:00:10. > :00:14.The main news from around Yorkshire today...
:00:15. > :00:17.Hundreds of former coking plant workers are to sue British Steele
:00:18. > :00:21.- claiming they were exposed to harmful diseases.
:00:22. > :00:23.A dying trade, the last mole catcher in Calderdale
:00:24. > :00:38.Hello, thanks for joining us this lunchtime.
:00:39. > :00:41.A High court action is to be taken by lawyers on behalf of hundreds
:00:42. > :00:44.of former steel workers- including more than 60
:00:45. > :00:47.from Sheffield and Scunthorpe, who it's claimed were exposed
:00:48. > :00:49.to harmful, often fatal diseases in British Steel coking plants
:00:50. > :00:53.Our Correspondent John Cundy has been speaking to one
:00:54. > :00:56.widow from Killamarsh, who lost her husband to lung cancer
:00:57. > :01:04.after he'd worked for 12 years at coking plants in South Yorkshire.
:01:05. > :01:15.Terry Jones worked on the oven tops of cooking plants near Rotherham. He
:01:16. > :01:21.died from lung cancer aged 54. His widow Marie is adamant Terry's
:01:22. > :01:25.illness stemmed from his time on the coking plants. It is like you know
:01:26. > :01:28.you are going to die but you do not know when you're going to die. He
:01:29. > :01:38.took to his bed for the first couple of years, just depressed. Lawyer
:01:39. > :01:41.David Johnson is representing 325 former Coke of workers like Terry
:01:42. > :01:47.Jones from around the country, allegedly exposed to harmful dust
:01:48. > :01:52.and fumes for decades. I met Terry two years ago, while he was with us
:01:53. > :01:58.in this very house. I met a number of other claimants, as well. Some of
:01:59. > :02:02.them are very poorly and they are on oxygen. I have met a number of
:02:03. > :02:06.individuals who have passed away. My life has completely changed now. You
:02:07. > :02:09.get married and you plan what you are going to do and everything.
:02:10. > :02:15.That's gone. It stopped dead instantly. One minute we were fine
:02:16. > :02:22.and next when not working and my husband is dying. It is a big shock.
:02:23. > :02:26.Marie Jones now walks alone the dog she used to share with her beloved
:02:27. > :02:27.Terry. Court action on behalf of families like hers may begin next
:02:28. > :02:31.year. A man from Scarborough
:02:32. > :02:34.who was caught using speed camera jamming device on his car has been
:02:35. > :02:37.given a suspended prison sentence. Ben Kitto had the laser device
:02:38. > :02:39.fitted beneath the number plate. He was filmed on the A64
:02:40. > :02:42.in North Yorkshire in June. The 41-year-old, seen
:02:43. > :02:47.here in the grey suit, pleaded guilty to speeding
:02:48. > :02:50.and attempting to pervert the course He was given a two-month jail term,
:02:51. > :02:56.suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay ?2,200
:02:57. > :02:58.in fines and costs. He was given five points
:02:59. > :03:01.on his licence but was not Organisers of a drop-in centre
:03:02. > :03:09.in Armley which supports refugees and asylum seekers say
:03:10. > :03:11.it could close due Meeting Point, which is run
:03:12. > :03:16.by volunteers, provides food, clothing, food parcels and English
:03:17. > :03:19.classes for hundreds of adults If funding isn't secured soon
:03:20. > :03:22.organisers say they'll be forced If I stay, maybe I will lose my life
:03:23. > :03:35.because they said they will kill me. If I go back my life
:03:36. > :03:39.is going to be in danger. I did not want to go
:03:40. > :03:42.to where they called to go to the Different faces but
:03:43. > :03:48.with a similar story. These asylum seekers
:03:49. > :03:54.and refugees have been forced to flee their countries,
:03:55. > :03:56.families and friends For them, this drop-in centre
:03:57. > :04:04.in Armley in Leeds is a lifeline. It is just like, yes,
:04:05. > :04:06.our relatives, this is our home. When I came here I didn't know
:04:07. > :04:14.anybody and I was really lonely. These past six, seven years I have
:04:15. > :04:17.been coming here, so many people have come here and I have found
:04:18. > :04:21.so many people, so many friends. Meeting Point provides food, clothes
:04:22. > :04:27.and advice for people in need, If we don't secure
:04:28. > :04:37.funding in the next few months, we're going
:04:38. > :04:39.to have to seriously And maybe even close the doors,
:04:40. > :04:43.which would be a travesty. About 150 people use
:04:44. > :04:51.the centre every week. Last year nearly 3,000 hot meals
:04:52. > :04:54.were served and 2,000 food It needs ?60,000 each
:04:55. > :05:00.year to keep going. When the funds run
:05:01. > :05:09.out, organisers say without donations
:05:10. > :05:12.the centre will close. Now it's not a job your careers
:05:13. > :05:17.teacher is likely to mention, but Calderdale's last mole catcher
:05:18. > :05:20.is hoping to put his Albert Morton has spent half
:05:21. > :05:23.a century catching moles and is looking for an apprentice
:05:24. > :05:25.before he retires. He's in high demand and has
:05:26. > :05:27.hundreds of customers This is a picture of a French
:05:28. > :05:40.mole catcher, 1821... But like the great mole catchers
:05:41. > :05:50.that went before him, He's looking for a bright young
:05:51. > :05:57.apprentice to teach his tricks. It's one of those old country craft
:05:58. > :06:05.trades that I don't want to die out. And when I finish I want to show
:06:06. > :06:08.somebody how to do it. Albert says every village
:06:09. > :06:12.used to have a mole catcher, but now he's the only
:06:13. > :06:14.one left in Calderdale. Because it's so
:06:15. > :06:18.time-consuming, most pest controllers won't help
:06:19. > :06:19.with this dying trade. I put these traps in yesterday
:06:20. > :06:27.and I've caught it. With the condition of the fur it
:06:28. > :06:30.must have been caught Albert has more than 300 customers,
:06:31. > :06:34.ranging from farmers He uses traps because he thinks
:06:35. > :06:39.it's the most humane It's so quick it doesn't realise,
:06:40. > :06:47.nothing, it's gone. If there was any suffering, cruelty,
:06:48. > :06:51.anything, I wouldn't do it. Moles create an elaborate network
:06:52. > :06:55.of underground tunnels, but the soil they push to the surface not only
:06:56. > :07:03.causes mess but can also contaminate With the wet winter weather
:07:04. > :07:07.comes a lot of work Moisture brings worms to the top
:07:08. > :07:11.of the soil and where the It's always busy but this year
:07:12. > :07:16.it's gone manic. But now I'm near my sell
:07:17. > :07:19.by date, it's time to be I'd much prefer to get
:07:20. > :07:25.somebody and teach And carrying on is just
:07:26. > :07:40.what Albert is struggling with. His hope that someday soon
:07:41. > :07:43.he will be able to hang up his trowel and leave it
:07:44. > :07:46.all to the next generation. Now, it's York's turn to shine
:07:47. > :07:52.tonight in Our Dancing Town - the programme which attempted to get
:07:53. > :07:54.the whole of Yorkshire Choreographer Steve Elias
:07:55. > :08:02.got butchers, bakers, shepherds, builders, even rugby
:08:03. > :08:04.players together to dance and it all ends with a special
:08:05. > :08:07.one-off performance in York You can see more on BBC2
:08:08. > :08:19.at seven o'clock tonight. Now the weather. Is the beast from
:08:20. > :08:22.the east on the way? Absolutely. Getting cold and we will really
:08:23. > :08:26.start to feel it Thursday, Friday and into the weekend. It has been
:08:27. > :08:30.great, already brighter skies around and show a spreading from the West.
:08:31. > :08:35.The coast is likely to stay with a lot of clout. In the next few days
:08:36. > :08:38.we will have the influence from the East, meaning it is going to cool
:08:39. > :08:43.down and returned overnight frost but there could be some showers as
:08:44. > :08:46.well. The thickest of the cloud will always remain further east. Brighter
:08:47. > :08:50.skies from the West spreading into Central parts with one or two
:08:51. > :08:54.showers in the West. Not especially cold but it will feel chilly
:08:55. > :08:59.underneath that cloud in the East at seven or 8 degrees the hive. Through
:09:00. > :09:04.this evening the cloud will come up again and the rain that affected us
:09:05. > :09:08.last night is set to return. Should pester us in the next 24 hours and
:09:09. > :09:13.gradually spread west once again. Fairly light and patchy and bringing
:09:14. > :09:17.a cooler temperature to around three degrees. Low cloud, outbreaks of
:09:18. > :09:21.rain and drizzle and some snow flurries tomorrow, gradually
:09:22. > :09:25.fizzling out through the day and if anything the cloud will lift but it
:09:26. > :09:26.should stay cloudy and it will be cooler with temperatures at around
:09:27. > :09:47.four degrees. Join us tonight if you Oh, my goodness me,
:09:48. > :09:49.I don't like the look of that. The Robshaws are going back in
:09:50. > :09:51.time again... Feel a little bit
:09:52. > :09:56.overwhelmed at the moment. How people did this every day,
:09:57. > :09:58.I don't know. Calf's head. Leave the teeth
:09:59. > :10:03.out of it, won't you? It's incredible, the changes that
:10:04. > :10:08.have occurred in just 50 years.