27/01/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

The main news from around Yorkshire today.

The brother of a Leeds United footballer has died after a shooting

And how West Yorkshire's highest ranking Asian police officer

is helping motivate youngsters in Bradford to aim for the top.

Part of the Harehills area of Leeds remains cordoned off this

lunchtime after a man died following a shooting

The dead man has been named locally as 19-year-old

Raheem Wilks, the brother of a Leeds United footballer.

Phil Bodmer is live in Harehills for us now.

This is a terrace in Harehills but it is on the edge of Chapeltown and

behind me, that white forensic police tent is the centre of this

investigation into what happened here. All morning we have seen

police officers coming and going as enquiries to try and work out what

happened yesterday lunchtime continue. The victim of the shooting

has been named locally as 19-year-old Raheem Wilks, the

brother of Mallik Wilks who is an under 23 player for Leeds United.

This morning Garry Monk, the Leeds United manager, has said that the

club will offer support to Mallik Wilks. Police say although their

enquiries are in an early stage they believe this was a targeted

shooting, and 49 your old man has been arrested and is in custody

helping police with their enquiries. Have you managed to speak to anyone

who knew Raheem Wilks? All morning, people have been coming down here

and laying flowers on the other end of the police cordon, we believe

them to be acquaintances, friends and relatives of Raheem Wilks. One

card simply red, daddy, you are sadly taken. I spoke to the

grandparent of Raheem Wilks who came to see the scene.

And to me, he used to give me a kiss on the forehead before he went out,

and said, "I'll be back soon, Nana," and I said, "don't

And then when I heard yesterday, I haven't slept,

from getting up yesterday, I've been up all night and I've

had two heart attacks since the boy's lived with me.

When did you first find out he'd been shot?

Somebody phoned us and said, "your grandson's in the infirmary."

Went down there and sat there until he died.

Needless to say, it's a very traumatic time.

I mean, his mum, she is, I don't think it's hit her,

but it will, because he was living with me, you know,

That is the grandparents of Raheem Wilks, talking to me a little

earlier, of course police say they will be giving more details about

what happened later today. A man's body has been

pulled from the water They say there don't appear to be

any suspicious circumstances A formal investigation has

not yet taken place, but an area around a dam

above Shepherd's Wheel Role models from black and Asian

communities are being used to motivate youngsters to achieve

more in Bradford. One of the city's MPs is hosting

a series of events to highlight local success stories and the first

person to be featured is West Yorkshire's highest

ranking Asian officer. Abi Jaiyeola has been to meet

Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain. Another day at the office in the job

he never imagined he'd do. Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussein

is the most senior officer from a black or ethnic minority

background in West Yorkshire Police. Only 5% of officers come

from BME communities. Mabs grew up in Bradford, and is now

district commander for Wakefield. It does make me feel immensely proud

as to what I have achieved. What's really important for me is,

having achieved what I have achieved, I try and make it easier

for others that are Most days start like this,

briefing the team. Thank you for your attendance

in the leadership forum. Mabs is foremost a police officer,

but he feels he also has a duty I understand being sat there and not

having those aspirations, not having the confidence,

thinking that you could be the next police officer,

you could go and be the teacher And it's great that people are doing

that now, so that these kids can Assembly at Oasis Academy

in Lister Park in Bradford. Mabs talks to the pupils

about his work and his life. He is the focus in the first

of a series of evening events in the city this week posted by MP

Naz Shah. Highlighting the importance of role

models in the BME communities. I think that assembly was really

inspiring and it gave me confidence It's really inspiring,

thinking that as he could become It makes it easier slightly for us

to know that it does get To look up to someone as a role

model like Mabs, it's amazing. It won't be long until the teenagers

are looking for jobs but the unemployment rate in BME

communities in Yorkshire This new project will promote

the stories of successful people who We've got a lot of high profile

individuals that we need to recognise and highlight,

so people that know we're a great city, we doing really well,

we've got people from Bradford who move onto things,

but still come from Bradford. And who knows, maybe today's

assembly has inspired the next Chief Superintendent,

MP or business leader. Several Yorkshire riders

are competing in the cyclo-cross World Championships

in Luxemborg this weekend. Huddersfield's Amira Mellor

is in great form, ahead Our National under 23 men's

champion Billy Harding has one of the hardest jobs,

in a tough race category on Sunday. And Leeds teenager Tom Pidcock

is hot favourite for Sheffield's Masters Champion,

Danny Willett, took time out last night to encourage the young golfers

of the future. He donned the famous green jacket

to hand out the awards It's aimed at making the game more

accessible to youngsters who otherwise may never get

the chance to give it a go. Most of it is aimed at the really

young kids in trying to get them just to pick up a club

and if they don't like it, carry on, go and play football,

go and play cricket. But if they really enjoy it,

then they can move on and speak to the guys and hopefully,

within the next few years, we can move it forward

as to where we can help some kids who really enjoy it with a little

bit of coaching and other things. Was freezing last night?

It feels freezing today but it is not as cold as it was yesterday. A

lot of cloud around this afternoon and another very chilly afternoon to

come, temperatures set to climb over the weekend. Rain is expected

overnight so tomorrow is less cold. As we work into the early part of

February, we are looking at milder conditions but also unsettled as

well. As we go we have got cloud out there, some breaks across the

Yorkshire Dales, and perhaps some along the east coast but this

afternoon it will be grey across the Pennines, mist elsewhere. It will

feel damp out there although I do not think there will be any real

rain to speak. Temperatures getting up to around two or three degrees.

Still feeling pretty cold. Through this evening and overnight, we are

expecting some name, it will not be as -- some rain, not as cold as last

night. Any early cloud and rain will move away eastwards, it might take

time to the Far East but elsewhere we should see some sunny spells and

three showers sprinkled across the Pennines, and temperatures in the

high of six or seven. The odd wintry sharp perhaps.