05/03/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)

Time is running out to save the former Dewsbury Museum

The Grade wo listed bulding closed last year to save the

It will go up for sale if a feasible plan isn't put forward.

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 to 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 a bus

It's thought he got off at Woodhouse Mill.

Anyone who sees him is asked to contact police.

Now the Calendar Girls may have put Yorkshire's Women's Institute

on the international map - but now it's the WI in Halifax

who have been doing their bit to help save lives.

They've raised money to fund four defibrillators in their local area.

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 lives.

the Sheffield Steelers suffered defeat in the Challenge Cup Final.

That was despite leading 2-1 at the end of the first Period,

Cardiff scored twice to secure their second

There's been lot of rain about this weekend but Steve sent us this

gorgeous sunrise taken this morning in West Yorkshire.

Abbie can tell us how the new week is looking.

We are going to see some showers overnight.

Quite cloudy initially as well but as we head

into the early hours of tomorrow morning,

Temperatures in these clear spells, ruraly in parts of north

Yorkshire will drop down to the low single figures.

Quite a chilly start the day tomorrow.

Through the afternoon, we will see some breaks and bright

One or two isolated showers but given the light winds,

Temperatures in that sunshine they will start to respond.

Through the rest of the week, it will be quite unsettled but

That is all we have time for. Thank you for your company this weekend.

We are back at breakfast. Goodbye. Good evening. We have seen all sorts

today. Some rain, some hail, some snow and even a bit of sunshine.

Things are calming down for the most part but still a bit damp in some

eastern counties overnight and some showers in the western side of

Scotland with a touch of frost already here. And another weather

system bring rain and snow towards the south-west by dawn, it's quite

chilly 3-5 will be fairly typical. A little snow to be had over the tops

of the moors in the south-west of England but generally