:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening. so do join us then.
:00:09. > :00:10.Thousands of people took to the streets of Leeds today
:00:11. > :00:14.It's one of the most important celebrations in the Sikh faith,
:00:15. > :00:22.Amid great ceremony and pounding drums, the procession begins.
:00:23. > :00:25.Vaisakhi is one of the most important festivals
:00:26. > :00:36.It marks the Sikh New Year and commemorates the birth
:00:37. > :00:39.The Sikth faith is all about equality, so anyone can come,
:00:40. > :00:43.any gender, any race, any religion can come, get involved,
:00:44. > :00:49.And we do genuinely promote it to all the communities.
:00:50. > :00:52.We ask everyone to come down and take part of the celebration,
:00:53. > :00:55.because that is what being a true Sikh is about, spreading the message
:00:56. > :01:03.Hundreds of people began the march at the Sikh
:01:04. > :01:06.temple in Chapeltown and, by the time it came to Leeds city
:01:07. > :01:12.The procession covered the entire length of the Headrow and Eastgate,
:01:13. > :01:15.before finishing up in Millennium Square.
:01:16. > :01:20.It's a celebration of family and combining each religion.
:01:21. > :01:23.Have you had fun today on the parade?
:01:24. > :01:30.We come all the way from Birmingham, so it is absolutely fantastic.
:01:31. > :01:35.The gift of giving for Sikhism and feeling the appreciation
:01:36. > :01:38.and back, it's more than anything you can wish for.
:01:39. > :01:41.This celebration of the Sikh faith brought unity and festivity
:01:42. > :01:51.South Yorkshire Police are investigating four unexplained
:01:52. > :01:53.deaths in the Barnsley area which they think might be
:01:54. > :01:57.They're trying to find out if the deaths were caused
:01:58. > :01:59.by the strength and content of the drug.
:02:00. > :02:04.The three men and a woman were aged between 31 and 47 and were found
:02:05. > :02:08.Two men have been arrested and bailed pending the results
:02:09. > :02:14.A British tourist, reported to be from West Yorkshire,
:02:15. > :02:17.A memorial plaque in memory of the Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox
:02:18. > :02:20.will be revealed in the House of Commons next month.
:02:21. > :02:28.in Birstall in June last year. as she arrived to host a surgery
:02:29. > :02:30.The plaque will include a coat of arms her children helped
:02:31. > :02:33.to design and will have the motto "More in Common", inspired by Jo's
:02:34. > :02:38.Football now, and Sheffield United fans are celebrating again this
:02:39. > :02:42.evening after they were confirmed as the winners of League One.
:02:43. > :02:45.Closest rivals Bolton's defeat at Oldham this lunchtime meant
:02:46. > :02:52.Sheffield United are getting used to this.
:02:53. > :02:56.Promotion last weekend, champions today.
:02:57. > :03:00.The Blades had already had a very good Friday,
:03:01. > :03:04.Perhaps they knew then what was coming.
:03:05. > :03:06.Bradford are hoping to go up with them.
:03:07. > :03:11.Nicky Law's goal enough to overcome Oxford.
:03:12. > :03:13.In the Championship yesterday, Huddersfield were level
:03:14. > :03:16.at 2-2 with Preston, thanks to headers from
:03:17. > :03:21.Then, off the ball and off camera, the referee saw a foul
:03:22. > :03:28.Aaron Mooy's kick was saved at the big boot of Collin Quanner
:03:29. > :03:33.helped the Terriers take a giant step towards the play-offs.
:03:34. > :03:35.It was just as dramatic for Leeds at Newcastle,
:03:36. > :03:39.as Chris Wood equalised with almost the last kick of the game.
:03:40. > :03:41.And Sheffield Wednesday beat Cardiff 1-0.
:03:42. > :03:43.Fernando Forestieri's flying header gave the Owls
:03:44. > :03:48.That leaves three Yorkshire sides well placed, with their eyes
:03:49. > :03:59.Cricket and Yorkshire are going well in their County Championship
:04:00. > :04:06.They've overtaken the hosts' first innings score of 178,
:04:07. > :04:09.and at close of play on Day Two they're 271 for 5.
:04:10. > :04:17.Today wasn't too bad across Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
:04:18. > :04:21.As we head through this evening and look to tomorrow,
:04:22. > :04:24.cloudy with outbreaks of rain, most of that rain getting
:04:25. > :04:27.A breezy night turning a bit blustery at times.
:04:28. > :04:29.Here comes the rain across parts of the Pennines.
:04:30. > :04:36.Outbreaks of patchy rain, maybe some winteriness on higher ground,
:04:37. > :04:41.Tomorrow's top temperatures of 10 Celsius.
:04:42. > :04:45.It settles down a bit, then, on Monday.
:04:46. > :05:18.Good evening. These and but not spectacular is probably a neat way
:05:19. > :05:22.to describe the weather this Easter weekend. -- decent but not
:05:23. > :05:27.spectacular. A bit of sunshine, patchy cloud and showers today, but
:05:28. > :05:31.as we can see from the satellite and radar, the showers are easing, cloud
:05:32. > :05:36.melting away, so a decent evening if you are heading out. Once it gets
:05:37. > :05:42.dark, it will be chilly, cold enough for a touch of frost in places, then
:05:43. > :05:45.a change out West. Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland clouding over
:05:46. > :05:49.with outbreaks of rain, and this wet weather splashes erratically
:05:50. > :05:52.eastwards during tomorrow, spoiling east today for some, especially
:05:53. > :05:54.across central areas. To the