:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Look North. so it's goodbye from me,
:00:00. > :00:00.The main news from around Yorkshire today:
:00:00. > :00:08.Targeting the scammers, to stop 8,000 people in Yorkshire
:00:09. > :00:16.And getting steamy with James May - recreating a long lost
:00:17. > :00:30.engine from Doncaster's famous engineering works.
:00:31. > :00:34.BBC research has revealed nearly 8,000 people in Yorkshire
:00:35. > :00:37.have been identified on a so-called "Suckers List" by the
:00:38. > :00:44.They say elderly victims are tricked into handing over
:00:45. > :00:52.Criminals then typically sell on their details,
:00:53. > :00:55.which can lead to them getting dozens of scam letters every day.
:00:56. > :01:11.Elsie Ferguson and her son Paul bought bogus vitamin pills
:01:12. > :01:14.from a firm claiming to be the real deal.
:01:15. > :01:16.But the company sold on Elsie's details,
:01:17. > :01:23.Each envelope aimed at getting her to send more money,
:01:24. > :01:26.for a chance to win tens of thousands of pounds.
:01:27. > :01:41.I am coming up to 83, and I am not a well person.
:01:42. > :01:44.So if it doesn't stop, I would say I would get very angry.
:01:45. > :02:01.Elsie, who wears a special hearing aid, stopped entering
:02:02. > :02:04.competitions months ago, and she still gets the letters.
:02:05. > :02:06.And all because in the past she bought lamps, vitamins,
:02:07. > :02:09.Trading standards say her case is typical.
:02:10. > :02:11.We see a lot of this in Trading Standards,
:02:12. > :02:13.where we attend victims' homes who are answering scam mail,
:02:14. > :02:16.where we would go in and we would see a lot of scam mail
:02:17. > :02:20.And the victim is keen to answer it, genuinely believing that
:02:21. > :02:24.Elsie learned the hard way that there is no prize.
:02:25. > :02:32.Trading Standards say the only advice in this situation is,
:02:33. > :02:35.if a letter like this looks too good to be true, it always,
:02:36. > :02:45.After being reintroduced over 15 years ago, red kites are thriving
:02:46. > :02:51.For many years the bird was extinct in England,
:02:52. > :02:53.but they're now becoming an increasingly common sight
:02:54. > :03:05.Broadcaster and naturalist Mike Dilger has been finding out.
:03:06. > :03:07.This is Seacroft, East Leeds, just a couple of miles
:03:08. > :03:10.High rises and factories on the skyline.
:03:11. > :03:15.I've come to meet two neighbours who are lucky enough to get a closer
:03:16. > :03:21.They've had up to a dozen birds at a time in the garden,
:03:22. > :03:28.There's only one on that, I've got another shot
:03:29. > :03:30.on here where there's about four comes down.
:03:31. > :03:35.Our cameraman Steve has a hide with a clear view
:03:36. > :03:44.Out goes the fresh meat, perfect for carrion eating kites,
:03:45. > :03:47.After six long, lonely hours, the winter daylight is fading.
:03:48. > :03:54.Eileen has been feeding the Harewood kites daily for the last two years,
:03:55. > :03:59.giving them the best cuts fresh from the butcher's.
:04:00. > :04:02.This may be our best chance to get those elusive slow
:04:03. > :04:11.Quite a few birds are circling, we just need one to come down,
:04:12. > :04:16.because that will result in the rest then piling in.
:04:17. > :04:32.It's been a privilege to see these huge and yet graceful
:04:33. > :04:40.And one more thing - we went back to Seacroft a week
:04:41. > :04:43.later, and this time our kites weren't quite so camera shy.
:04:44. > :04:47.Yorkshire's red kites, coming to an urban landscape near you.
:04:48. > :04:51.You can see more on the red kites on Inside Out at 7:30
:04:52. > :05:04.The Government has announced that it is investing over
:05:05. > :05:07.?130 million of extra public money to boost the economy of Yorkshire.
:05:08. > :05:10.The money will be spent on a number of projects around West,
:05:11. > :05:14.This includes more on flood defences to protect homes and business,
:05:15. > :05:16.improvements to the sites of 11 colleges of further education,
:05:17. > :05:18.and help to clear land and prepare sites for housebuilding.
:05:19. > :05:20.Labour has welcomed today's announcement, but says
:05:21. > :05:23.it is a fraction of the amounts cut from local authority budgets
:05:24. > :05:27.Now, we know James May has a passion for motoring -
:05:28. > :05:32.He's teamed up with a group of enthusiasts who want to recreate
:05:33. > :05:35.a long lost steam engine - a classic design from
:05:36. > :05:42.James has been set to work at a lathe to shape some heavy
:05:43. > :05:48.Wearing a self-confessed fascination for engineering on the sleeve
:05:49. > :05:51.of his best workshop sweater, James May isn't afraid
:05:52. > :06:02.And if the part for a steam engine you are making has a name
:06:03. > :06:04.to make a schoolboy giggle, well, so much the better.
:06:05. > :06:07.I'm making the amusingly named "slacking cock flange."
:06:08. > :06:09.Now, the slacking pipe is the bit on the footplate
:06:10. > :06:13.which is like a high pressure hose, like a sort of jet wash,
:06:14. > :06:16.for sweeping coal dust off, and the cock is the tap,
:06:17. > :06:19.effectively like a stopcock, and the flange is the bit that
:06:20. > :06:23.attaches the cock to the rest of the locomotive.
:06:24. > :06:26.James is making a piece for a P2 locomotive.
:06:27. > :06:29.Six of these giants were built in Doncaster, designed
:06:30. > :06:32.by the legendary engineer Sir Nigel Gresley.
:06:33. > :06:35.All were scrapped, and now a team of enthusiasts, including James,
:06:36. > :06:45.If this sounds familiar, here's one they made earlier.
:06:46. > :06:48.Called Tornado, this was another long lost Doncaster design
:06:49. > :06:53.resurrected by years of hard work and ?3 million.
:06:54. > :06:57.I'm always amazed at how big it is, how big any locomotive is but this
:06:58. > :06:59.one especially because it's a right whopper.
:07:00. > :07:02.But the last time I was here, the only thing, the only completed
:07:03. > :07:07.part was the two handles that give it its sort of face at the front.
:07:08. > :07:10.Which was what we made when I came here last time,
:07:11. > :07:14.The new engine will be called Prince of Wales,
:07:15. > :07:17.and should be finished within five years.
:07:18. > :07:19.That's assuming, of course, the slacking cock
:07:20. > :07:28.It's been confirmed that the Olympic double gold medallist Nicola Adams
:07:29. > :07:35.The 34-year old defended her 2012 flyweight title in Rio,
:07:36. > :07:37.gaining a second gold medal in what was to be her
:07:38. > :07:46.She's now been released from her contract, and will not form
:07:47. > :07:56.She'll instead go on to pursue other career opportunities.
:07:57. > :08:12.It is going to be a -- dominated yet again by high pressure, we've seen
:08:13. > :08:18.that a lot over the past few months. There's still some stubborn fog
:08:19. > :08:23.patches, the only difference for Tuesday is a fetch from the near
:08:24. > :08:27.continent, bitter cold wind, but it is essentially still a fine week.
:08:28. > :08:32.We've got some stubborn fog patches which will be with us I think all
:08:33. > :08:38.afternoon, more cloud in the West. Top temperatures four or five
:08:39. > :08:42.Celsius. For this evening and overnight, a mixed picture. A band
:08:43. > :08:52.of cloud might bring the odd spot of risk -- drizzle for a time before
:08:53. > :08:58.clouds -- skies clear later. Some dense stuff to look out for, with
:08:59. > :09:03.frost. Fog patches slow to clear in places, elsewhere a dry day with
:09:04. > :09:09.variable cloud, just a light breeze will see top temperatures five, 6
:09:10. > :09:13.degrees. Six Celsius is 43 degrees fastened -- Fahrenheit. Wednesday
:09:14. > :09:19.looks dry with some sunshine, there you can see a big drop in
:09:20. > :09:23.temperatures on Thursday. It's fine after a frosty start on Friday, and
:09:24. > :09:29.sunny spells all the way. But the forecast.
:09:30. > :09:32.-- that the forecast. But it from us. Goodbye.