04/03/2017

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:00:07. > :00:09.Good evening and welcome to Saturday's Look North.

:00:10. > :00:12.A Yorkshire MP has spoken for the first time about receiving

:00:13. > :00:14.death threats online just days after the murder of

:00:15. > :00:22.The Labour member for York Central, Rachael Maskell, was told by police

:00:23. > :00:25.not to speak in public about the abuse until now.

:00:26. > :00:30.The aftermath of a political assassination.

:00:31. > :00:34.Jo Cox's murders shocked the world and in

:00:35. > :00:41.Westminster, MPs were forced to think about their own safety while

:00:42. > :00:49.Now, Rachael Maskell, the MP for York Central,

:00:50. > :00:59.threats in the days following her colleague's murder.

:01:00. > :01:01.The threats that I've received came in online

:01:02. > :01:05.From the far right, very much threatening myself

:01:06. > :01:08.and it's a death threat that I received as well.

:01:09. > :01:15.That is why it was taken so seriously at the time.

:01:16. > :01:18.Among the messages sent to Rachael were threats that she would be shot.

:01:19. > :01:20.Another contained an image of a severed head.

:01:21. > :01:21.Clearly, MPs receive a lot of abuse online.

:01:22. > :01:24.It doesn't matter if it is an e-mail or

:01:25. > :01:27.social media or to your face, we should be treating everybody with

:01:28. > :01:30.We have got to think about the way we are

:01:31. > :01:36.I think people hide behind screen when putting forward some really

:01:37. > :01:44.Like Jo Cox, it was Rachael's support for refugees

:01:45. > :01:46.which made her a target for the far right.

:01:47. > :01:48.She referred the threats to the police and says she will

:01:49. > :01:52.continue to serve her constituents despite online abuse.

:01:53. > :01:55.Two handguns, an air rifle, and an assortment of knives

:01:56. > :01:58.and axes have been handed in to West Yorkshire Police as part

:01:59. > :02:01.(Oov? It's the final day to surrender weapons at police

:02:02. > :02:11.stations without facing prosecution for possessing them.

:02:12. > :02:13.More than 180 weapons have been handed in so far.

:02:14. > :02:16.Police have been in the Upperthorpe area of Sheffield today,

:02:17. > :02:18.two weeks on from the shooting of a 23-year-old man.

:02:19. > :02:20.Officers believe there are people who still have

:02:21. > :02:22.information about Aseel Al-Essaie's death and who've not

:02:23. > :02:30.A number of people have been arrested.

:02:31. > :02:33.The Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson made an appearance at a community sports

:02:34. > :02:35.club today to celebrate it's new gym.

:02:36. > :02:37.The Leeds athlete showed off his handstand technique

:02:38. > :02:41.at Sherburn in Elmet's new gym facility.

:02:42. > :02:44.An ankle injury sustained during training didn't

:02:45. > :02:48.The club is run mainly by volunteers and holds classes for children

:02:49. > :02:56.The amount of things that it teaches you as a young child.

:02:57. > :02:58.You know, discipline, hard work, overcoming fear every day.

:02:59. > :03:01.Learning gymnastic skills is a scary thing but it is also very,

:03:02. > :03:04.very exciting and the ability to fly through the air and learn

:03:05. > :03:08.It is a truly amazing sport and I think it is perfect for

:03:09. > :03:20.Football, and Leeds United consolidated their play off place

:03:21. > :03:24.last night with a three-one win at Birmingham City

:03:25. > :03:27.Chris Wood scored twice - his first just 14 minutes

:03:28. > :03:29.into the game - and Alfonzo Pedraza hammered home the third goal.

:03:30. > :03:33.The win puts them just one point behind Huddersfield

:03:34. > :03:37.Meanwhile, Huddersfield are entertaining Championship

:03:38. > :03:45.Kick off was twenty minutes ago and the latest score is...

:03:46. > :03:49.Elsewhere in the Championship, Barnsley lost two-one

:03:50. > :03:55.Rotherham notched up another loss - Aston Villa beat them two-nil

:03:56. > :04:01.but Sheffield Wednesday stormed to victory against Norwich.

:04:02. > :04:04.The final score there is five-one - with goals from Wallace, Rhodes,

:04:05. > :04:08.In League One, Bradford City won one nil at home to Peterborough,

:04:09. > :04:11.Sheffield United drew three all away to Rochdale with Goals from Duffy,

:04:12. > :04:14.Laughety and Sharp and Chesterfield beat Swindon 1-0.

:04:15. > :04:16.And in league two it was a goaless draw for

:04:17. > :04:30.On with the weather. A lovely day so far. Let's see if the sunshine will

:04:31. > :04:38.continue. Seriously surf. Good evening. We looking at one or two

:04:39. > :04:42.showers to end the day. Some outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards.

:04:43. > :04:46.The heaviest and most frequent across the Pennines. Clear skies

:04:47. > :04:54.elsewhere. Temperatures down to three Celsius. Ground frost to start

:04:55. > :05:00.the day. The cloud will increase and outbreaks of rain. Some of it will

:05:01. > :05:13.be heavy and a cool seven Celsius. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.

:05:14. > :05:18.Hello. I could have put almost anything in this sphere today such

:05:19. > :05:19.was the variety. Some of