19/02/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Residents of Chapeltown and Harehills in Leeds have held

a meeting in response to the unlawful killing

of three young people there in the last three weeks.

Two of those who died were teenagers, and parents

and community leaders have told Look North they're trying

to safeguard their children's lives after decades of failure

At Chapeltown Youth and Development Centre, Lutel James works

He's spent decades volunteering to help improve outcomes

But three local people lost their lives in recent weeks,

The generic delivery across the city does not work

in areas like Chapeltown and Harehills.

The council change, the police change, people talk the right thing

at the right time to say, well, actually, they suggest there's

If we don't see the change, and people keep promising the change,

then the only way we can deal with change is by it being

The funeral of 16-year-old Irfan Wahid was held on Thursday,

after he was fatally stabbed in Harehills eight days ago.

Another 16-year-old boy has been charged with his murder.

19-year-old Raheem Wilks was shot on January the 26th

in the neighbourhood, and died in hospital from his injuries.

And last week, in the same area, another man, as yet unnamed,

People here say that their children had been failed.

We've been sitting at a table for the best part of ten years

with police, the local authority, youth offending service,

many other agencies around the table - they've brought no resources

They continually feel that we, the community, should be doing it

But voluntary doesn't always work, you need resources.

It's about safeguarding our children, and being able to create

a safe space and being able to say that the city's version

of Child-friendly Leeds means for every child.

We want to know how we can prevent this happening

A neighbourhood in fear for its children and trying

A murder investigation has been launched after a man was shot dead

The 23-year-old has been named locally as Aseel,

and he was either in or near a black Mercedes that he had been driving

to a family gathering when he was shot in the chest

Nearly 200 people who are against the proposed new route

for HS2 attended a meeting in Leeds earlier.

Residents in the Woodlesthorpe area say they were not fully consulted

about plans for a viaduct and tunnel along the high-speed rail line.

Campaigners used drone footage to help residents

A consultation on the Government's preferred route for HS2

Let's say, for example, you don't think this

is going to effect you, because you live in

Now you see the drone footage and the maps together,

you suddenly realise just how close to your home they'll be tunnelling,

or how close to your home the viaduct's going to be.

An Iraq war veteran from Leeds has been shortlisted

Simon Brown was shot in the face and blinded

The 38-year-old was nominated for the Soldiering On award

He now works with other blind veterans and uses his experience

In sport, the FA Cup quarterfinal draw took place earlier.

If Huddersfield make it through their replay

at Manchester City a week on Tuesday, they'll

Things are looking good for the Terriers after a strong

We made sure we pressed from the front.

The midfield boys pressed, the boys are up at the back.

We can't give these top players time on the ball,

because they will pick you off and make you look stupid.

So we had to make sure that we concentrated

and was aggressive in our closing and repressing.

Abbie Dewhurst has the forecast for us.

After quite a cloudy afternoon, this evening and overnight will be

Patchy rain sinking down towards the southeast,

Temperatures not too low, around seven Celsius as the low.

It will be a mild but cloudy start to the new working week.

Misty at first, and thicker cloud for the west of the region,

In any breaks in the clouds in the lee of higher ground,

it could feel like 15 Celsius in the sun.

Air temperature in towns and cities and under that cloud and drizzle

Temperatures returning to normal at the end of the week.

That's all for now, we'll be back with the

your first Breakfast bulletin tomorrow just before 6:30am.

Good evening. It has felt more like spring and winter this weekend. We

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