24/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

The main news from around Yorkshire today:

Changing the laws of access so children's voices are heard -

the mother whose two boys were killed deliberately

by their dad takes her campaign to Downing Street.

And the polar with the molar - what happens when this big bear has

A mother, whose two young sons were deliberately killed

by their father in an arson attack at his home in South Yorkshire,

is taking a petition to Downing Street this afternoon

calling for a change in the law governing access to children.

Jack and Paul Throssell died in October two years ago

during an access visit to their father Darren Sykes

Sykes killed himself alongside his sons.

Our correspondent John Cundy reports.

Jack Throssell, who was 12, and his nine-year-old brother Paul

were lured to their death by their father Darren.

He took them to the attic of his house in Penistone to see

a new model train set, but Sykes set fire to the house

and blocked the three of them in the burning attic.

I had flagged it up to everybody - social services, Cafcass,

The judge was aware as well, and it is actually in my court case

that I said I thought he would either kill

He'd threatened to commit suicide a couple of months earlier,

and he just wasn't in the right place at the time to have

Claire Throssell says her sons had never enjoyed their visits

She says judges should be made to listen more directly

to the feelings of children when deciding who has access to them

This afternoon, Claire will take the petition to Downing Street,

signed by more than 40,000 people, demanding a change to family law.

What we need to do is to make sure children are at the heart

of every decision made, and that they are

Jack never had his voice heard until he was in the fire

and he said to the firemen, my dad did this and

Claire Throssell has been a strong campaigner for more changes ever

since she suffered the tragic death of her sons in Penistone.

The children's voices must always be heard in these cases,

and their wishes and feelings must be taken into account.

This afternoon, she takes that campaign just one step further.

We will have more on that story on Look North tonight at 6:30pm.

A new ?5.2 million trial to improve lung cancer diagnoses is to be

Vans carrying screening equipment will visit different

The results will be used to plan a national programme.

Around 4,500 people are diagnosed with the disease

Two West Yorkshire Police officers have been praised for their bravery

after rescuing a mother and child from freezing water

The woman's car left the road and ended up on its side

in a water-filled ditch in South Milford near Selby.

The officers jumped into the icy water to free the woman and child.

They were taken to hospital as a precaution.

The Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns Williamson applauded

Schoolchildren who are disabled, able-bodied or have special

educational needs have been taking part in the very first

The fully-inclusive event is support ed by the Yorkshire

double Paralympic gold-medallist Danielle Brown.

Yes, welcome to the 4 All Games here in Wakefield.

This is an opportunity for children from lots of different backgrounds

Some of the children here are disabled and some

are able-bodied and some have special educational needs.

But they are all having a go at sports, and archery is first up.

Let's have a chat with Danielle Brown, the former

Paralympic gold medallist who is just the right

person to be giving tips on this board, because,

Why are you involved in the 4 All Games?

We are trying to make sport inclusive, so today

we have got a range of kids with different abilities.

We have able-bodied, we have SEN,

and we have physically disabled as well...

So they are all here and all playing together,

all on a level playing field and competing together.

And you did not have this sort of opportunity

No, I spent two hours a week in the library instead of PE,

So, yeah, I know that sport can be inclusive,

Why is it so important for children of different backgrounds

to have a go at sports, and also together?

You learn so many different skills, the life skills that

you need to succeed, and through it you can teach

things like confidence, togetherness, inclusivity...

We are breaking down barriers here by getting

I will let you get back to giving some top tips to the archers here.

Later on this afternoon, there is going to be

visually-impaired football, which is going to be

And there will be plenty more from the 4 All Games

A man from Yorkshire has won one of the world's

Tom Hollins, who is an anaesthetist at Airedale Hospital,

completed the Montane Spine Race along the Pennine Way

from Edale to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders

Competitors can race nonstop battling extreme weather over some

of the most difficult terrain in the country.

Tom ran through deep snow, ice, mud, bogs and storm-force winds

At the finish, he fell asleep almost as soon

And you can see the husband-and-wife team tonight on Look North at 6.30.

He will gets his medal there and you will see that tonight if you join us

at tea-time. what do you do when your polar bear

needs his teeth checked? The Yorkshire Wildlife Park

in Doncaster needed a bit of help when Victor had a visit

from the dentist, And if you enjoy video like that,

there's plenty more every day Just search for BBC Look North

Yorkshire and like the page. What was the weather like this

morning? Very foggy and very cold. I do not think we will have quite such

a foggy night, more of a breeze. The worst will be through this evening.

We still have some fog patches in places at the moment. A dry wind

with some sunshine, but with that lingering fog it will feel called

this afternoon. Here is the chart for the pressure for this week,

breezy and cold and drawing air from the cold continent on the southerly

breeze. Over the weekend, the Atlantic will implement influence on

our weather. Temperatures on the rise. It will get more cool before

it gets warmer. Still lingering fog patches and called to the afternoon

and one or two Celsius, more cloud in the West and best sunny breaks

further east. The weather will still have patchy cloud. Temperature wise,

an average for the time of year at five or six Celsius, but much cooler

where you have lingering fog through the day, and some spots remaining

freezing. Some mist and fog will redevelop through the course of this

evening, but as the breeze picks up overnight, it should stop it

becoming too dense. Might be some drizzle and always more cloud

through the day and the coldest temperatures will be through this

evening and there is time to lift a bit before the end of the night. Not

such widespread frost tomorrow. Tomorrow, a cold start with

sunshine, gradually through the day clouding over from the East.

Thank you for that. Wrap up and keep warm if you can. Join us again at

6:30pm. Bye-bye. TV: He's not your father.

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