:00:00. > :00:08.On the programme tonight: The nursery owners who say
:00:09. > :00:10.they face financial ruin, if the government forces thdm
:00:11. > :00:18.The government want us to provide Champagne industries termin`te
:00:19. > :00:23.costs. We'll ask how plans
:00:24. > :00:25.for extending free childcard - Also tonight: Yorkshire MEP
:00:26. > :00:28.Mike Hookem reported to French police for his altercation
:00:29. > :00:30.with a UKIP colleague Protests in Barnsley over government
:00:31. > :00:45.cuts which could hit dozens We all know Sheffield is thd home of
:00:46. > :00:52.football but tonight it might just be its future.
:00:53. > :00:53.How long will this finance `ddled autumnal weather last? Join me and
:00:54. > :01:04.you will find out. First tonight, nurseries
:01:05. > :01:08.in Yorkshire say they're facing financial ruin -
:01:09. > :01:09.if government plans - to make them provide 30 hours
:01:10. > :01:12.of free childcare - go ahead. York is one of eight places
:01:13. > :01:15.across the country where parents can claim 30 hours of free care
:01:16. > :01:18.for three and four year olds - that's double what's
:01:19. > :01:20.on offer elsewhere. But nursery bosses say the loney
:01:21. > :01:35.they get doesn't cover costs. It's a busy day for Alex buhlding
:01:36. > :01:41.his next empire but for mum, Joanne, 30 hours of free childcare has
:01:42. > :01:46.changed her life. Prior to the funding kicking in, it costs us in
:01:47. > :01:53.excess of ?400 a month. That has reduced to ?85 a month. The impact
:01:54. > :01:58.of that is immeasurable. At the moment, all parents can clahm 1
:01:59. > :02:02.hours of free childcare week. In York, there are nearly 200 nurseries
:02:03. > :02:08.offering parents 30 hours of free care and a big percentage of parents
:02:09. > :02:13.are taking up that offer. 80% at the moment overall in York. The uptake
:02:14. > :02:20.is huge. Parents are coming through the doors. Parents across the whole
:02:21. > :02:26.of Yorkshire will get the s`me offer in 2017. Under current plans, many
:02:27. > :02:28.sued -- Nursery so they will be financially ruined. They cost of
:02:29. > :02:40.looking after this child... The government wants us to provide
:02:41. > :02:47.champagne nurseries for lemonade costs, if you like. We are the party
:02:48. > :02:55.of the working people. We are. Working people. Parents everywhere,
:02:56. > :03:01.including here in Harrogate, are delighted with the idea. Like every
:03:02. > :03:05.parent, I think I was elated at the prospect of getting twice the amount
:03:06. > :03:09.of free childcare available to us. His policy isn't actually about
:03:10. > :03:17.children. What it's about is parents and getting more parents back into
:03:18. > :03:21.the workplace, especially mothers. There are over 160,000 people in
:03:22. > :03:26.Yorkshire who are not working because they are looking after a
:03:27. > :03:30.family. These people are described as being economically inacthve and
:03:31. > :03:36.the government wants to change that. 53 nursery providers in Harrogate,
:03:37. > :03:41.say as things stand, they c`nnot afford to offer parents 30 hours of
:03:42. > :03:47.free childcare. The problem for us as we are already in a loss,making
:03:48. > :03:50.situation. We managed to find a way round that at the moment. Once you
:03:51. > :03:57.move to September and they doubled the hours, we go bust. It's very
:03:58. > :04:01.simple. The government says it's investing ?6 billion in childcare
:04:02. > :04:07.and that it has boosted the amount... Come 2017, there could
:04:08. > :04:12.well be parents in Yorkshird who cannot provide -- find inithally.
:04:13. > :04:14.Claire Schofield is from the National Day Nurseries
:04:15. > :04:23.She says the pilot scheme could tip some businesses over the edge.
:04:24. > :04:28.We really do not want to sed that happen. What we want is for the
:04:29. > :04:34.government to act now to make sure nurseries can take part so we don't
:04:35. > :04:38.have to face that situation. They are ready and able to do th`t but
:04:39. > :04:40.they need the right funding and the right conditions to work under to
:04:41. > :04:46.make sure they can offer those places. Some parents say chhldcare
:04:47. > :04:50.should be free and it shouldn't be about people making a profit. What
:04:51. > :04:55.do you say to them? We are talking about high-quality early le`rning
:04:56. > :04:59.and childcare which makes it a difference to children's future We
:05:00. > :05:03.need the right investment trust is not about profit. It's about making
:05:04. > :05:07.sure that when nurseries ard providing these hours, for the
:05:08. > :05:13.government under a funded offer their costs are properly covered.
:05:14. > :05:16.You are asking for more mondy but isn't there something the ntrseries
:05:17. > :05:21.themselves could do to make it more affordable? We said there are two
:05:22. > :05:25.options. They could put mord money in to make sure all the costs are
:05:26. > :05:30.covered. We know that is very difficult economic climate. The
:05:31. > :05:35.other option would be to allow parents to pay extra charges, so use
:05:36. > :05:38.a funded contribution from government as just that, a
:05:39. > :05:42.contribution, and allow pardnts to pay for the extras are the chosen
:05:43. > :05:45.choice of nursery. So they have the option to get the kind of childcare
:05:46. > :05:51.they want for their child, that gives them the support they need.
:05:52. > :05:56.Not everyone is going to be able to afford them. What is the worst case
:05:57. > :06:00.scenario? For most parents, we are talking about a small contrhbution
:06:01. > :06:05.and we have to remember, those other help with childcare coming hn next
:06:06. > :06:11.year so parents can get child.. They will get 20% off the costs of
:06:12. > :06:16.extras. We don't want to sed any worse case scenario. We havd over 1
:06:17. > :06:23.million nurseries in -- children in nurseries across the UK. We think we
:06:24. > :06:26.are a year away from this h`ppening. All...
:06:27. > :06:28.French police have been askdd to investigate an altercation
:06:29. > :06:30.involving a Yorkshire MEP at the European Parliament
:06:31. > :06:34.An internal investigation bx UKIP today resulted in Mike Hookdm
:06:35. > :06:37.being given a "formal repriland following a clash with fellow MEP
:06:38. > :06:47.But the report found he was NOT the instigator.
:06:48. > :06:51.Here's our Political Correspondent Tim Iredale.
:06:52. > :06:57.It's still not clear exactlx what happened in that heated exchange at
:06:58. > :07:03.the European Parliament in Strasbourg almost three weeks ago.
:07:04. > :07:08.MEP Stephen Wolf spent thred nights in hospital after collapsing on the
:07:09. > :07:12.day the altercation took pl`ce. Yorkshire and Humber MEP has
:07:13. > :07:22.admitted there was a scuffld but has denied punching him. I never hit
:07:23. > :07:28.him, simple as. The party chairman today said he considered suspending
:07:29. > :07:35.him but decided to issue a formal reprimand because he was satisfied.
:07:36. > :07:38.One thing I am duty of is r`ising to the bait and going into that room. I
:07:39. > :07:46.should not have done that and I apologise. Today, the president of
:07:47. > :07:50.the UPM parliament Martin Schultz called for an investigation by
:07:51. > :07:53.French police because of wh`t he claimed were the serious and
:07:54. > :07:58.possible criminal implications. The committee found that accounts
:07:59. > :08:02.between the two men diverged substantially. Mr Schultz s`id
:08:03. > :08:07.medical reports suggested Stephen Wolf had suffered a blow to the
:08:08. > :08:11.head. But Mike Hick has hit back. He accuses the president of thd
:08:12. > :08:15.European Parliament of baking defamatory statements which falsely
:08:16. > :08:20.claim he punched Stephen Wolf. He also claims his accusations wouldn't
:08:21. > :08:26.have been made without the legal immunity the European Parli`ment
:08:27. > :08:30.offers. Any French investig`tion I will welcome because it will once
:08:31. > :08:34.again prove I'm innocent. Stephen Wolf once seen as a rising star in
:08:35. > :08:40.Ukip and possible leadership contender has now left the party but
:08:41. > :08:41.still sits as an MEP. It is now down to the French authorities to decide
:08:42. > :08:45.whether anyone has a case to answer. Next tonight, researchers in Leeds
:08:46. > :08:47.are leading the way in trying to stop people developing
:08:48. > :08:49.a potentially life-threatenhng condition, where the immune
:08:50. > :08:51.system attacks the body. It's thought that up to 1,500 people
:08:52. > :08:55.in Yorkshire have Lupus. Most sufferers are women
:08:56. > :08:57.and If you're black or Chindse you're three times more
:08:58. > :09:01.likely to develop it. Shirley Henry's been to meet one mum
:09:02. > :09:18.who feared she'd never have children Precious time with Amelia. Her mum
:09:19. > :09:24.Rachel feared she'd never h`ve children because of a defect in her
:09:25. > :09:29.immune system known as lupus. I always knew potentially I w`nt to
:09:30. > :09:34.have a child one day. A lot of the treatments, you can't be prdgnant on
:09:35. > :09:39.them. For her to be here, it's a really big deal. I didn't think she
:09:40. > :09:50.would be. Lupus is one the hmmune system attacks organs. Its severity
:09:51. > :10:00.varies and it can be life-threatening. Researchers at
:10:01. > :10:05.Leeds hospitals no longer w`nt to just treat the condition but they
:10:06. > :10:11.aim to identify people at rhsk long before the symptoms shown. The idea
:10:12. > :10:15.of being able to detect lupts before it happens and prevent the disease
:10:16. > :10:22.from even occurring is in some ways like the holy grail of rese`rch One
:10:23. > :10:27.of the biggest problems facdd by doctors is diagnosing lupus because
:10:28. > :10:34.the condition mimics that of other diseases. A key part of the work
:10:35. > :10:40.here is raising public awardness. Patients and researchers have come
:10:41. > :10:43.together to share their expdrience. Include 29-year-old Alexandria. The
:10:44. > :10:51.top doctors seven years to diagnose her condition. Looking at md, you
:10:52. > :10:55.wouldn't be able to tell th`t I ve got lupus and it would help other
:10:56. > :11:04.people that I've got it to lake everybody aware of what lupts is and
:11:05. > :11:09.how it affects us. There is no cure but frequent monitoring means it can
:11:10. > :11:12.be controlled. It's terrifyhng when you know you are being diagnosed
:11:13. > :11:27.with a lifelong condition btt you can't do all the things you
:11:28. > :11:55.Pharmacists and patients have been protesting in Barnsley todax over
:11:56. > :11:58.fears that nationwide funding cuts of two hundred million pounds
:11:59. > :12:02.could threaten the future of community chemists.
:12:03. > :12:05.The protest was organised bx the Barnsley East MP Michael Dugher.
:12:06. > :12:07.He says more than three hundred pharmacies could face
:12:08. > :12:13.The government says the movd will provide the public
:12:14. > :12:30.Them just clear. This community needs its pharmacy. And will fight
:12:31. > :12:35.to protect it from hundreds of thousands of pounds of government
:12:36. > :12:41.cuts over the next two years. It's so important to have a local
:12:42. > :12:47.chemist, not to have to go hnto town. We're going in the tests. I
:12:48. > :12:52.have diabetes. The local colmunities do need one. If they stop it, it's
:12:53. > :12:57.going to be really hard on the infirm to get to a chemist. Around
:12:58. > :13:02.60 people walk through thesd doors every day. It's what's known as a
:13:03. > :13:06.community pharmacy which me`ns it gets the majority of its funding
:13:07. > :13:13.from the government. Patients from all ages come to us for advhce. With
:13:14. > :13:18.this cut, pharmacists will have to look at our service level, our
:13:19. > :13:24.opening hours and our staffhng level. Some pharmacists might not be
:13:25. > :13:27.viable and might have to close. That would be a great loss to thd
:13:28. > :13:34.community and it would only mean more pressure for the GP services
:13:35. > :13:39.and accident and emergency. This is a lifeline for many people. The
:13:40. > :13:45.local MP says 35 of the 42 pharmacies in Barnsley could be
:13:46. > :13:50.deeply affected by government cuts. Last time it was reviewed w`s ten
:13:51. > :13:54.years ago. Surely it is timd for that budget to be reviewed. I'm
:13:55. > :13:58.happy for the government to review that budget. We should be t`lking
:13:59. > :14:02.about how we can improve thd situation. It's not about bding
:14:03. > :14:06.against change but it's agahnst being against a reckless cut that's
:14:07. > :14:12.going to see hundreds or thousands of pharmacies close. It will make
:14:13. > :14:16.the crisis in the NHS even worse. The Department of Health sahd the
:14:17. > :14:21.cuts are part of a modernis`tion package that will transform how
:14:22. > :14:23.pharmacists and their teams operate, ensuring the public receives the
:14:24. > :14:26.very best care in places thdy needed. But these people thhnk that
:14:27. > :14:31.is just what they will lose. A man has appeared in court charged
:14:32. > :14:34.with the murders of a father and daughter who were killed
:14:35. > :14:36.in a house fire in Wakefield. Andrew Broadhead and his
:14:37. > :14:39.eight-year-old daughter, Kidra, died in a fire at their homd
:14:40. > :14:43.in Stanley last Wednesday. 28-year-old Daniel Jones
:14:44. > :14:45.from Knottingley appeared bdfore Leeds Magistrates' Court
:14:46. > :14:47.this morning, charged He was remanded into
:14:48. > :14:51.custody and is due before Tens of thousands of people
:14:52. > :14:56.are expected to attend York's festival of light
:14:57. > :14:59.which starts tonight. Illuminating York features
:15:00. > :15:02.parts of the city lit up It runs for the next four evenings -
:15:03. > :15:08.this year the Shambles and the National Railway Museum
:15:09. > :15:13.are among the highlights. If you can't make it
:15:14. > :15:15.to York, don't worry. We're doing a tour of some
:15:16. > :15:18.of the exhibitions and speaking to their creators live on F`cebook,
:15:19. > :15:20.starting at quarter past seven. Just search for BBC
:15:21. > :15:27.Look North Yorkshire. Dozens of children have takdn part
:15:28. > :15:30.in a "Jump for Pudsey" challenge It's all part of a national
:15:31. > :15:37.fundraising drive that aims to get youngsters to complete a series
:15:38. > :15:39.of gymnastic challenges. Today's event took place -
:15:40. > :15:42.rather appropriately - Football now and Leeds Unitdd
:15:43. > :15:48.are into the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup - the compethtion
:15:49. > :15:52.formerly known as the Leagud Cup. It took some penalty shoot-out
:15:53. > :15:55.heroics for them to overcomd fellow Championship side Norwich,
:15:56. > :16:07.as Alasdair Gill reports. Leeds United solitary Leagud Cup
:16:08. > :16:13.tramp is beyond the memory of most fans but there was a reminddr last
:16:14. > :16:17.night. It round of applause for the goalkeeper who kept a clean sheet in
:16:18. > :16:22.the final and who died last week. He would have been impressed bx this
:16:23. > :16:27.early stop from Marcus vestry, the first of an eventful evening for the
:16:28. > :16:35.Italian. Porridge took the lead through Alex Prichard. This goal was
:16:36. > :16:38.unsurprisingly ruled out for the less than subtle handball. But the
:16:39. > :16:50.tap levelled things before half-time. Leeds would face extra
:16:51. > :16:53.time with ten men. Worse was to follow. Norwich moved back hn front
:16:54. > :17:01.and the ten men of Leeds were in trouble. Chris Woods swept home to
:17:02. > :17:12.take the game to penalty. Step forward Marcus vestry. Leeds are in
:17:13. > :17:14.control. A new hero between the sticks. It doesn't feel likd a 968
:17:15. > :17:21.just yet but Leeds march on. And we hope to be able to bring
:17:22. > :17:25.you news of who Leeds will face in the quarter finals of thd EFL Cup
:17:26. > :17:28.in our late bulletin as part of the news at ten Well
:17:29. > :17:31.Cup winning performances don't come easy and world class players need
:17:32. > :17:33.time and investment - so the launch of a scheme to boost
:17:34. > :17:36.grassroots football in Sheffield today has been welcomed
:17:37. > :17:38.with open arms. The Football Association's two
:17:39. > :17:40.hundred million pound - Parklife project -
:17:41. > :17:42.will see thirty NEW all-weather facilities built across England -
:17:43. > :17:44.with better access to coachhng. James Vincent is at the first
:17:45. > :18:11.of them at St Georges Welcome to Saint Georges Park in
:18:12. > :18:14.Sheffield. Not bad at all. Lots of other people can play. Lots of
:18:15. > :18:19.junior teams will be using them first. It's open to the public as
:18:20. > :18:23.well. Lots of investment. It officially opened today. Shdffield
:18:24. > :18:35.is the home of football but it might be its future as well. This is the
:18:36. > :18:38.FA's Causey video for Saint Georges Park in Sheffield and we all know
:18:39. > :18:42.that Sunday league football and its pitches in this city are anxthing
:18:43. > :18:49.but Grossi. That is one of the reasons why the FA has put hts first
:18:50. > :18:53.football hub here. This used to be old grass pitches that went to rack
:18:54. > :19:01.and ruin. Over the years, councils have had less money. Football needs
:19:02. > :19:06.to step in. What you are seding here you can repeat 10,000 times over the
:19:07. > :19:10.country. That is the plan. ?200 million is being spent across the
:19:11. > :19:18.country. Sheffield is first and the council have chipped in as well The
:19:19. > :19:26.kids absolutely love it. It's much better than before. The kids
:19:27. > :19:31.absolutely love it. They ard getting full seasons. This is our sdcond
:19:32. > :19:35.season so last year, the amount of games called off due to the weather,
:19:36. > :19:40.the state of the pitch. So inconsistent. The consistency is
:19:41. > :19:46.going to do that the world of good. Jack Matthews is happy the boots are
:19:47. > :19:49.finally on the pitch. Lots of planning meetings, looking `t
:19:50. > :19:56.drawings on pieces of paper. It s worth it. And it's something that
:19:57. > :20:05.Sheffield really needs. Absolutely. What we've created here is hub sites
:20:06. > :20:09.and the revenue generated from the higher of the Humberside will be
:20:10. > :20:13.invested back into the improvement of grass pitches across the city.
:20:14. > :20:30.But the poor's great and good to be here today. This is a place to play
:20:31. > :20:35.football. Why not? Why here? We used to play in the street. To sde a
:20:36. > :20:42.fantastic facility like this now, kids have everything now. P`rents
:20:43. > :20:53.will be happy to see the tr`ining in a safe environment. Brian Ddane
:20:54. > :20:55.there. He was here today. In the Bridgend football, I'll bring in
:20:56. > :21:02.joke from the centre. You'rd the manager here. These pictures mean
:21:03. > :21:09.they don't have to call of games. Absolutely. This is their home
:21:10. > :21:14.ground now. You are not can get waterlogged or snow. They whll be on
:21:15. > :21:25.the pitches and games will not be called off. It'll make a big
:21:26. > :21:33.difference. People can come and use the facility themselves. We have
:21:34. > :21:40.social bookings down here already. They are bigger than your average
:21:41. > :21:51.five aside pitches. We can get you in for five aside. How good is to
:21:52. > :21:55.see it finally opened? It's amazing. Just seeing all the kids, they've
:21:56. > :22:00.loved today. That's what it's all about. Getting kids involved. They
:22:01. > :22:04.are still here now. They've been here longer than me. They'vd loved
:22:05. > :22:10.it and that's what it's abott. Sheffield Council have put some
:22:11. > :22:19.money in as well. The whole point of that is that the money is rdinvested
:22:20. > :22:23.back into the pitches. Thosd pitches which are not so well maint`ined at
:22:24. > :22:36.the moment. I'll let you go back and have your tea.
:22:37. > :22:42.They say pooches are a man's best friend but for one resident
:22:43. > :22:45.of resident a Leeds-based Dogs home a FOUR YEAR search for a chtm
:22:46. > :22:48.Autumn the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross has been overlooked
:22:49. > :22:50.thousands of times by potential owners.
:22:51. > :22:53.Now her guardians at the Dogs Trust are hoping someone will spare her
:22:54. > :23:11.or some of the Staffordshird cross barks hello. Despite the brhght eyes
:23:12. > :23:18.and wagging tail, nobody has offered her a home and she's been w`iting a
:23:19. > :23:24.very long time. She came to four years ago. She was pregnant, had her
:23:25. > :23:29.pups and they've gone into homes. She just left here she's bedn here
:23:30. > :23:35.for so long now. It's quite sad What is it about her? Why h`sn't she
:23:36. > :23:40.be re-homed? Who knows? It's frustrating. You might not be the
:23:41. > :23:45.prettiest or fluffiest. But she is gorgeous. Who knows? In the four
:23:46. > :23:51.years that autumn has been waiting for a new home, is almost 5000 other
:23:52. > :23:55.dogs have been adopted from the dogs trust in Leeds. No one knows why
:23:56. > :24:01.this girl is always overlooked. She's a very lively and energetic
:24:02. > :24:06.dog. But she's quite obedient. She's going to need quite a firm hand I
:24:07. > :24:10.think. After four years in kennels, she's going to need somebodx patient
:24:11. > :24:16.and experienced to help her to settle into a new home. But she has
:24:17. > :24:22.real potential to be a lovely dog. It would mean everything. I would be
:24:23. > :24:30.absolutely over the moon. It would make my year. If you think xou could
:24:31. > :24:39.give autumn a Home Office own, the dogs trust in Leeds is waithng to
:24:40. > :24:41.hear from you. I bet she gets a home. She will do
:24:42. > :24:52.now. It's good dog walked in --. Walking
:24:53. > :25:05.weather. Let's look at some pictures. The beautiful sunrise in
:25:06. > :25:11.Filey. The second picture, taken looking down into the Vale of York
:25:12. > :25:18.from Ampleforth. That's beattiful. We might see something similar on
:25:19. > :25:29.Sunday morning. If you've got some pictures, the address:
:25:30. > :25:39.here's the headline for tomorrow, Cody at times with some sunshine.
:25:40. > :25:43.There is the chart for the weekend. A lovely last weekend for October.
:25:44. > :25:49.The clocks go back on Saturday night. It will be fine everxwhere
:25:50. > :25:57.this sunny spells. That fog could be fairly slowly clear. The cloud has
:25:58. > :26:03.been encroaching from the North West during the course of the afternoon.
:26:04. > :26:06.That cloud will continue to filter south-eastwards. As the evening and
:26:07. > :26:16.night wears on, it's going to thicken. There could be a lhttle bit
:26:17. > :26:22.of drizzle in places further east. Another mild one. The breezd picking
:26:23. > :26:31.up a little bit and we'll sde lowest temperatures tonight with 8 degrees.
:26:32. > :26:41.The sun rises in the morning at 7:58am. Quite a cloudy start in the
:26:42. > :26:54.West. Damp and drizzly across the top of the Pennines. The code will
:26:55. > :26:58.break up across eastern are`s. Always the thickest cloud in the
:26:59. > :27:05.West where it will continue to produce drizzle. The top
:27:06. > :27:11.temperatures not bad for thd end of October. 14 Celsius. Perhaps it
:27:12. > :27:17.would feel quite as mild as it has done today. Looking ahead, ` week
:27:18. > :27:24.weather front will thicken clouded further. The coast will be dry. The
:27:25. > :27:29.weekend looking very pleasant indeed for dog walkers. And that is the
:27:30. > :27:31.forecast.