:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.
:00:00. > :00:07.Rail unions announce strike action on one of Yorkshire's busiest
:00:08. > :00:10.weekends when we host the Tour De Yorkshire.
:00:11. > :00:13.And a new chapter for Bretton Hall - the West Yorkshire drama college
:00:14. > :00:30.And the Easter weekend is nearly upon us, a full forecast shortly.
:00:31. > :00:32.Rail passengers are being warned of potential disruption on one
:00:33. > :00:37.Members of the RMT union working for Virgin East Coast will walk out
:00:38. > :00:41.for 48 hours on the 28th and 29th of April.
:00:42. > :00:43.The same days as the Tour De Yorkshire.
:00:44. > :00:46.Meanwhile, staff at Arriva Rail North are to hold a 24-hour strike
:00:47. > :00:48.on 28th April in a row about driver-only trains.
:00:49. > :01:00.The East Coast Main Line is Britain's flagship
:01:01. > :01:02.railway, carrying thousands of people every day.
:01:03. > :01:04.The planned walk-out by members of the RMT working
:01:05. > :01:08.for Virgin Trains East Coast is part of an ongoing row about the role
:01:09. > :01:14.The dispute follows changes introduced by Virgin last month,
:01:15. > :01:17.meaning a single person takes over responsibility for customer
:01:18. > :01:24.In other words, a train manager supported by a team.
:01:25. > :01:28.The RMT claims safety is being compromised and that Virgin
:01:29. > :01:30.has implemented the changes without formal agreement.
:01:31. > :01:33.The union says striking is a last resort.
:01:34. > :01:36.If we were to strike on a Monday to Thursday,
:01:37. > :01:38.we would be accused of hitting the regular commuter.
:01:39. > :01:41.There is never a good time to strike, we do not want to strike,
:01:42. > :01:43.our members lose money, but both ourselves and
:01:44. > :01:46.the travelling public know that this strike is all about their safety
:01:47. > :01:50.Virgin Trains has said it plans to run a near-normal timetable
:01:51. > :01:53.during the strike and claims the changes will have
:01:54. > :01:58.The company has also assured the union there will be no
:01:59. > :02:03.But with the strike due to take place on the weekend
:02:04. > :02:07.of the Tour De Yorkshire, what sort of impact is it likely
:02:08. > :02:11.It definitely will make a difference because, like,
:02:12. > :02:16.during the holidays like yesterday, we took the grandson to York.
:02:17. > :02:22.It is just a busy time of month, everyone is around here.
:02:23. > :02:25.People love cycling, everyone is always out
:02:26. > :02:27.and about at weekends, it is just going to
:02:28. > :02:30.Will the strike have any affect on you?
:02:31. > :02:35.But it comes on the weekend of the Tour De Yorkshire,
:02:36. > :02:37.do you think that will inconvenience people?
:02:38. > :02:41.Because I live in Leeds, so it will be big time.
:02:42. > :02:44.Welcome To Yorkshire has said that the advice is to plan ahead.
:02:45. > :02:46.Ironically, today it announced Virgin Trains as one
:02:47. > :02:50.RMT members working for Arriva North have said that they also will be
:02:51. > :02:54.taking industrial action on the 28th of April in a row over proposals
:02:55. > :03:01.It follows similar action by members of the Rail Maritime and Transport
:03:02. > :03:03.union in a long-running dispute with Southern Railway.
:03:04. > :03:15.Next tonight, how effective are traditional fixed
:03:16. > :03:22.According to the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police - not very.
:03:23. > :03:25.His comments come as the force invests in a fleet of mobile safety
:03:26. > :03:29.camera vans that will catch people speeding through rural villages.
:03:30. > :03:32.In West Yorkshire the highly visible fixed cameras occupy 144 locations.
:03:33. > :03:36.In South Yorkshire there are 46 fixed cameras.
:03:37. > :03:40.North Yorkshire is the only force in Yorkshire without any,
:03:41. > :03:44.but mobile vans can be despatched to 213 locations across the county.
:03:45. > :03:51.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Spencer Stokes.
:03:52. > :03:54.A quiet street on the edge of Harrogate, and today's chosen
:03:55. > :03:58.spot to catch speeding motorists from new, smaller vans.
:03:59. > :04:01.The police are here because of pressure from residents,
:04:02. > :04:06.who say drivers are regularly breaking the 30 mph limit.
:04:07. > :04:11.After minutes of arriving, local concerns are confirmed.
:04:12. > :04:20.The driver will receive a ?100 fine and three penalty points.
:04:21. > :04:22.Or the option of going on a speed awareness course.
:04:23. > :04:25.You have to think where we are currently at the moment,
:04:26. > :04:28.we are outside a park, we've got a school down the road,
:04:29. > :04:32.Lots of houses, easy for children to come out of those houses
:04:33. > :04:36.Time for everyone to start slowing down and hopefully we'll achieve
:04:37. > :04:40.Six of the new agile safety vans will now join North Yorkshire's
:04:41. > :04:43.fleet of larger mobile camera vans, so there will be a total
:04:44. > :04:46.of 12 vehicles patrolling the county's network of roads.
:04:47. > :04:50.Traditionally, North Yorkshire Police's safety cameras have been
:04:51. > :04:53.on the county's main A roads, catching motorists
:04:54. > :04:59.This is about changing the focus to suburban
:05:00. > :05:03.areas and rural villages, where motorists might not expect
:05:04. > :05:09.to see a police officer and a safety camera.
:05:10. > :05:11.It's seven years since the first mobile cameras were introduced
:05:12. > :05:14.in North Yorkshire, and the number of people killed or injured
:05:15. > :05:22.on the county's roads has fallen from 478 in 2010 to 371 in 2015.
:05:23. > :05:26.And what makes North Yorkshire unique is the lack of fixed cameras
:05:27. > :05:30.that have become a common sight across the rest of the country.
:05:31. > :05:32.That's something that is not likely to change soon,
:05:33. > :05:38.Fixed cameras are not as effective as people may think.
:05:39. > :05:41.People change their behaviour 15 seconds before,
:05:42. > :05:45.This way of deploying mobile vans means we are in a position
:05:46. > :05:48.to constantly make sure people are alive to the speed
:05:49. > :05:51.they are going, how they are behaving on the roads.
:05:52. > :05:52.I know, evidentially, this is saving lives.
:05:53. > :05:55.And the fact we are deploying it and other people aren't,
:05:56. > :06:00.I'm determined we keep the people of North Yorkshire safe.
:06:01. > :06:04.The van is small, but the camera can see 800 metres down the road,
:06:05. > :06:07.making these mobile units a very useful safety tool on North
:06:08. > :06:16.Spencer Stokes, BBC Look North, Harrogate.
:06:17. > :06:19.A bus driver who knocked down and killed a teenage girl
:06:20. > :06:21.in Sheffield and seriously injured her boyfriend has been
:06:22. > :06:27.Summer Seymour, who was 15, and 17-year-old Jake Ford,
:06:28. > :06:31.were run over as they crossed Haymarket in 2015.
:06:32. > :06:34.Driver Paul Brown, who's 51 and from Fir Vale,
:06:35. > :06:42.pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
:06:43. > :06:44.Football, and in the Championship, Barnsley have lost to Wigan 3-2.
:06:45. > :06:47.The Tykes were 2-0 up until the 71st minute when the Latics fought back.
:06:48. > :06:53.It leaves Barnsley 13th in the table.
:06:54. > :06:56.For over 60 years it was a hub of creativity,
:06:57. > :06:58.attracting generations of artists and performers.
:06:59. > :07:02.And in that time Bretton Hall College produced
:07:03. > :07:05.some well-loved stars, including screenwriter Kay Mellor,
:07:06. > :07:08.playwright John Godber and the actors Mark Gatiss,
:07:09. > :07:13.Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.
:07:14. > :07:15.But the campus closed in 2007 and today the last
:07:16. > :07:18.of the accommodation blocks were demolished to make
:07:19. > :07:29.They were home to some drama students who have
:07:30. > :07:32.since become household names, but now these '70s accommodation
:07:33. > :07:37.As they are cleared, the splendour of Bretton Hall
:07:38. > :07:42.The Grade-II listed mansion, built in 1720, stands
:07:43. > :07:46.in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and it is now to become
:07:47. > :07:49.a hotel, the latest phase in its rich history.
:07:50. > :07:52.We've got lots of great attractions in Wakefield
:07:53. > :07:55.but not enough hotel space, so I think it is probably the best
:07:56. > :07:59.location in the country, actually, for a new hotel and this will be
:08:00. > :08:03.There's some wonderful listed buildings here, not just the hall,
:08:04. > :08:08.But there are perhaps some less appealing structures on the site
:08:09. > :08:12.and they block out this vista that we have not seen for many
:08:13. > :08:14.years, which is from the east side of the mansion.
:08:15. > :08:17.The buildings have all been empty for ten years since the closure
:08:18. > :08:24.Former students, including TV dramatist Kay Mellor,
:08:25. > :08:29.It was a special place and dearly loved.
:08:30. > :08:33.David Newland spent five happy and creative years here.
:08:34. > :08:35.For me, it is my sense of coming home.
:08:36. > :08:38.We have a word in Welsh called "hiraeth", which is a wistful kind
:08:39. > :08:41.of longing for homeland and my hiraeth, although I am
:08:42. > :08:44.very happy where I am, is when I come back to Bretton Hall.
:08:45. > :08:47.My other half cannot understand it at all,
:08:48. > :08:50.but there is just something magical here that kind of draws you back.
:08:51. > :08:53.David and other alumni are already planning to return once the grand
:08:54. > :09:02.In college days, this room was the principal's office
:09:03. > :09:05.and students only got to see it if they were in trouble,
:09:06. > :09:08.but the developers see this as an ideal spot for a wedding.
:09:09. > :09:16.The developers are keen to respect both the setting and the history
:09:17. > :09:19.They hope to open by Christmas next year.
:09:20. > :09:32.Cathy Killick, BBC Look North, Wakefield.
:09:33. > :09:40.You cannot beat those beautiful views on a beautiful Easter weekend.
:09:41. > :09:43.Time for a check on the weather. Whenever there is an extended
:09:44. > :09:46.weekend like this coming up I always feel more pressure on the weather
:09:47. > :09:52.forecaster. It is not looking too bad. It is a settled story over the
:09:53. > :09:56.next couple of days, more on that shortly. Tomorrow it will be cloudy
:09:57. > :10:00.and, yes, there are outbreaks of rain in the forecast but I would
:10:01. > :10:05.stress, not all of us will see this. We start to see the rain moving from
:10:06. > :10:08.the West overnight, name following on high ground on the Pennines, for
:10:09. > :10:12.example, as it moves over this high ground. But it will fizzle out so we
:10:13. > :10:17.will see some showers reaching further towards the East but this
:10:18. > :10:20.will be lighter. Those tonight of seven, eight Celsius. Not
:10:21. > :10:26.desperately cold. Good Friday looks like this first thing, cloudy, here
:10:27. > :10:29.comes that rain again, coming in from the rest, quite persistent, and
:10:30. > :10:35.this pipeline of thick cloud and rain is courtesy of a weather front,
:10:36. > :10:38.highs of 11 or 12 Celsius tomorrow, quite breezy as not blustery at
:10:39. > :10:43.times. The best of the brightness across the North and East of
:10:44. > :10:46.Yorkshire. As for the weekend, Saturday will be the better day,
:10:47. > :10:51.pretty cold and high pressure keeps things settled. Pulling in cold air
:10:52. > :10:55.from the North, you might catch the odd shower. Sunday is more cloudy
:10:56. > :10:58.with some rain and Monday is looking settled as well. That is everything
:10:59. > :11:04.from myself and Amy tonight. I We will keep you updated. Now with
:11:05. > :11:09.the National Outlook, Tomasz Schafernaker.
:11:10. > :11:15.Good evening. It's not exactly cracking whether this Easter. I
:11:16. > :11:20.think the main message is there's going to be a lot of dry weather,
:11:21. > :11:24.just a little bit of rain from time to time. Not so bad overall across
:11:25. > :11:25.most of the UK, wherever you are