19/03/2017

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:00:00. > :00:07.More than 2,500 people in our region Jose Mourinho jumping for joy --

:00:08. > :00:10.are expected to die early because of air pollution.

:00:11. > :00:13.One charity involved in campaigning for more Government intervention has

:00:14. > :00:18.told Sunday Politics that it's a bigger health crisis than obesity.

:00:19. > :00:21.Richard Edwards has been to meet a man who went into politics

:00:22. > :00:25.after becoming convinced his baby died because of air pollution

:00:26. > :00:32.Muzafah Rahman was born just a few streets away from one

:00:33. > :00:38.Each day, thousands of vehicles use these roads, and Muzafah's convinced

:00:39. > :00:41.the pollution left behind is to blame for the early

:00:42. > :00:46.My son, who was 15 months old, when he was a baby, I would often

:00:47. > :00:50.take him in his pram through the subways here,

:00:51. > :00:53.through the link, around this beautiful roundabout,

:00:54. > :00:56.where the greenery is, not knowing that I was exposing him

:00:57. > :01:00.to a great disease that would eventually take his life.

:01:01. > :01:05.I am convinced the virus he contracted through

:01:06. > :01:10.the failure of his heart was related to pollution.

:01:11. > :01:13.Cameron died in 1990, when research into casualties from air pollution

:01:14. > :01:19.But 27 years on, there are official concerns.

:01:20. > :01:22.Just two months ago, the Government's Highways England

:01:23. > :01:25.began looking at cutting speed limits on the M1, which, in turn,

:01:26. > :01:30.And it's not just a problem in south Yorkshire.

:01:31. > :01:33.Today, few people would deny that pollution is an issue.

:01:34. > :01:37.This is an air quality management area in Leeds,

:01:38. > :01:40.a place where the problem's so bad the council is taking urgent

:01:41. > :01:45.A study suggests that 700 people will lose their lives

:01:46. > :01:49.this year alone in Leeds from breathing dirty air.

:01:50. > :01:53.Separate research shows that in just one year,

:01:54. > :01:58.3,000 people across our region died after breathing dirty air.

:01:59. > :02:01.We understand that air pollution is a significant

:02:02. > :02:03.risk to public health, on the scale of obesity,

:02:04. > :02:06.and we know that the equivalent figure, in terms of deaths,

:02:07. > :02:09.is around 40,000 equivalent deaths per year is the overall

:02:10. > :02:13.impact of air pollution on our health nationally.

:02:14. > :02:15.The Government's Department for Environment says it's spent more

:02:16. > :02:19.than ?2 billion since 2011 to encourage people to use greener

:02:20. > :02:24.transport and is committed to spending another ?290 million

:02:25. > :02:31.to support electric cars and low emissions buses.

:02:32. > :02:34.York City will return to Wembley in May after victory against Lincoln

:02:35. > :02:39.The Minstermen - who are 22nd in the National League and 39

:02:40. > :02:42.points behind Lincoln - sealed the win with

:02:43. > :02:53.York came into the away league of the semifinal with a 2-1 lead.

:02:54. > :02:57.But Lincoln were the favourites, top of the national league and fresh

:02:58. > :02:59.from a run to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

:03:00. > :03:02.And they took the lead in the 66th minute when Sean Raggett converted

:03:03. > :03:04.Nathan Arnold's corner with this header.

:03:05. > :03:06.The goal forced the match into extra time.

:03:07. > :03:09.The game's pivotal moment came when the referee awarded York

:03:10. > :03:16.A shot by Hamza Bencherif was blocked by Luke Waterfall.

:03:17. > :03:18.The referee initially let play continue, but he consulted his

:03:19. > :03:21.assistant as York's players and supporters

:03:22. > :03:25.A penalty was given and Scott Fenwick side

:03:26. > :03:28.footed his shot firmly into Lincoln's net.

:03:29. > :03:30.With no further goals in the extended period,

:03:31. > :03:33.the match ended in a 1-1 draw, putting York through to

:03:34. > :03:45.I remember it five years ago, down at Luton, when we drew 1-1

:03:46. > :03:48.down there, and to play against an excellent side over two

:03:49. > :04:01.legs and come away victorious, it feels magnificent.

:04:02. > :04:06.A dream to play at Wembley. I managed to score the winning goal.

:04:07. > :04:08.York will play Macclesfield in the FA Trophy final

:04:09. > :04:12.Meanwhile, their battle for league survival continues on Tuesday,

:04:13. > :04:21.with a crucial home fixture against Southport.

:04:22. > :04:22.In Super League, two results for you.

:04:23. > :04:24.Salford fought back to end Castleford Tigers' unbeaten start

:04:25. > :04:28.knocking them off the top of the table.

:04:29. > :04:31.Meanwhile, Huddersfield got a point as they battled Wigan in a 16-16

:04:32. > :04:40.In Rugby Union, Doncaster Knights beat their rivals Yorkshire Carnegie

:04:41. > :04:47.by 31 points to 26 in a tight contest.

:04:48. > :04:54.There is only one way those temperatures are going

:04:55. > :04:57.over the next few days and that is right down.

:04:58. > :05:00.Rain clearing tomorrow morning and then it starts turning

:05:01. > :05:03.Not a completely dry night across Yorkshire.

:05:04. > :05:05.We will see some showers, it will, however, be

:05:06. > :05:10.Temperatures down to eight or nine Celsius.

:05:11. > :05:17.Here comes another band of rain, creeping up from the south-west.

:05:18. > :05:20.The air behind this is actually a lot

:05:21. > :05:26.Tomorrow's highs getting to ten or 11, but as that colder air floods

:05:27. > :05:29.down, this is the air mass showing the air

:05:30. > :05:31.temperature essentially, you

:05:32. > :05:33.can see it's going to get a lot colder.

:05:34. > :05:38.A dip in the temperatures on Tuesday, Wednesday, and I think

:05:39. > :05:41.we'll have to watch out for some wintry showers.

:05:42. > :06:16.Hello. For most of March so far it has felt quite mild and springlike

:06:17. > :06:21.but we are in for a bit of a shock next week as we will have a blast of

:06:22. > :06:26.Arctic air across the UK making it feel much cooler than it has of late

:06:27. > :06:29.with wintry showers and a return to overnight frosts for a while. The

:06:30. > :06:33.pressure chart shows more weather fronts pushing into many central and

:06:34. > :06:37.southern parts of the country this evening and overnight it will turn

:06:38. > :06:41.quite wet across parts of England and when is towards the end of the

:06:42. > :06:42.night and across Scotland, Northern Ireland,