05/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

The deadline's approaching for groups who want to take

It closed last year as part of a council plan

But the building could be brought back in to use

If not, it'll be put up for sale as Cathy Booth reports.

In the heart of Crow Nest Park is Dewsbury Park mansion.

For 120 years it housed the town's museum.

In November last year it was closed because Kirklees Council could no

Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions of

interest for groups wanting to take on the grade two listed building.

One such group is the Friends of Dewsbury Park Mansion.

They want to see the building being turned into a

In this area it is all about building community

resilience and helping people with getting back

into work, with mental health issues.

Really we want it to be a place that is for well-being and

caring for everybody and everyone that uses the park

This building holds a special place in the hearts

People remember here to wedding receptions or school trips.

Whoever ends up taking it over is going to

need a lot of time and a lot of money as the building has fallen

At the moment, the council is only taking applications

If none of their bids are deemed financially

viable, then the mansion could go on sale for a private developer.

Ideally, we would like a local organisation

and take it and develop it for the benefit of the community.

It will be a challenge for them and there will be huge costs

effort but we will work with them and I'm sure the commitment

they've shown so far, that they have a good chance of

For now, this piece of Dewsbury history faces

The search is continuing for a Rotherham man who's been

CCTV shows 77-year-old Barry Jones on an X5 bus

It's thought he got off at the Woodhouse Mill stop.

Anyone who sees him is asked to urgently

A leading obesity expert has criticised rules

which mean overweight people in parts of North Yorkshire face

NHS England has approved plans which mean some

patients must lose weight before certain operations

Speaking on the The Sunday Politics Dr Matt Capehorn said the Vale

of York CCG should instead increase schemes to help people lose weight.

If you went on a skiing holiday and broke your leg, we do not see you

are going to have physiotherapy on the NHS, even though it is

self-inflicted. The kind of NHS we want is irrespective of the cars.

You should not discriminate against patients just because of their

weight. -- irrespective of because. Security is to be stepped up

at the empty Futurist Theatre building in Scarborough

following reports of trespassing. Preparations are underway

for the demolition of the building but there

are reports that people The council is increasing security

patrols at the site. When a Yorkshire Women's Institute

set its mind to something as we well know the results

can be astounding. They've raised thousands of pounds

to install four defib-rillators in their local area,

as well as teaching their members The ladies of the women's

institute are in celebratory mood, marching towards the four

defibrillators they funded and placed outside sports clubs

and village halls near Halifax. It was retired nurse

Jackie Swire's idea I saw that she had

stopped breathing. I got her on the floor

and my husband dialled 999. Being a nurse, I know

the signs and symptoms. She was going blue but we managed

to get her round and me got CPR training is also on offer

to work in conjunction with the The new equipment

provides reassurance. It takes a couple of seconds to get

someone's heart beating again. If that facility is not

there, they are dead. It is hoped that the new machines

and training will save Huddersfield Town suffered

their first home defeat since last November as they faced

Championship promotion Aaron Moy's penalty gave

Town hope of a comeback after going 2-0 down

in the first half. With a look at the weather

for the week ahead, Good evening. Some showers overnight

tonight. They could be quite wintry over about 400 metres. Tomorrow

morning, the cloud will thin and break and we should see clear

spells. Temperatures will drop down to single figures. Quite literally

start to the day tomorrow. Cloudy at first. -- one or two scattered

isolated showers. These might take a while to clear. Once that sunshine

kicks in, temperatures start to respond. Highs of 10 Celsius

tomorrow. Turning milder from midweek on words. That is all we

have time for for now. The late news is here at 10:20pm. Goodbye.

Hello, as was the case on Saturday there was a lot of whether around

today. Showers for some, some saw the staff of postcard material, for

others it was more Christmas card material. We had pictures like that

quite widely across the Midlands and Wales as well. This weather