play their semi-final match tomorrow.

Now, let's get the weather with Keeley.

A quiet night to come, it will stay mostly dry

Those are the themes into tomorrow as well.

The weekend as a whole, there will be quite a lot

of cloud around but with air from the Mediterranean,

Yes, there is some rain in the forecast, especially

on Sunday to start the day and to end the day,

but in the middle of the day, there should be some dry

and hopefully bright weather to come.

Out there at the moment, there's a blanket of cloud.

That will keep temperatures up, dropping no lower

Tomorrow there will be a lot of cloud but we should see some

brightness and some breaks and hopefully some sunny spells

across South Yorkshire through the morning.

If anything, the cloud thickens up through the afternoon

and you will notice the odd spot of light rain or drizzle and that's

Temperatures getting up to 11 or 12 degrees,

possibly even higher if we get any sunshine.

Rain to start Sunday, a drier, brighter spell for a time before

That's it from the late team here at Look North.

I'll leave you with your summary and your national forecast.

Where the sunshine broke through to the North of Cornwall temperatures

rose to 17 degrees under the blue skies. For many of us the cloud

didn't break up through the day, keeping temperatures pegged at

around about 13 degrees. That was the high today in the London region.

Mild over night with the blanket of cloud around. Most places dry. Rain

will work into parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland through the

early hours of Saturday. It will be mild. Temperatures six to ten

degrees. Frost-free to start off your weekend. Saturday will be a

decent day to many parts of the country. There will be sunshine to

the western isles