:00:00. > :00:08.The main news from around Yorkshire today.
:00:09. > :00:13.A Conservative councillor resigns after he's filmed making lewd
:00:14. > :00:15.comments to a hunt protestor in North Yorkshire.
:00:16. > :00:18.And bonding with baby - how patting and singing to your bump
:00:19. > :00:33.A huntsman has resigned from his position as a Conservative district
:00:34. > :00:35.councillor after being caught on a video camera making lewd
:00:36. > :00:38.comments to a protestor during a meet of the Middleton Hunt
:00:39. > :00:42.Charles Carter was heard making the improper comments
:00:43. > :00:51.He's been condemned by the Conservative Party in Norfolk,
:00:52. > :00:53.where he lived before moving recently to York.
:00:54. > :00:59.Our Correspondent John Cundy has the story.
:01:00. > :01:10.Hunting is banned. The moment when Linda Hoggard spoke to Charles
:01:11. > :01:11.Carter to say it is illegal. She challenges him and he starts filming
:01:12. > :01:26.her. Charles Carter has been a district
:01:27. > :01:30.Councillor for five years and resigned after the revelations of
:01:31. > :01:38.his conduct. This council leader said he was applauded, -- appalled,
:01:39. > :01:42.so were residents. And man in that position should know so much but
:01:43. > :01:47.Andy Woodman shouldn't be spoken like that too from anyone. He
:01:48. > :02:04.shouldn't be representing anyone if he has those beliefs. You are very
:02:05. > :02:11.pretty. So foxes. He rides with the group dating back 200 years. 200 --
:02:12. > :02:16.Charles Carter was interviewed about the ban on fox hunting. Having to
:02:17. > :02:21.look over one's shoulder all the time for fear of being a breach of
:02:22. > :02:24.bad law is not what the country should be about. North Yorkshire
:02:25. > :02:30.Police said they were alerted about an altercation between Charles
:02:31. > :02:31.Carter and Linda Hoggard on Monday. They say investigations are
:02:32. > :02:36.continuing. The prosecution case against three
:02:37. > :02:38.people arrested by police in Sheffield for protesting
:02:39. > :02:39.against the felling The three, included septuagenarians
:02:40. > :02:45.Jenny Hockey and Freda Brayshaw. They were facing charges under
:02:46. > :02:48.the Public Order Act but today Relief and delight for Jenny Hopkin
:02:49. > :02:58.and Jenny Hockey and Freda Brayshaw after the prosecution case
:02:59. > :03:01.against them was withdrawn at The two women were arrested
:03:02. > :03:11.following a stand-off with police during the tree felling operation
:03:12. > :03:14.by council contracts in the early There were cheers and applause
:03:15. > :03:22.in a packed court one here at Sheffield Magistrates' Court
:03:23. > :03:25.as district judge, Naomi Redhouse, told the two women the case
:03:26. > :03:29.had been withdrawn. She awarded them ?150
:03:30. > :03:32.cost each and told them Outside court, the two
:03:33. > :03:36.women give their reaction I hope that if anything
:03:37. > :03:41.good comes out of this, it is about energising
:03:42. > :03:44.the campaign even more. Were you always confident
:03:45. > :03:46.that the case would be dropped? No, not at all because we've
:03:47. > :03:50.never quite understood, as in many other aspects of this
:03:51. > :03:52.issue, we didn't know One charge, then another
:03:53. > :03:59.charge, now it's dropped. Today's decision was
:04:00. > :04:04.welcomed for common sense. We've had Freda, one
:04:05. > :04:09.of the defendants, it was her birthday and she had
:04:10. > :04:11.a great birthday present. The fact is the CPS,
:04:12. > :04:14.together with the council, They've seen the error
:04:15. > :04:20.of their ways and it's to be able to say to the CPS,
:04:21. > :04:23.well done, you've The two women say a rethink
:04:24. > :04:26.of Sheffield's tree replacement strategy is now needed and ask that
:04:27. > :04:28.lessons be learned They are planning to celebrate
:04:29. > :04:33.Freda's birthday and a vow to continue their campaign
:04:34. > :04:41.against further tree felling. People in a South Yorkshire town
:04:42. > :04:43.have started a petition after learning they'll
:04:44. > :04:46.lose their last bank branch. HSBC announced its pulling out
:04:47. > :04:49.of Wath-upon-Dearne. It follows last week's announcement
:04:50. > :04:54.by Yorkshire Bank that it'll close Yorkshire Building Society has also
:04:55. > :05:06.confirmed some closures. These banks are meant to be service
:05:07. > :05:14.companies and they are turning their backs on customers. When the public
:05:15. > :05:21.taxpayer stepped in to help the banking system, companies like this
:05:22. > :05:24.when they brought the global financial system almost to its knees
:05:25. > :05:25.seven years ago, they should be standing by the communities and
:05:26. > :05:28.their customers now. Leeds United are up to third
:05:29. > :05:30.in the Championship after beating When Forest failed to clear
:05:31. > :05:33.a corner, Chris Wood But the second Leeds goal is the one
:05:34. > :05:39.to watch time and again. Souleymane Doukara scored
:05:40. > :05:42.this stunning 20-yard An antenatal class pioneered
:05:43. > :05:51.in Bradford that encourages mums-to-be to talk, sing and even
:05:52. > :05:54.massage their bumps has been shown to help strengthen
:05:55. > :05:57.the bond between parents Researchers at Hull University found
:05:58. > :06:02.that mums who completed the nine week Welcome to the World course saw
:06:03. > :06:06.a significant improvement in the emotional well being
:06:07. > :06:08.of the whole family after birth. She thinks it's partly down
:06:09. > :06:24.to an antenatal class in Bradford which encouraged her to talk
:06:25. > :06:26.to her bump. When we got asked to speak
:06:27. > :06:29.to our bumps and we got asked if we do, I was like,
:06:30. > :06:32.no, it seems a bit daft This is Family Links Welcome
:06:33. > :06:42.To The World antenatal programme. It looks at the emotional
:06:43. > :06:44.well-being of mum and baby We're really trying to support
:06:45. > :06:51.the parents to be excited It really helps them to think
:06:52. > :06:56.about it emotionally, how their life is going to change,
:06:57. > :06:59.physically how life is going to change and it really
:07:00. > :07:02.is there to support emotional Now researchers at Hull University
:07:03. > :07:06.have proved that it really I think there's some anecdotal
:07:07. > :07:12.evidence to suggest that talking to your bump is a really good way
:07:13. > :07:15.of starting off that process. To capture it and be
:07:16. > :07:17.able to demonstrate it through the evidence was bringing
:07:18. > :07:24.much more clarity to the whole idea. Back in Bradford, what did Sarah
:07:25. > :07:27.make of the classes? Because of the group in general,
:07:28. > :07:35.it made me want to breast-feed her as well and feel closer
:07:36. > :07:38.to her and six months and I'm still breast-feeding
:07:39. > :07:40.and I never thought I would. Nice to know that I wasn't
:07:41. > :07:43.being silly for talking to my bump. In the future, researchers
:07:44. > :08:00.plan to look at how men Time now for a look at the weather.
:08:01. > :08:04.It is fair to say it is cold today. What are you going to do about
:08:05. > :08:17.yours? Thank you very much. We have cloud out there and wintry
:08:18. > :08:26.showers. We see a south-westerly on Saturday. Next week looks milder.
:08:27. > :08:33.Really cold out there. Minus two in Leeds. A blanket of cloud and you
:08:34. > :08:41.can see nowhere above freezing. We might get one in Scarborough. That
:08:42. > :08:45.cloud could break first time and reform. Quite a bit of fog for
:08:46. > :08:53.trans-Pennine routes later. One or two flurries of snow. A widespread
:08:54. > :08:58.frost and lowest temperatures at minus two Celsius. Another really
:08:59. > :09:03.cold day to come tomorrow. Hill fog is persistent. A fee wintry showers
:09:04. > :09:07.at first. A lot of cloud temperatures will recover a little
:09:08. > :09:15.bit. I is temperatures of four Celsius. Friday, there is wet
:09:16. > :09:22.outbreaks which could be clear by his Saturday morning. Saturday, a
:09:23. > :09:27.possibility of sunshine. A much milder next week. That is the
:09:28. > :09:30.forecast. Thank you very much indeed. We will be back at 6:30pm.
:09:31. > :09:39.Goodbye. TV: He's not your father.
:09:40. > :09:53.WOMAN GASPS