17/05/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening and welcome to the late Look North.

Victims of sex abuse at Sheffield City Council in line

for thousands in compensation after the conviction of Roger Dodds.

And a dramatic win for Huddersfield town against Sheffield Wednesday

which takes them to the play-off semifinals at Wembley -- finals at

Wembley. A dreadful day, big improvement on

Thursday but what about the weekend? Join me for the live forecast.

We will be crossing live to Tanya for reaction to that dramatic for

putting shortly. First, the menus of day. -- main news of the day.

Sheffield City Council must pay at least ?90,000 in compensation -

plus tens of thousands more in loss of earnings - to a former employee

who was sexually abused by a council official.

Richard Rowe sued the council after being assaulted

You might find some of the details in Tom Ingall's report distressing.

A sexual predator with the power of patronage over his victims.

40 years ago, Roger Dodds worked in the heart of Sheffield

The young men he abused needed grants for their

Very gradually, his left hand started to find its way

This man was assualted at his very first meeting with Dodds.

He was waived his right to anonymity and has now

successfully sued Sheffield City Council.

He has been awarded ?90,000, plus an amount still to be

decided in respect of lost earnings.

Their attitude has been very tough, very hard,

We have asked specific questions and they have answered

Complaints about Dodds were first raised with the council

He was moved to a different job which allowed him

In 1993, following another investigation, he was allowed

In 2008, the council investigated again.

Three years ago, new allegations came to light.

In February Dodds was finally sentenced to 16

We would never defend the indefensible and we have never

failed to accept responsibility despite the fact that this happened

We wholly accept the settlement that the Judge Robinson made today.

We have made a raft of changes in policies and procedures

at Sheffield City Council since Roger Dodds

Today's judgment has helped to ease Richard's mind.

He believes there may be others Dodds inflicted

himself upon who have yet to tell their story.

With the frequency of what I observed, and what others

have since commented on and with what they observed

of students going through Dodds' office, another ten, 20 or 100

Dodds is barely months into his sentence.

Tonight, a final revelation - he is still being paid

Now to tonight's big sports story. Have you been on the edge of your

seat? Huddersfield town have won the Championship play-off semifinal

against Sheffield Wednesday. A tense match ending in penalties as both

Yorkshire side bid to be one win away from the Premier League, a step

up estimated to be worth ?200 million. Tanya is in Hillsborough,

it doesn't get more tense than this, does it? No, it has been quite some

evening, it has been draining, it has been exciting and dramatic. The

first half, quite frankly, was pretty dull. The second half of this

type really got going. It was Sheffield Wednesday who came out

with more intent and it was them that finally got a goal. They got

the initial breakthrough, Steven Fletcher rising to meet Barry

Bannan's cross to head the ball home. That gave them a real lift and

Wednesday looked like they might get a second but it also opened the game

up, as Huddersfield town went hunting for a reply of their own and

eventually they got it. The ball across and Nahki Wells somehow got

the ball home. They kind of have to post a little bit then and we found

ourselves headed for extra time -- huffed and puffed a little bit.

There were plenty of chances in extra time but nobody could make the

breakthrough, so we had the dreaded penalty shoot out. Huddersfield town

scored their first, Sheffield Wednesday stepped up to take their

first. Sam Hutchinson was the man and it was saved. So early advantage

to Huddersfield town. Everybody then went on to score there is, so Jack

Payne stepped up, 22 years old, he could have sealed it for town. But

he failed. Then Forestieri, so often a hero for Sheffield Wednesday, had

his say. He missed his, 4-3 to Huddersfield town. They are going to

Wembley, it has been an incredible season for Huddersfield town. Nobody

at the beginning of the season would have tipped them for promotion. They

have been brilliant and head to Wembley to take on readying for a

place in the Premier League. For the Sheffield Wednesday fans, it's been

a heartbreaking evening. Yes, looking very sombre as they leave

the ground tonight. Tanya, thank you.

The ashes of Moors Murderer Ian Brady will not be scattered

on Saddleworth Moor, where he disposed of

The assurance was made by Brady's solicitor during a Coroner's Court

The notorious paedophile and child killer died on Monday at a secure

There's been a slight drop in the number of people in Yorkshire

Figures for January to March show unemployment has fallen by 3,000,

compared with figures released last month.

That makes a total of 134,000 people out

of work in the region - a rate of 4.9%.

Disappointing news for York-based chocolate giant Nestle today.

The company has lost its appeal to trademark the shape

of its four-fingered KitKat bar in the UK.

Nestle insists the shape is iconic and should be protected,

but for many years rival Cadbury has fought against their bid

It was the turn of the Liberal Democrats today

to launch their manifesto - promising a referendum on any deal

They're putting constituencies which voted Remain in last year's

referendum at the top of their hit list.

That includes Harrogate and Knaresborough.

It's seven years since the Lib Dems lost the seat to the Tories -

Three weeks to go, it is hard work keeping up with this election

but I suppose that is why coffee was invented in the first place.

Today has been about the Lib Dems and one word

dominates their manifesto - well, it's actually two words

They're the only party to offer a second referendum.

You've bought your sandwich, you've got your dinner sorted,

I do want another EU referendum because I think people have made

So is it a vote winner for the Lib Dems?

Absolutely idiotic, we have had one, people have voted and we ought

I don't believe they ought to, I think they just go

democracy so I'm not entirely sure on the strength of that alone

for the manifesto that would make me vote for them.

The Lib Dems only hold two seats in Yorkshire,

that's one of the reasons why Harrogate is so important and now

the second Brexit referendum will go down well with people here,

because Harrogate narrowly voted to remain, but do

they have the stomach for more tax rises?

The Lib Dems' rainy day fund would be for the NHS

and to spend more money on that, they want an extra penny of tax

I don't know much about it because I have just been at work,

so I haven't seen it but I think overall, it's a good idea, yet.

Lib Dem idea, they just published it today.

Because my son went to university last time.

Yes, I think it would be a good idea.

Liberal Democrat plan, would that make you vote for them?

Harrogate and Knaresborough is a key seat for the Liberal Democrats.

Is a target for them, it's a seat they have held before.

It's a Conservative place at the moment, though.

They've got a 16,000 majority but it's one of the places

that the Lib Dems think they can fight back.

They have, of course, only two constituencies

That's Sheffield Hallam and Leeds North West.

They are hoping Harrogate will be a third.

There was a big play-off match tonight in rugby union too.

Yorkshire Carnegie were beaten 29-18 by London Irish in the first leg

of the Championship play-off final at Headingley.

The second leg is next Wednesday night and the winner will be

European Tour edge of your say tonight, have you recovered?

I haven't done a forecast, I have them watching football! Only joking.

Tomorrow is a much better day, sunny periods with perhaps a few showers,

but the weather that brought all the rain today is over France and the

near continent and it looks like another wave will develop and bring

further rain on Friday. We still have the rain hanging on towards the

coast. It will eventually push into the North Sea and it looks set to be

dry and a clear and quiet night in prospect, most temperatures down to

five or 6 degrees. So beautiful start tomorrow, some patchy and low

cloud across the Pennines, most of it bright. You may see one or two

showers developing that the emphasis is on a much better day, with many

of us drive. Top temperatures not bad, 17 Celsius, feeling very

pleasant with a light westerly breeze. The showers will possibly

last into the evening and for a time other night, but generally fine for

much of Thursday night but then that weather front I talked about taking

another swipe at us and those showery outbreaks of rain setting in

by eight or nine o'clock on Friday morning. So some uncertainty about

the forecast but it does look as though Friday could turn out to be a

cloudy and at times wet day. Saturday looks showery, Sunday

perhaps the best day of the weekend. That is it, I

showers. But it will be a bit warmer.

Before today, many gardeners were crying out for rain. Some of the

those garden may now be water logged. And Lincolnshire was one of

wettest places with 40 millimetres. That is nearly a month's worth of

rain in 24 hours. Some difficult travelling conditions. Some parts of

north-west England stayed dry. This was the main rain-maker. It is

pulling away. Tomorrow a day sunshine and showers and that

freshing feeling air will filter into those parts that were muggy

today. It was 25 Celsius in Kent. A different feel, but still pleasant

when the sun appears tomorrow. Still some rain in the east of England.

Become light and patchy tonight. Clearer in the north and west. Still

the odd shower in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and western

England. Turning