25/10/2016 Look North (Yorkshire)

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The host towns for next year's Tour de Yorkshire are revealed,

with Bradford playing a starring role.

Hopefully, it will bring more people out cycling, get families, women,

everyone involved in the Trhnity in West Yorkshire. It would be

fantastic. -- in the communhty. We'll be live from the city,

with details of the five other start Yorkshire MEP Jane Collins faces

paying a huge bill after behng told she can't be granted immunity

against libel claims. Coming up and Look North, wd will

see how virtual reality is helping amputees get used to their new

prospective limbs. Find out how Amy got on when faced

with Ed Balls' dance moves And it was a really misty, foggy

start of the day. It would be quite so much problem tomorrow but I will

be back later in the progralme with more of the details.

Bradford city centre is to host its first major

sporting event in a decade after being selected as a host town

It will cost council taxpayers more than ?100,000,

but organisers say the event will bring huge economic benefits.

The six start and finish locations were confirmed today.

Tadcaster and Harrogate will also host the race

for the first time, along with Stocksbridge near Sheffield.

The event, over the last weekend of April, returns

It is not a bad place for a bike ride.

And as for this lot, well, cyclists do come

These people, from a range of cycling clubs across the city,

have just found out that thd Tour de Yorkshire is coming to their home.

We have seen cycling starting to grow and grow

and grow in the city from being in a really low place.

So it is an amazing thing to happen for the city.

That is where my cycling club is from.

It's challenging for even the most experienced riders.

Hopefully it will bring more people out cycling,

everyone involved in the colmunity in West Yorkshire.

So the cyclists think it is a great idea, but then

you would have guessed that, wouldn't you?

Bradford will have to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds

You've got to put money in get money out.

And investing in the Tour de Yorkshire is bound

So you will be bound to get more money spent in Bradford.

It is good to see something positive about Bradford in the news.

So often, it is negative. Which is sad.

The thing is, everybody is talking about it.

The thing is, it is proud for the Bradford people.

It is a busy time for cycling in Yorkshire.

Earlier this month, it was `nnounced that we will host the 2019

Organisers say that the Tour de Yorkshire will be a kind

As well as a chance for somd worldwide publicity.

You get great images of smiling people, cheering people throughout

Live TV coverage in 165 countries around the planet.

That has got to be good news for Bradford.

Fox Valley in Sheffield will be another of next year's start

and finish locations, along with Scarborough, Bridlington,

A welcome boost for a town that has had a tough year after

When the bridge collapsed, it basically flattened the town

A lot of businesses are really, really struggling at the molent

There's just very little passing trade.

So, when the Tour de Yorkshire comes through,

the bridge will be fixed and it ll just lift the town and put ht back

Bradford last hosted a major cycling event in 2007.

That was the finish of the Tour of Britain.

A decade on, some of the world's top cyclists will be back

And wouldn't it be nice if ht encouraged more people like this

So many bits of good news. Tadcaster especially as well.

It should be a great event, but with council budgets sqteezed,

Well, every single person I have spoken to here in Bradford today was

in favour of putting a quitd significant amount of taxpaxers

money, over ?100,000, was the Tour de Yorkshire. Research by Ldeds

Beckett University showed that this year's two are boosted Yorkshire's

economy by around ?60 million. It economy by around ?60 million. It

suggests it is well worth doing We asked the Bradford 's old ldader how

there are more important thhngs to there are more important thhngs to

spend public money on. I can quite understand

that criticism. However, what I have always been

clear about is that however great the challenges are on counchls

at the moment, Bradford wants to show that it has ambition

and we should not let those This is an opportunity

to showcase Bradford, and I won't prevent

it from doing that. Not every town or city is

celebrating today. What abott the places that missed out on this?

Yes, 15 places put in bids to host the start or finish of the stage.

One of those was Halifax. Which we One of those was Halifax. Which we

were expecting to be picked. Sir Gary Verity has told us that is

because of delays in refurbhshing the hall there. The council they

have sent us this statement. We are well that hosting the start or

finish in next year's Tour de Yorkshire has attracted hugd

region. Whilst we hope that called region. Whilst we hope that called

the deal would be sick like that, we have not been successful thhs time.

-- would be selected. We have, though, expressed an interest in

being selected in 2018. A Yorkshire MEP faces a bill

of hundreds of thousands of pounds over remarks she made

about the Rotherham abuse scandal. Jane Collins claimed three LPs knew

about child exploitation in the town Ukip's Mrs Collins said her position

should have given her But today the European Parlhament

rejected that argument, Our political editor, Len Thngle,

reports from Strasbourg. It is two years since Jane Collins

made a speech at her party's annual conference in Doncaster that the

three rather MPs, John Healdy, Sir Kevin Barron and sale champhon had

known for a long, long time about the mass grooming and rape of

hundreds of young girls in the town. They immediately said that was

alive. One year later, in the High Court in London, a judge agreed with

them. But it took another ydar before a hearing was held to

determine damages. And that was the time, back in May of this ydar, when

Jane Collins pulled what shd thought was her trump card of unity from any

form of prosecution. When the vote went ahead, Jane Collins herself was

absent from the chamber. It took MEP is very little time to make their

minds up. In fact, less than 30 seconds. We are pleased abott the

parliament's decision. It mdans that she cannot hide behind her Duropean

state from British justice. We look forward to her being in the High

Court to answer the things that she has said two years ago now, and the

chance to finally get justice. It had not escaped the notice of MPs

that he was an MEP from our party that was to get rid of all Duropean

institutions wanting to use one of those same institutions to try and

avoid paying damages. Apart from the Ukip dimensional and the hypocrisy,

in any way to try and hide behind Parliamentary immunity and say that

I don't need to face prosecttion in the course because I am a Mdmber of

Parliament, that really did make eyebrows raise. Jane Collins has

given no interviews since the's vote will stop but she has issued what is

seen by many as defined leads. It said that this was one last battle

in a war of words a to win. What happens now is that she will have to

go back to court and those of the MPs say that the damage that was

done by her libellous statelents was so great that they are demanding

?150,000 each in damages plts costs. It will be up to the judge to decide

how much she actually has to pay, and that could take some wedks if

not months to decide. Later in the programme,

we'll be live in York for the city's With seven new installations

onshore. In a few moments, we have the

potential winners of Strictly in the studio. We will be talking dancing,

sequins, politics, that left. So, keep watching! -- that left lift.

Don't miss that. Some news in brief now,

and one of the world's richdst women is to provide money for a potash

mine in the North York The Australian billionaire

Gina Rinehart will put about ?2 0 That's the company behind the mine,

which would be near Whitby. The final part of the development

was given planning approval in June, with mining expected

to begin in 2021. A man and a woman have been arrested

on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after ` woman

was knocked down in The collision happened

on Barrowfield Road at around A 36-year-old woman was takdn

to hospital but died The driver didn't stop

after the crash. The world's oldest football club,

Sheffield FC, has announced it's applying to the Government

for Unesco World Cultural The club is celebrating its 150th

birthday and is trying to r`ise ?2 million to return to its original

stadium at Olive Grove. Next tonight, Sheffield Hallam has

been testing ground-breaking technology to help amputee patients

with their prosthetic limbs. People who have lost limbs have

been using VR googles to practice using two hands,

ready for when a prosthetic The technology is getting bdtter

all the time and James Vincdnt has Meet Kevin. He lost his arm in an

industrial accident 13 years ago. He adapted using -- doing things with

one arm. Thanks to virtual reality at Sheffield Hallam Univershty, he

has been training to use a new prosthetic limb. You can work on

movement of muscles without worrying about weight. I doing that, it also,

all the time, increases muscle strength. Begin at us as it

developed the software to ptt amputees in a virtual world. -- the

University developed. It helps train fine motor functions. When they

looked down, the brain is sdeing to arms that they can control. It makes

using an electronic prosthetic much easier. Most people are amazed at

what they can do. People who have never used an electric prosthetic

before managed to pick up the movements that they needed to do to

get that movement in virtual reality. That is exactly thd same

movements they will need in their muscles in order to control a

prosthetic. After his stint in virtual reality, Kevin took me for a

very real cup of coffee to show me how his arm works. This particular

function is my wife's. Come here! Do you get away with doing that? I

don't think so. How does it interact with your body? It picks up the

electrode impulses from my luscle. From tensing my muscle, I al

generating and electro impulse. That is picked up by the sensors inside.

It is amazing how much fine motor function there is and how you can

manipulate that hand. Over xears in practice, and in future, thd arm

will actually enhance that. Kevin says that one of the main things as

being able to shake people's cans again. He is not averse to ` fist

bump either. -- hands again. He's had a political career

spanning two decades. Ed Balls is best known for his role

as the former Shadow Chancellor Losing his Morley and Outwood seat

became one of the defining loments But now Ed is making headlines

with his cha-cha-cha and salba Earlier, he sashayed into the studio

with dance partner, Katya Jones We'll hear from them shortlx,

but first, let's see some more of that dad dancing that has made Ed

a viewers' favourite. How much are you enjoying this

Strictly experience? It has.

Because it touches so many people. People so enjoy it

and it is so warm. And the contestants,

the professionals, the production staff,

but also everybody's reaction, Even if we mess it up,

it is friendly rather than... It's not like politics,

when it was always a bit It is warm.

It is amazing. Well, talking about messing up,

we have some footage of that lift. Katya, were you terrified

for your life a bit? I don't like watching

it back, I must say! And we just carried on,

obviously, as you can see. We'd done it many times.

It was quite a tight grip I had It was a really tight grip

and I knew that I was safe. The thing that I love about you Ed,

is, though, you keep going. Because after all the judges'

comments, you went, look, I can do it.

I'll show you. On live TV, you did

it all again. Katya said, I think

we should show them. The thing is, it would have been

much safer... There, there!

Yes. It would have been so much safer

for us not to do that lift. Ed, it is safe to say that

you were not that popular All of a sudden, you do

a Charleston, get a standing ovation, it all goes crazy

on Twitter and the nation love you. Are you surprised by that ottpouring

of love you have had? I think, after losing my se`t,

if I had gone out in the first round So, to get through the

first round was great. It is really good that

people have enjoyed it. And I think they have seen

that we have worked hard But I am quite surprised we have

lasted this long. We are only doing so becausd

the public are voting to kedp us in. Because it is not the judges keeping

us in the competition. Well, my boys are voting for you.

Are they? And I have to be honest, Ed,

it is not because you No.

Because he is trying the hardest. If I can be brutal, because you give

the most entertainment. But he is still trying

at the same time. It is not like he can just do

the fun, joke act. He is trying really hard

to combine these things. Also, if it was the World Ctp,

I am more Monaco than Brazil. But the whole competition

is about people who can't d`nce who try and get better,

and I never wanted to And we are trying to do

the pasodoble and the samba and this We are trying to get better.

But if people enjoy it, then that... I think I learned you have just got

to throw yourself into it. And what about Yvette, your wife?

How is she reacting to all this She is hugely envious.

Really? The only reason that I am doing

it is because she said, And she really wants to learn

the Charleston so that at wdddings next year or family events,

we can pull out a quick Charleston. Yes, because she's good at dancing

and she would love to be dohng it. You know, dads are supposed to be

embarrassing, aren't they? And I am slightly overachieving

with the embarrassment! The thing which we would

really like to do Which is in three

or four weeks' time. On that huge stage, Katya h`s won

World Championships in Blackpool. And to have a chance to get back

there and for me to dance with her on the big stage,

which you know so well, So I don't think we'll

get to the end at all, We have already done better

than we thought we would, Show business is wonderful

because people have a great time, they enjoy it, you make

people happy. I think, though, I was in

politics a long time doing And at a time when our world

is a bit unstable and we ard working out, what does Brexit mean,

what is happening to politics in our country,

I do miss it a bit. But, you know, that was

then and this is now. We have got one thing to sax.

Keep entertaining. And I am loving the fake

tan and the sequins. They suit you.

I know. The fake tan!

Good luck. Well, we couldn't resist

trying out some of Ed's So we asked Ed and partner Katya

to give us a quick look at the steps He was a little overambitiots with

what I could actually do. You can watch the whole dance

lesson, and an extended chat with the Strictly stars

on our Facebook page now. Just search BBC

Look North Yorkshire. And of course you can see

the two of them on BBC One in Strictly Come Dancing at seven

o'clock on Saturday. We wish them all the very bdst, of

course. Ed Balls didn't just come

to Yorkshire to see us. He'll watch his beloved

Norwich City, who play A place in the quarterfinals

of the EFL Cup is at Leeds head coach Garry Monk tips

the visitors for promotion and says his side needs another

good home performance. Norwich are a very good sidd,

a very experienced side. It will be good for our young

players to come up against ht, but it's one that we

are determined to win. As determined as what Norwich

will be and we are in front Like I said, we expect

a large crowd tomorrow, which is great news for us,

and one that we want to put A huge project is underway

to recreate the whole of Sc`rborough in one of the world's most

popular computer games. Minecraft is played by hundreds

of millions of people worldwide think of it as a computerisdd

version of Lego. Now - as part of a unique arts

project - computer designers, volunteers and a small army

of school children are building A new view of Scarborough

from the historic St Mary's Church, up the hill to the town's iconic

castle. This 3-D version is currently under

construction here at Krash Labs a computer club with

a passion for creativity. Block by block, they are recreating

Scarborough inside the world of Minecraft, the famous interactive

computer game enjoyed In the normal game, imaginary worlds

at all strange characters and challenges, but here,

Scarborough itself is being replicated to create

an interactive work It is architecture,

they are learning science, they are learning maths,

spatial awareness, social skills, even spelling, because they have

to type commands into Minechaft and have to spell

everything perfectly. There's a lot of positives

from playing computer games. Winter arts festival Coastival has

commissioned Krash Labs to build a detailed interactive

replica of Scarborough. And it will be a central

exhibit of the festival, with banks of computers

here in the Grand Hall of The Spa providing the public with a way

to explore the new digital world. It is wonderful to work on something

where we are creating something so new and working with these

fabulous guys at Krash Labs in creating this and working

with children and young people. It's a genuine community effort

with volunteers invited to contribute to the massivd

programming job over the next four months at a drop-in

sessions at Krash Labs. I have never done anything

on is bigger scale as this. It is quite strange, really,

to see it in Minecraft. It's just hard getting the blocks

right and in the right placd. We will see if all the blocks

are in the right places It's on the weekend

of the 17th of February, Carla Fowler, BBC Look

North, Scarborough. The centre of York is about to be

transformed as part of one of the city's biggest art events

of the year. The 11th Illuminating York

gets underway tomorrow There are seven new displays

in places like the National Railway Museum, the Shambles,

King's Square and the Minster, where

Ian White is tonight. It is all yours.

Thank you. Have a look at this. I bet you have never seen York Minster

looking like this before. It is a beautiful building but just look at

this. You could call it a work of art, display, installation. I don't

know what you could call it. Let's ask Andrew, the curator for the

Illuminating York festival. It is an incredible choreographed

performative use of light in the Minster. It is creating a sdnse of

display and exploring the btilding to a different way that we would

normally get the chance to see. It is not just York Minster. Wd have

been to the railway museum `nd errors are displayed as well. What

is going on there? That is ` new work which eliminates parts of the

workshop and uses different projections to create that different

experience. For us, one of the most important things about Illulinating

York is that nearly all the works commissioned for this year 's

festival are in response to particular places in the city. You

wouldn't get the chance to see them anywhere else. Less top to Jason,

one of the artists who has worked on this project. You're responsible for

this particular one. How am`zing it looks. At how difficult is ht been

to work in a place so speci`l? It is to work in a place so speci`l? It is

environment like this. The work is environment like this. The work is

so specific. We have been working very carefully with the space. But

we have been inspired by it. It has been drafted by stonemasons,

reiterating and channelling energy into crafting and looking after the

space. We were inspired by that Kraft, that shaping of spacd. Hence,

we have created this ephemeral light architecture year. Are you pleased

with the result? It is fant`stic. My team and I have worked on it for

months. This is the accumul`tion of that work. Inspirational. It really

is. If people are watching `nd want to come along, what do they need to

do? They go onto the Illuminating York website or go to York Linster

and buy tickets and make sure they do not miss this unique opportunity

to see the Minster in this lost moving, emotional way. I thhnk we're

going to leave you with... There's not much sound, but that is nice.

Have a look at this. Fantastic. Really good. Well worth

it. Beautiful, isn't it? Wonderful arts event.

Let's have a look at the we`ther prospects. Getting warmer again

Slightly milder. Plenty of dry Slightly milder. Plenty of dry

weather and sunshine around. Let's have a look at some photogr`phs It

was a cold start this morning. It was also miss the. You can see along

the canal the mist lingering in this afternoon. Nice start in Shdffield.

You can see in our second phcture some lovely colours. The thtd

picture is sunshine trying to make its way up. -- third picturd. The

sunshine is trying to make his way through in the Peak District. Keep

your pictures coming in to ts. Some pleasant weather to cole in a

80 days. It isn't wall-to-w`ll sunshine and at times it is cloudy,

but a lot of dry, bright we`ther to come. Some missed by morning. There

will be slightly higher temperatures because of the Atlantic influence to

the weather. Whether coming from the West. With higher pressure coming

from the south, the weather systems will be kept at bay. It took a long

time to brighten up in Sons boss today but it was a pleasant end to

the day. Clear skies meant we could see mist and fog we developdd a

night. Overnight, cloud comds in from the south. It will be the hills

that stick with the fob tomorrow morning. If you're travelling across

the Pennines frosting, it mhght be poor visibility. Temperaturd is not

as was last night but still in single figures at times. -- the

Pennines frosting. Here are other times of high water. We start the

morning with some mist on the hills. Tomorrow is a quiet day. Variable

amounts of Clyde. Cloud in the West amounts of Clyde. Cloud in the West

and the odd spot of two of light rain or drizzle here. Gener`lly a

dry story with sunny spells at times, especially further e`st.

Don't be surprised to do thhs - if it is quite cloudy tomorrow.

Temperatures getting up to highs of 14 or 15 Celsius. Spot the

difference in the next few days Variable cloud is biggest in the

West weather could be some drizzle over the hills. The best ch`nce of

any brightness is further e`st. With temperatures coming in from the West

or south west, we will stick at around 13 or 14 Celsius.

It has been quite good for half term, the weather.

Everyone else are dropping like flies, so I hope you get better

I will be better by 10pm thhs evening. Enjoy the rest of xour

evening. Good night. It took us once to get through

the novel Anna Karenina. It was used to help my friend

with depression, and finishing as we went

to sleep at night.