The men and women still living in fear of redundancy, as the future of scunthorpe steelworks hangs in the balance. This time, it felt very different we was at the edge of the abyss. And the week the world came to yorkshire to celebrate a festival of cycling. Many professions have a level of risk, but firefighters face an invisible threatjust as deadly as the flames that they tackle every day. Our reporter tracy gee has been given exclusive access to research being done into harmful toxins found on firefighters clothes and equipment, which may have a link to cancer. Firefighters need to stop having their lives totally turned upside down with cancer. Weve got firefighters getting cancer all the time on all watches and all stations, and things need to be done about it. Up and down the country, firefighters are dying of this due to them saving lives in the line of duty. And thatjob is killing them. All of it, that im aware of, states that you cant prove or disprove a link to cancer. It is
Caused them to have cancer. Thats in inside out in half an hour. Donald trumps political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. Three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump, in which he asked ukraine to investigate his president ial rival, joe biden. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. What was a request has become a demand. Democrats are piling the pressure on President Trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of documents. They want a full, rather than a rough, transcript of thejuly phone call in which he asked the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelenskiy, to investigate his political rival and potential president ial rival, joe biden. And amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. Youre pointing out when hes flatlining, where there is no evidence, none, not a scintilla, not one tiny pi
0xfam says the behaviour of some staff was totally unacceptable. The n60 insists it did inform the Charity Commission, even issuing a press release at the time, and denies a cover up. 0xfam was actually proactive in going to the british public, the department for International Development and the Charity Commission to explain that there had been serious misconduct and wed taken action. The government, which gives 0xfam more than £30 million a year, says. The way this appalling abuse of Vulnerable People was dealt with raises serious questions that 0xfam must answer. Today, fresh claims some of the disgraced staff gotjobs at other aid agencies because 0xfam failed to warn them about the misconduct. This is a shudderingly awful tale, terrible on every single level. And, of course, it eclipses the fact that 0xfam is one of the most brilliant humanitarian organisations in the world. 0xfam has worked in haiti for a0 years, helping more than half a million desperately poor people. Now the b
Pressure has been ramped up on send banger. Also, golf, men and women will be playing side by side on the European Tour. There is snow out there. It is all about knowing where to look. There is more Severe Weather to come through the rest of this week. More Severe Weather warnings and more travel warnings. If you thought it was cold today, just wait until tomorrow. Also coming up, the warning that Global Warming could have a devastating impact on king penguins. Heavy snowfall is hitting parts of the uk, causing road, rail and flight disruption in many areas. Police say driving conditions are treacherous in places three people have died in lincolnshire after a crash involving a car and a lorry. Hundreds of trains are cancelled, many schools are shut and forecasters say some Rural Communities may be cut off. And theres a warning from the met office that if you havent seen snow yet by the end of the week you will have. Lets get the latest from our correspondent in North Yorkshire. First,
Archive it was certainly the wettest wembley in history. In some areas, living with the threat of knife crime has become an everyday reality and one that gets vastly underreported. Next week marks a year since 16 year old irfan wahid was stabbed and killed in harehills, leeds. Our reporter, tracey gee, has been speaking to people, including members of irfans family, who are determined to change things for the better. Some people feel like they cant be safe in harehills. Around the streets, theres loads of crime and that and you need to protect yourself. You cant really trust anyone, really now, can you . I have reported on many murder cases, knife crime incidents and stabbings, but i get to go home afterwards and you are saddened by the loss of life, but imagine if thats your home, thats your reality, thats your family. Harehills, east leeds, is home for the boys at this youth club. Boys who used to be out on the street, some with a blade in their pocket. Screwdrivers, little table kni