:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Look North. news teams where you are.
:00:00. > :00:07.The main news from around Yorkshire today: A ?50 million factory and 200
:00:08. > :00:13.jobs for South Yorkshire as supercar manufacturer Mclaren roll into town.
:00:14. > :00:15.De-cluttering York's medieval streets.
:00:16. > :00:30.The council cracks down on advertising boards on the pavements.
:00:31. > :00:33.The luxury supercar manufacturer McLaren has officially announced
:00:34. > :00:36.this lunchtime it's going to build a ?50 million
:00:37. > :00:40.factory in South Yorkshire, creating 200 jobs.
:00:41. > :00:43.The factory will build parts for the supercars at the University
:00:44. > :00:51.Our Business Correspondent Danni Hewson reports.
:00:52. > :00:56.These beauties behind me are exactly the
:00:57. > :01:03.ones that here in South Yorkshire we are going to be helping make to
:01:04. > :01:16.That is because McLaren have announced a ?50 million investment
:01:17. > :01:18.in building chassis and I'm joined now by the Chief Executive,
:01:19. > :01:23.We looked long and hard about where we were going to
:01:24. > :01:26.develop this facility and Sheffield really was the obvious answer to it
:01:27. > :01:29.Sheffield University have done a huge amount
:01:30. > :01:32.of work on advanced lightweight structures, that is what our cars
:01:33. > :01:35.The City Council have been amazingly supportive in putting this together.
:01:36. > :01:38.The University, ourselves and the City Council.
:01:39. > :01:41.There is also a great pool of skilled people here that we can
:01:42. > :01:45.We have put the whole thing together.
:01:46. > :01:47.Sheffield actually became the obvious answer for us.
:01:48. > :01:49.We talked a lot in the past about engineering,
:01:50. > :01:53.With these cars it must make a difference in
:01:54. > :01:54.how particularly kids think about it.
:01:55. > :02:01.I don't think there is a young person or a young
:02:02. > :02:03.boy in the world who isn't attracted by cars like this.
:02:04. > :02:08.I have spent 34 years in the automotive and an manufacturing
:02:09. > :02:11.industry and I love it and it is exciting.
:02:12. > :02:12.Particularly exciting when this is the fruit
:02:13. > :02:17.I think it is inspirational for people.
:02:18. > :02:19.They have amazingly already recruited their first apprentice.
:02:20. > :02:23.An advert for more jobs will be running in the paper tomorrow
:02:24. > :02:25.and the first prototype will be coming off the lines
:02:26. > :02:35.The steel giant Tata Steel UK has announced that it's reached
:02:36. > :02:38.an agreement with the Liberty House group to sell its Speciality Steels
:02:39. > :02:42.The sale covers several South Yorkshire-based plants
:02:43. > :02:44.including the electric arc steelworks and bar mill
:02:45. > :02:48.at Rotherham, the steel purifying facility in Stocksbridge and a mill
:02:49. > :02:55.The funeral is taking place this lunchtime of a 16-year
:02:56. > :02:57.old girl who was murdered in South Yorkshire last month.
:02:58. > :03:01.Leonne Weeks' body was found on a path in Dinnington near Rotherham.
:03:02. > :03:04.18-year-old Peter Heeley has been charged with her murder.
:03:05. > :03:15.The funeral service is at St Leonard's church.
:03:16. > :03:18.The service in church I put together with Leona's family.
:03:19. > :03:21.She loved music and that is going to be represented
:03:22. > :03:25.strongly in the service, both by recorded music and by her friend
:03:26. > :03:31.singing, which is I think a lovely thing for him to do.
:03:32. > :03:33.Latest figures show that all the hospital trusts
:03:34. > :03:35.in our region failed to meet the government's A target
:03:36. > :03:43.in December with the exception of Sheffield Children's Hospital.
:03:44. > :03:45.Guidelines say that 95% of patients should be
:03:46. > :03:50.The figures released by NHS England show that the Mid Yorkshire Trust
:03:51. > :03:53.only managed 77% of patients in that time, while Leeds Teaching Hospitals
:03:54. > :04:05.Officers from North Yorkshire Police Road Crime team had a busy night.
:04:06. > :04:08.They spotted a four by four with false number
:04:09. > :04:21.plates towing this generator using a flimsy strap.
:04:22. > :04:23.One wheel fell off, causing these sparks.
:04:24. > :04:26.Police pursued the vehicle along the A19 at Askham when the generator
:04:27. > :04:28.finally slipped its moorings as it went off-road.
:04:29. > :04:30.They haven't yet arrested anyone in connection with the incident,
:04:31. > :04:32.but are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
:04:33. > :04:35.Officials will discuss more than 80 recommendations made in a report
:04:36. > :04:39.More than 600 homes and businesses were badly affected
:04:40. > :04:43.Councillors say they've already got an action plan
:04:44. > :04:45.and will meet later to talk about what else they
:04:46. > :04:54.York City Council has claimed its ban on pavement
:04:55. > :04:58.It's a year-long trial and the council says the city's
:04:59. > :05:00.streets have seen a marked decrease in just the first week.
:05:01. > :05:04.The ban is an attempt to de-clutter the ancient narrow streets.
:05:05. > :05:08.But some shops owners say it could harm their trade.
:05:09. > :05:11.Here's Ian Reeve our business correspondent.
:05:12. > :05:15.Gillygate, home to some of York's quirkiest shops.
:05:16. > :05:18.He advertises his gaming business with a board on the
:05:19. > :05:29.But the council has banned them from the city.
:05:30. > :05:31.Removing so called A boards will give pedestrians a
:05:32. > :05:36.The first few months I was here, I'd say 90% of the people that
:05:37. > :05:39.came into the shot came in because they saw my A board.
:05:40. > :05:41.This street that we are on, Gillygate, is not
:05:42. > :05:47.In a very narrow, so you wouldn't want to walk down here
:05:48. > :05:54.unless something dragged your attention.
:05:55. > :05:58.You know, A boards are the cheapest way to get people's
:05:59. > :06:02.The council said the ban is a year-long trial to de-clutter
:06:03. > :06:05.I don't think it's anti-business, at all.
:06:06. > :06:08.I think we don't want to prevent businesses, we
:06:09. > :06:12.We are doing lots of things in the city to
:06:13. > :06:24.And I can see why they would say that, but the A boards can be
:06:25. > :06:28.We're working with the planning authority purely and simply to make
:06:29. > :06:31.sure that we help them as much as we possibly can.
:06:32. > :06:33.For Diane, the ban has been long awaited.
:06:34. > :06:36.As it has by York's estimated total of 6,000
:06:37. > :06:39.When you have got limited vision, it is
:06:40. > :06:53.Particularly in areas where there is not just
:06:54. > :06:56.street cafes, there are binbags, there are benches.
:06:57. > :06:58.Any number of different things that you can bump
:06:59. > :07:02.A boards are something that we can do something about.
:07:03. > :07:09.Thankfully, the council has decided to do that.
:07:10. > :07:16.A week in, and the council says the ban is working.
:07:17. > :07:20.Keep the advertising board ban, says Lee, and there will
:07:21. > :07:25.It's happy birthday today for a very special Yorkshirewoman who's reached
:07:26. > :07:34.Doreen Brigham wrote the words for the BBC's specially commissioned
:07:35. > :07:36.Symphony for Yorkshire when she was only 98.
:07:37. > :07:38.She worked with hundreds of musicians at nearly 50
:07:39. > :07:49.locations in the county to produce a remarkable legacy of music.
:07:50. > :08:00.Happy birthday. We were promised the beast from the east, look what has
:08:01. > :08:09.rocked in. New suit, love? I saw the man in McLaren. It has been thick
:08:10. > :08:13.enough to produce a few wintry flurries. This little disturbance
:08:14. > :08:22.might make showers more frequent. Covering of snow. Rain and sleet
:08:23. > :08:27.more likely. It is cold out there. A few flurries. Temperatures
:08:28. > :08:33.struggling. 0 Celsius. Maximum temperature we are expecting first
:08:34. > :08:37.short period of time. That is 37 Fahrenheit. Heading through this
:08:38. > :08:41.evening and overnight, cloudy skies continue with a scattering of light
:08:42. > :08:47.snow flows. A bit of sleet with them. Untreated services with
:08:48. > :08:53.temperatures generally speaking at or below freezing point. Friday is a
:08:54. > :08:57.broad day again. A cloudy one with a scattering of mainly like to sleet
:08:58. > :09:03.and snow showers. The emphasis is still on a great deal of dry
:09:04. > :09:10.weather. Those showers become more frequent. Friday night into Saturday
:09:11. > :09:14.morning. Rain, sleet and hill snow coming into Saturday morning. Sunday
:09:15. > :09:16.through early next week, temperatures will gradually will
:09:17. > :09:22.ride and by the middle of next week, it should be some what milder. That
:09:23. > :09:29.is the forecast. Lovely. Right. All is to sell a few more motors and
:09:30. > :09:44.some patio doors. Stop it! That is it from us. Steve later.
:09:45. > :09:47.Wales! Ireland!
:09:48. > :09:49.The Roman Empire! CHEERING
:09:50. > :09:54.Shirley Bassey. Tom Jones, obviously.
:09:55. > :09:59.Jonny Wilkinson's feet. THEY ROAR
:10:00. > :10:02.Invented the bicycle. The internet.
:10:03. > :10:04.Telephone. Bagpipes.
:10:05. > :10:18.Come on, Wales. THEY ROAR