that's 5% higher compared to the year before in south yorkshire . year before in south yorkshire. >> irst time offenders. >> our yorkshire reporter anna riley has been to a charity run eventin riley has been to a charity run event in sheffield that involves young people helping to get knives off the streets, giving a helping hand to stop young people from carrying knives. >> anthony olatunde founded charity always an alternative after growing up surrounded by knife crime in sheffield. he wants to get knives off the streets of the steel city and lodge an awareness event at showroom cinema. >> when i was 15, i saw someone get murdered . they got stabbed get murdered. they got stabbed to death. fortunately um , but to death. fortunately um, but what was strange, it didn't really affect me because i was around that kind of stuff all the time. growing up, violence was normal. every day i'm looking over my shoulder every day. you know, someone's getting locked up or someone's getting injured . surely life can't just injured. surely life can't just be that i had a few lucky escapes myself, a

bbc yorkshire s political editor james vincent reports from south yorkshire. isjust a memory for people now, but pit closures are still having an effect on those coalfield communities that were left behind. a0 years ago, they were giving out food parcels during the strike, and they're still doing it today. we get 50 people through these doors each week, it picks up the people in need without them having to make themselves on show to to the public of i need a food bank or i need help. this is open every day. we know that we've got people in need and they feel much more comfortable. i hate waste. my dad was one of six miners, so i've been brought up from that generation. we don't waste whatever we bring from here. i always make sure that we make something special with it. so if it's loads of bread, i'll make a bread pudding or something like that. i'm a retired teacher so i can tick over, but i'm not eligible for pension and i'm not eligible for any of the benefits. it's been nearly a decade since there was any deep coal mining here in yorkshire, but a0 years on

camels in the world have been discovered at the ancient castle of wendford woodhouse in british south yorkshirethe uniqueness of the flowers became known during restoration work in one of the parts mansion. the so-called camellia house was in very poor condition, but it was thanks to this that the discovery became a reality. the mansion is now open to visitors, and its unique camellia house has been converted into a tea house, which should open its doors in april. a true blooming paradise, hundreds of thousands of cherry trees bloom in china's guyang county, which is also called the city of a thousand parks. in stunning footage taken from above. from a bird's eye view, the botanical garden resembles a huge terry carpet. the park covers an area of ​​about 1,600 hectares and is home to about 10 species of cherry trees, which bloom from the end of march to the end of april. for more than 20 years, farmers have been planting trees, turning this garden into one of the most beautiful places in the world. thousands of tourists visit it to see it. the beauty of the trees to feel the spirit of spring. y

. attack in south yorkshire. >> ever since i lost my best friend, it's made me realise, well , knifese there's so much more to life than carrying a knife. well, just a weapon in general. they were training for barnsley football club , it were doing football club, it were doing well, getting grades and that it just applied for college . so it just applied for college. so it really wasn't a bad lad. >> tackling knife crime to prevent further tragedies is a priority for south yorkshire police. >> the police are obviously doing a lot in terms of trying to identify low kate and target those individuals or gangs that are prone to violence and use guns and knives. so there's a lot of work around that. but that prevention is really key. the more important thing, how do we stop young people back at showroom cinema, students from a sheffield high school produced a short film to highlight knife crime amongst teenagers. >> it was really educational and you really you don't understand how bad knife crime is until like, you're being told the figure, you know, something like this could happen to me,

criticized with israel's doing and more and more people in the west are seeing that now i'm up here in south yorkshire because of the commemoration of the miners strike of 40 years ago in art. the scarborough, the head of the mine is una, give speech and he started with a 5 minute a track on israel for being genocidal and fascist and supporting the gardens. and these miners were on the bus all their lives since 40 years were standing and cheering. the people advert working people understand what's going on now. and israel can't hide behind that anymore. and i think politicians are going to start losing elections because of their support for just the complicity with genocide. they are officials like lloyd austin, going into a congressional hearing and put co pink. is there him a judge side of attack? this is extraordinary. seems that we're seeing if they, if they have any confidence left, any of these west and lead, they know that what they're doing is the worst thing they've ever done in their lives. yes, i got a politically felt and yet they will move. they won't stop it by the pit, stop or from one

criticize with israel's doing more and more people in the west are seeing that now i'm up here in south yorkshire, the good because of the commemoration of the miners strike of 40 years ago in art. the scarborough, the head of the mine is going to give speech and he started with a 5 minute a track on israel for being genocidal and fascist and supporting the gardens. and these miners were on the bus all the live since 40 years were standing and cheering . the people advert working people understand what's going on now. and israel can't hide behind that anymore. and i think politicians are going to start losing elections because of their support for general, their complicity with genocide. they are officials like lloyd austin, going into a congressional hearing and put co pink. is there him a judge side attack? this is extraordinary. seems that we're seeing here, they, if they have any conscience left, any of these was completed. they know that what they're doing is the worst thing they've ever done in their lives. yes. have to go to politically felt and yet they will move. they won't stop it by th

rishi sunak in a pub in a key election battleground seat in south yorkshire and the labour leader keirilding site in london. huge problem. we're not building enough houses and therefore people can't get on the housing ladder. but for both leaders, public spending ambitions and tax claims are blunt. reality check from the head of the institute for fiscal studies. where are those spending cuts going to come from? we don't know. what would the labour party do? we don't know. effectively, there is a conspiracy of silence between the two of them not to present us, the electorate, with the really tough choices they're really going to have to make after the election. those choices may come in public spending and tax. a new ifs analysis today of who wins and loses from all the tax and benefit changes since 2019, splitting the population into ten bands from poorest to richest in red here. overall, all but the richest tenth of society benefited, but when the post—election further three year freeze in income tax is included, a huge tax rise. everybody, apart from the poorest tenth would be down.

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that's 5% higher compared to the year before in south yorkshire, ministry of justice data showed thatna riley, has been to a charity run event in sheffield in involving young people to get knives off the street, giving a helping hand to stop young people from carrying knives. >> anthony olatunde founded charity always an alternative. after growing up surrounded by knife crime in sheffield. he wants to get knives off the streets of the steel city and lodge an awareness event at showroom cinema. >> when i was 15, i saw someone get murdered. they got stabbed to death. fortunately uh , but to death. fortunately uh, but what was strange, it didn't really affect me because i was around that kind of stuff all the time. growing up, violence was normal. every day i'm looking over my shoulder every day. you know, someone's getting locked up or someone's getting injured . surely life can't just injured. surely life can't just be that. i had a few lucky escapes myself and i thought i've actually had enough. i worth this. this can't worth more than this. this can't continue happen. i've got contin

now it's a busy retail park in south yorkshire.on strike with no money. >> yeah, it's hard work, hard delivered, part time work . >> yeah, it's hard work, hard delivered, part time work. um, and we managed it. families split up because brothers, some brothers went back to work and, you know, there were all the bad things that happen. john things that could happen. john was devastated when production stopped his pits in stopped at his pits in goldthorpe . goldthorpe. >> he was in his 40s and had worked there since he left school. >> i thought the world had come to an end. i really did. i don't mind admitting i cried on the way home. i couldn't see a future. not that i bring myself in any risk, but i just thought, i don't know what i'm going to do because i've done a lot, you know, a lot of things know, i've done a lot of things while in pit, but it just while in the pit, but it just seemed alien to move out seemed alien to me to move out of environment that i was of that environment that i was so comfortable with. i love the work. t

he worked in the pits in south yorkshire for 31 years.roud. angry about the loss of an industry. proud of every man who gave up a year's wages in the fight . you know, and, sorry . and fight. you know, and, sorry. and sad about what happened to the industry. we've lost a total industry. we've lost a total industry. and we lost it because of the actions of one person. and that was margaret thatcher. margaret thatcher came into power in 79, and she spent five years for years planning this strike. she stockpiled coal at every pit. she stockpiled coal. so that there wouldn't be power. power shortages like there was in the strike, which edward heath lost his premiership in 74. so it was a revengeful strike. it was it wasn't a strike. it was it wasn't a strike. it was a war. it was a war on the working classes. it was a war on the miners. it was war on the mining industry. what we mustn't forget is when i said pride, it's pride for every man. era is a word which is flippantly used. nowadays. footballers get called heroes, rugby players get call

he was a miner for 31 years in south yorkshire.. i hope he realises that the pensioners this year would have got the pension or won't be getting it, because he's raised the pension age. >> they'll be paying for that £0.02. so he's giving us nothing. mentioned something £0.02. so he's giving us nothinhouse �*nentioned something £0.02. so he's giving us nothinhouse building.i something £0.02. so he's giving us nothinhouse building. isomething £0.02. so he's giving us nothinhouse building. i hope:hing about house building. i hope he's going to build social housing, not private housing, houses to rent so that you know, there's something for people who can't afford that massive deposit. and that massive mortgage, other than that , he mortgage, other than that, he gave a lot of money away. >> so ideally it's an election winning budget. and people are so short sighted in this country. £0.02 in the pound off the national insurance just might swing it for him. >> would it persuade you to vote tory? >> he wouldn't. nothing in the world would

now it's a busy retail park in south yorkshire. >> the announcement to close the pit triggered the nationwideth century. >> john greaves was one of those miners that stopped working 12 months on strike with no money. >> yeah, it's hard work . months on strike with no money. >> yeah, it's hard work. i did a bit of part time work , um, and bit of part time work, um, and we managed it. families split up because brothers, some brothers went back to work and, you know, there were all the bad things that could happen. john was devastated when production stopped at his pits in goldthorpe . goldthorpe. >> he was in his 40s and had worked there since he left school. >> i thought the world had come to an end. i really did. i don't mind admitting i cried on the way home. i couldn't see a future. not that i putting yourself in any risk, but i just thought, i don't know what i want to do because i've done a lot, you know, i've done a lot of things while in the pit, but it just seemed alien to me to move out environment move out of that environment that was so comfortable with. that i was so comfortable wi

now these in south yorkshire. now these the for these jobs the salaries for these jobs vary.sly we've seen these go up to six figures. enormous salaries at the moment this one is about 60,000. but they're still going on despite even what you've seen in that clip there from the health secretary. almost two years ago. they cannot fix this . and it's they cannot fix this. and it's been going years. right. been going on for years. right. >> adam, very much >> thank you, adam, very much indeed. yes, you'll hear it indeed. and yes, you'll hear it again tomorrow. and guess what will happen. absolutely nothing. now north face, you know the company that do all the big outdoor equipment. well, here's a real what the farage moment because if you as a customer can delete one of their racial inclusion courses dealing with subjects such as white privilege, you will get a 20% discount off their outdoor kitten. why is all this happening? well, they say the dial move further in june 2020, when george floyd was murdered by the police in minneapolis, quite. why? something that happenedin quite.

cleveland second met police, third, south yorkshire fourth and greater manchester fifth.e people will come out and i know you do a lot of work with young people, and after the break, i want to bring in the attitudes of going on at school and in the homes and all the rest of it, because teachers now are saying that actually the young but so many people will turn kerry and they'll turn around. kerry and they'll go, yeah, this is because you go, oh yeah, this is because you ain't got no youth clubs. people are machete in each are going around machete in each other taken other because you've taken the ping other because you've taken the ping tables what do ping pong tables away. what do you to that? you think to that? >> i think it's a complete >> i just think it's a complete nonsense and it's very tragic that that's what people will come they'll say they come outwith. they'll say they will insufficient will say there's insufficient police. it might be true in some areas in terms of physical presence . and they'll say it's presence. and they'll say it's lack clubs or it's lac

putin >> a charity in south yorkshire aims to tackle the scourge of knife crime across the county by15 asosa will get murdered . murdered. >> they got stabbed to death. fortunately uh ,

chris you were a miner in south yorkshire for ten years.u ? for you? >> hello, anna, well, the villages haven't changed and it caused a lot of unrest with the miners strike because everybody knows there's even families nowadays don't talk to each other. you know, we're talking 40 years on. it's all wrong. but that's what it caused. as for the listening to the conservatives, you'll not find those people listening to it because we never, ever come out winning. but what they promise the working man always gets hit, not just miners . normal working not just miners. normal working people get hit, the rich get looked after normal people like us. we just have to buy and carry on and carry on. so in my view, i shall never, ever vote conservative. i'm hoping i think labour will win. and i think that's why today with this budget, it's trying to buy the people's votes. it'll not work because look at the nurses . because look at the nurses. they're going through a lot. they're going through a lot. they deserve a lot more than what they're getting, but

further south and in doing so, we are dragging in more of an easterly breeze, bringing in more cloud to central and eastern parts of england with rain coming in from east anglia towards yorkshire but there could be some heavy, thundery showers in the channel islands and the south—west. further to the north and west, we will continue with some long spells of sunshine. certainly a better after noon in northern ireland then we began. western parts of scotland seeing the best of the blue skies. we will have more low cloud creeping up we will have more low cloud creeping up eastern coasts this afternoon which will have an impact on temperatures, just around 8—9 in the east of scotland compared to 16 degrees in the west, the highest of the temperatures today. tonight, outbreaks of rain will develop more widely across northern england, some heavy, potentially thundery showers working their way up across southern counties of england and wales. much of scotland and northern ireland will stay dry with clear props in parts of scotland, outside chance of a touch of frost for some of you. bank of the day monday, the low pressure is more broadly spread across the uk which means more cloud a

england, outbreaks of rain into the afternoon from east anglia pushing then towards parts of yorkshire. to the southere could be a few heavy, thundery showers for the channel islands and the south—west, but further northwards and westwards you come, we will continue with some long spells of sunshine. certainly a better afternoon in northern ireland than we began. cumbria into western parts of scotland seeing the best of the blue skies, but we will see more low cloud creep up eastern coasts this afternoon and that will have an impact on temperatures — just around eight or nine degrees for some in the east of scotland, compared to 16 degrees in the west where we'll see the highest of the temperatures through today. into tonight, outbreaks of rain will develop more widely across northern england. some heavy, potentially thundery showers working their way up across some southern counties of england and wales. but for much of scotland and northern ireland it will stay dry. with some clear skies in parts of scotland a chance of a touch of frost for some of you. now, into monday, bank holiday monday, of co

while on a visit to south yorkshire today.as to say. i imagine he'll say this is exactly what the plan, how it's working. everything's going right. >> just stick with us. they'll say he's cutting taxes. even though the tax burden is going up. he'll say. he'll say that the is working, even though the plan is working, even though we're the full we're yet to see the full details of the plan. but let's hear now . hear his words now. >> i think everyone recognises the difficult times that we've been through as a country over the past couple of years. >> we've had the pandemic and the war ukraine, both of the war in ukraine, both of which the which necessitated the government stepping in, rightly to people , families, to support people, families, businesses those businesses through those difficult of difficult times. and that's, of course, an impact on things. course, had an impact on things. and i think people will recognise but the recognise that. but the direction travel is now direction of travel is now crystal plans are crystal

there are a fair few seats, maybe the east end of london, maybe the north west, maybe a bit of south yorkshirento parliament in the general election . and it's not election. and it's not impossible galloway himself impossible that galloway himself is by the people of is ejected by the people of rochdale in a general election. just because the dynamics of a general election are so completely different to the dynamics by—election dynamics of a by—election >> yes, because, jim, quite a lot has been made of the potential for independent candidates to rise up against labour candidates in mostly labour candidates in mostly labour seats in countries where there is a considerable in in countries in constituencies where there is a considerable muslim vote who are concerned about what's going on in gaza , about what's going on in gaza, but you think that won't be widespread . widespread. >> so i was looking at some polling earlier, which i think was from savanta, the respected polling agency, and they were saying that, um, support for the labour party among uh, muslims is still at somewhere around 65. i

south of the uk, maybe some cracks of thunder. also, this easterly breeze drags in rain bearing cloud into parts of northern england. so quite wet in yorkshirey, 5 in aberdeen, about 7 or 8 in the south. so no huge contrasts across the uk. so easter monday itself then. well, rain at times, that's the headline. but there'll be some sunshine too. i think the thickest of the cloud with the most persistent outbreaks of rain will be across northern england, perhaps around the northwest here, merseyside, the irish sea into eastern areas of northern ireland. either side of that, drier and brighter — i say drier, there will be showers breaking out across southern england. some of them could be thundery, but sunshine in between too. the forecast for tuesday shows that weather front moving northwards, kind of fizzling away, but still damp here. and then the next weather system sweeps into southwestern areas of the uk and then later in the day that rain will track northwards and eastwards across the uk. and here it is on wednesday. in its wake, showers are expected across the bulk of england and wales, and that easterly breeze there in the north of sco

so outbreaks of rain through yorkshire into northern ireland and then this circulation here with those very strong winds buffeting the southt also thunderstorms and hail. a really turbulent day. the temperatures quite disappointing, nine to 10 degrees celsius. now into friday then, so the area of low pressure is still very much with us. look how big it is. it's absolutely huge. it's dominating a really large chunk of the planet really here. and we'll see further showers sweeping across the uk. i don't think the winds are going to be quite as strong on friday, but still enough of a breeze out there and certainly pushing those showers along. again, hail and thunder possible, but some sunshine, too. so that's good friday. also a little milder, maybe 10 to 13 degrees celsius. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it's actually across more eastern parts of europe in excess of 20 degrees celsius. are we going to get any of that? well, it does look as though with this area of low pressure, we are going to see some changes in the wind direction as we head into sunday. more of a southerly breeze developing — still very changeabl

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so outbreaks of rain through yorkshire into northern ireland and then this circulation here with those very strong winds buffeting the southhunderstorms and hail. a really turbulent day. the temperatures quite disappointing, 9—10 degrees celsius. now into friday then, so the area of low pressure is still very much with us. look how big it is. it's absolutely huge. it's dominating a really large chunk of the planet really here. and we'll see further showers sweeping across the uk. i don't think the winds are going to be quite as strong on friday, but still enough of a breeze out there and certainly pushing those showers along. again, hail and thunder possible, but some sunshine, too. so that's good friday. also a little milder, maybe 10—13 degrees celsius. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it's actually across more eastern parts of europe in excess of 20 degrees celsius. are we going to get any of that? well, it does look as though with this area of low pressure, we are going to see some changes in the wind direction as we head into sunday. more of a southerly breeze developing — still very changeable on the weather

showers this afternoon in south—west england, east wales, the midlands and towards the wash in lincolnshire and towards the wash in lincolnshire and yorkshired and southern scotland, we hang onto the cloud. it could brighten up in north—west england through the day but we will see the sunshine across northern ireland and much of scotland through the part of the afternoon stop the evening, the dregs of the front in the south producing cloud, clear skies and then another weather front comes in introducing strengthening winds and also some heavy rain. temperatures overnight, five to 8 degrees. tomorrow, we pick up a band of rain slowly sinking south. the wind will strengthen as we go through the day, and ahead of it we will see cloud coming and going so there will be brighter breaks at times, some sunshine as well. these other temperatures, to 17 in the south. behind the weather front we will see some sunshine coming through with the odd shower. they'll stay into friday, a weather front six south, a cold front, changing the feel of the weather. you can see the feel of the weather. you can see the isobars are tightly packed in the isobars are t

yorkshire, parts of north . the rain and off north wales. the rain on and off but light to the southll pretty celsius is pretty mild. 18 celsius is possible with a bit of sunshine, some sunny skies across the northwest, cooler day here northwest, a cooler day here with a fresher feel in the cooler air, but still plenty of sunshine. feeling pleasant enough. rain and drizzle enough. the rain and drizzle will trickle away from eastern parts england through this parts of england through this evening . much of the uk will evening. much of the uk will become by midnight, but then become dry by midnight, but then after midnight, more rain comes into north—west, the into the far north—west, the winds up here as well. winds picking up here as well. quite a bit of cloud around. could see some mist fog could see some mist and fog where we keep some clearer skies. may in rural skies. temperatures may in rural spots get close to freezing onto thursday, then , and generally a thursday, then, and generally a dry fine day for england and wales. a brighter day certainly to of the pennines to the east

so outbreaks of rain through yorkshire into northern ireland and then this circulation here with those very strong winds buffeting the southppointing, 9—10 degrees celsius. now into friday then, so the area of low pressure is still very much with us. look how big it is. it's absolutely huge. it's dominating a really large chunk of the planet really here. and we'll see further showers sweeping across the uk. i don't think the winds are going to be quite as strong on friday, but still enough of a breeze out there and certainly pushing those showers along. again, hail and thunder possible, but some sunshine, too. so that's good friday. also a little milder, maybe 10—13 degrees celsius. if you're wondering where the warmth is, it's actually across more eastern parts of europe in excess of 20 degrees celsius. are we going to get any of that? well, it does look as though with this area of low pressure, we are going to see some changes in the wind direction as we head into sunday. more of a southerly breeze developing — still very changeable on the weather front — but that southerly breeze will mean that those temperatures will r