07/07/2011 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight: Anger and

disgust from a dead soldier's family over newspaper phone hacking

allegations. Brace yourself for change. The warning that children's

dental services could be hit by reforms to the NHS. Millionaire's

row. We join an exclusive gathering of some of the North's biggest

lottery winners. And the extraordinary shrine to the Chuckle

Brothers. Why this man is such a big fan of the popular children's

entertainers. In sport, more new signings for Sunderland, on and off

the pitch. And a big weekend for cricket fans as Durham and

Yorkshire go head to head in back to back Twenty20s. "If it's true,

they're the lowest of the low." That was the reaction of the father

of a murdered soldier, after claims the News of the World may have

hacked the phones of servicemen's From Washington, was killed by a

mob in Iraq. And while's there's no evidence his family were targeted,

it's alleged others in the military might have been. A Tyneside

survivor of the London bombings has confirmed police investigating the

hacking claims have been in contact with her. Peter Harris reports. Six

years go today. The day that changed Lisa's life. She survived

the bombing of a London bus. Now it's emerged some victims' families

were targeted by newspaper phone hackers. The police have written to

her, too. I peel angry that those born numbers have been found and

that data, whether or not the they were listened to they should never

have been in the position of the use of the world. It is possible

that Lisa's fallen there was hacked, but like others, just the

suggestion is distressing. Among the fresh allegations is that the

families of dead servicemen and women have also had their

telephones hat, although there is no proof of that. More than 40

soldiers from the north-east and Cumbria have died in Iraq and

Afghanistan. The families of those concerned say that if it was proved,

it would add to their distress. this happens, every other person is

going through, and we were a huge crutch to each other, so if you

think, somebody was listening in to that emotional trauma that you're

going through, it does not bear thinking about. John's son Simon

was among three army Redcaps from this region killed by a mob in Iraq.

Mr Miller stresses the police investigating hacking have not

spoken to him and he's unaware of other families in this region being

potential targets. Those are the local media are appalled by the

hacking scandal. One of the things that makes me sad about this affair,

is that we all get tarred with the same brush, because people talk

about the press, but 95% of the press are newspapers like the

Northern Echo, that are embedded in their communities. Dictums like bus

storm victim these are unlikely to Mr News of the World when it closes.

-- people like bus bomb victim least are unlikely to miss the News

of the World when it closes. Thousands of children, receiving

dental work to correct crooked, teeth may have to change dentist in

the middle of their treatment - because of a shake-up in NHS

contracts. Orthodontic work - which involves fitting braces to

straighten children's front teeth - is free on the NHS, if the patient

is under 18. But dentists who provide the service will have to

compete for new contracts from September. And if they fail to win

one, the children they work with may have to travel many miles for

treatment. Young people can be painfully conscious of their

appearance. Which is why they're prepared to endure the discomfort

and discipline of wearing braces to give them that perfect smile. The

course of treatment can last for two years or more. But three out of

the four specialist orthodontists north of the Tyne have NHS

contracts that expire in just nine months time. You are seeing the

patient or the best part of two- and-a-half years. You have only got

one year of treatment being paid for. What do you do for the next

few months? Whatever way you are seeing the patient, you always come

out as the fall-guy. So why are established orthodontists,

including this practice in Newcastle which has been treating

children and teenagers for more than 20 years, having to compete

for NHS cash now? Well, new dental contracts were introduced five

years ago. Five years on, each practice got a new contract - but

only for a year Because the local NHS is putting three five-year

contracts out to tender in September. They will start in April

2012, and any qualified orthodontist can bid for the work.

Which means that big dental companies could tender the lowest

prices per patient and win those three contracts for north of the

Tyne. This company, NEO, won the other five-year contract for north

of Tyne last September. Its main practice is in Ashington, so the

future for young patients from Tyneside could be lengthy trips up

to Northumberland every six weeks, if their current orthodontist does

not win a new contract. The new body that awards NHS contracts to

dentists is called the North East Primary Care Services Agency. They

would not provide an interviewee but they did give me a statement.

They said: "We would like to strongly reassure patients

currently receiving orthodontic treatment that their treatment will

continue, either with their current provider or with a new

orthodontist." Earlier I spoke to Richard Jones of the British

Orthodontic Society. I asked him if it really mattered that young

people might have to change dentist in the middle of their treatment.

All orthodontists in the UK are highly trained but use different

types of braces. It is difficult treating a patient who has been

used -- who has been treated by someone else, perhaps using a brace

that you would not have used. So moving is not ideal for the

orthodontist, or or the patient. Should orthodontics still be

available only better under the 18s? It has been restricted in the

last five years to patients who have a demonstrable health need.

There is an index through the country to identify those cases

which need treatment on a health basis rather than a cosmetic basis

postop about one-third of their tour of year-olds would be deemed

to have a health issue as well as a cosmetic issue, so it is a

worthwhile use of NHS funds. woman's in hospital with head

injuries, after she was attacked near a school by a man, armed with

a hammer. Officers were called to the car park area outside Burradon

Primary School in North Tyneside around midday. The 21 year-old

woman's injuries are not said to be life threatening. A 23 year-old

man's been arrested. And a man has appeared in court in connection

with the discovery of a suspect package in County Durham. Police

carried out a controlled explosion after the package was found at

Coral Betting in Annfield Plain on Tuesday. Daniel Staples, who's 20

and from Stanley, was remanded in custody by Consett Magistrates on

blackmail and bomb hoax charges. Her professionals have been

highlighting advice a bill to dementia sufferers in Cumbria. It

is part of a week of events raising awareness. All this week, Look

North is marking "Transplant Week." We've filmed exclusively inside the

country's first transplant hospital here in the North. We've heard from

a father who donated his wife and daughter's organs after a tragic

car accident. And we've seen a transplant surgeon at work. Today

we meet one of the most important people in the transplant world, the

Transplant Co-ordinator. Our health reporter Sharon Barbour joins us

now live from the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Yes, I am here in war

23 at Freeman Hospital, and very busy it is, too. I have some

youngsters behind me, I'll have a quick word with them later. First,

we can find out more about the transplant co-ordinator. She is

extremely busy, getting or gives to those desperately ill patients who

need them. This is it being the life of a transplant co-ordinator.

-- day in the life. Lynne's day starts with a bittersweet task. A

gift has arrived for a little girl who's had a heart transplant.

mentioned that he would like for this little most to dance again,

this boy, I think it is always on his mind but now even more so. So,

he wants you to have this. Overnight the news came in that

someone else has donated their loved one's organs.. And a man

dying of lung disease has just heard the news that he may be about

to undergo a double lung transplant. Hello, my darling. Did you wake him

up? Not a very donor is perfect, so if there are any questions you have

about the donor, and we do take smokers' lungs. She also spends

time on the ward with children - waiting to hear a vital organ has

arrived to give them a future, too. For the Rainbow, you have to have

the sunshine and the rain. They are the Sunshine on the side of this

rainbow. Take care. Appears a day filled with highs and lows - was

that an ordinary day? Yes, we never know what we're going to find when

we walked in the door, in the morning. I was moved by the gift

from the father of that daughter who died to the other chair. It is

a real roller-coaster of being part of that transplant team, and for

all of the families. How is that patients who was having their lung

transplant? He's getting ready for theatre. He is now being starved,

and he is ready but we still don't know if belongs are going to be

good for him. What is the message that you as a transplant co-

ordinator would like to get across to people watching at home? If they

can stop and have that conversation after the programme and say to

their family, when I go, if it is before you, let them use my organs

and then, more lives will be saved. I want to introduce you to two

little ones who would benefit from a transplant. What are you waiting

for? A heart transplant. How are you getting on? Very well, thank

you. Are you beating Brad us at this game? I think Paris does not

want to start -- of his game, but we have got more on Pavis tomorrow.

For most of us winning the lottery is a dream that will never become a

reality. But somebody's got to win, and today, more than 20 Lotto

millionaires gathered at an exclusive garden party in County

Durham to celebrate their good fortune. More than �700 million has

been paid out in big money prizes since the Lottery started in 1994.

Julie Smith reports. Who wants to be a millionaire? Well they are

already, and that's why they're here. They're celebrating being

lottery millionaires. Mark Broodnell from Stockton won 14

years ago. It changes your lifestyle one give you an

opportunity to do things you want to do with your life, holidays,

houses, everything we all dream of, just trumpeting �1 on. -- just from

putting �1 on. And life's easier for these two friends. Their small

syndicate won over �10 million last January. Pat is building a house.

And Julie has bought a villa in Spain. Sometimes you just look and

pink, I have got this much money in the bank, but I have gone back to

work. You got one, you've got two, three, four. Norma and Michael

Eggleston won four years ago in March 2007. It is nice talking to

people who have been through what we have been through who understand

it. No fancy cars? No. Have you got the yacht? No, we did not win that

much! Nothing too fancy then, but they do enjoy not working. And for

the rest of us, well we can still dream. Now - I hope you've got your

walking boots handy for this next film. For Grundy's North this week,

we've sent John on a climbing expedition. And it's quite a tough

climb into a town's history - up the famous 199 steps of the

headland at Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast. 199 steps up of me,

here, but I am going to climbdown. I have heard about people trying to

cycle up them, but I am going to walk up very slowly, stopping at

regular intervals to try and enjoy the view. And what a view it is.

Climbing up through the houses, you see that Whitby is a tightly packed

medieval town with the houses huddled together and clinging to

the steep sides of the valley, which makes for some very exciting

says. The wonderful piers, and the White House - I wonder if any pound,

anywhere, has got a better view? -- Light House. Climbing higher, I am

looking down on the ropes, all made of bright, orange Pantiles,

originally brought from Holland, and only used in Britain along a

narrow strip of the East Coast. Usually when you us -- exploring an

ancient town you have to dig deep downwards to get to the oldest

parts, but in Whitby, the opposite is the case, you have to rise up a

of the town to reach their head land at one which the police

started. In the 17th century a shepherd live in the Anglo-Saxon

monastery here, and he was the first pope in the English language.

He began, a man must praise the guardian of heaven's built. And St

Hilda is crushing snakes behind -- beneath her feet. In those days,

people did not understand fossils and thought they was Max makes. And

St Hilda got the reputation as the one who destroyed them. If I had

about a week I might have a chance to do justice to all of the things

that are up here, I could enthuse about St Mary's Church, for example.

It is unlike any other in England. The insiders very odd. Some people

disapproved of it. I have a book at home that says there is nothing

beautiful about it - it is just a museum, a hotchpotch, and it is a

jumble of things that have been thrown away in other judges,

because there are box pews with little doors, and the pulpit is

astonishing, towering above everything. It is just a mish-mash,

but it is also lovable, and I cannot imagine anybody not liking

it. And then there is the Abbey, at the top of the hill. It was the

success of to the monastery of St Hilda. It was built in the 14th

century. If he ended a have not got rid of the monasteries, we would

not have any room judges, and England would be a poorer place,

because this is sublime. It is just so beautiful. A glorious run on a

wonderful headland, up of a charming medieval town. -- up of --

above. Now, when does being a fan of something go a bit too far? For

example, how would you feel if your husband or wife turned one of your

bedrooms into a shrine? And what if it was a shrine to the Chuckle

Brothers? One man in County Durham has done just that, and Damian

O'Neil has been along to meet him. Here we are, welcome to the Chuckle

run. How long have you been doing this? I have been collecting

chuckle Brothers memorabilia are for about 10 or 11 years. Round the

bend, good old slapstick, custard pie, all good, family fund. Have

you got anything strange? I have got the chuckle Brothers browsers,

the original trousers from chuckle vision, from the 1980s. These are

the trousers they used to wear. They will not fit me. Have you

tried them on? I can only get one leg in! Is this an obsession? Do

you feel that you need help? It is just a daft hobby. Some people take

-- collect stuff about Take That!. Has he been like this as long as

you have known them? And you have stayed with him? Yes, he gets to

kiss to go and see them on Mother's Day. And does he do things to make

up to you for having this hobby? has taken us for a weekend away, a

romantic weekend away, in Scarborough, and then I would have

to go and see the chuckle Brothers! You have filled this room. Spread

out through the House. I have got a nice big poster that goes up above

the back of my bed. I might just sneak it up there will she is not

looking! I am lost for words. I have got to say, from me, to you.

Sports news now Last night we exclusively revealed there'd been

Board room changes at Sunderland: Margaret Byrne was confirmed as the

club's new chief executive today. The legendary Bryan "Pop" Robson is

their new chief scout. And Steve Bruce is making more changes to the

playing staff. New signings, and those very close to joining the

Black Cats, could take his summer purchases to 11. Enough to form a

new team. Keith Akehurst reports. The latest player to commit to

Steve Bruce's revolution is Manchester United defender Wes

Brown. He signed today after he passed a medical last night. His

Old Trafford team-mate and Republic of Ireland international John

O'Shea had his today. He signed half an hour ago. The club is still

working on bringing in United midfielder Darron Gibson. The three

players were the subject of a combined �12 million bid last month

accepted by Sir Alex Ferguson. It's the latest in a long line of links

between the clubs. Of course, Bruce used to play for the Red Devils and

in recent seasons they've loaned Danny Welbeck, Fraizer Campbell and

Jonny Evans. Enough to make some people call them Man U on Wear

perhaps? In addition, it's thought Sunderland maybe close to

completing a move for Blackpool midfielder David Vaughan. That

would bring incomings to 11, if we include Ahmed Elmohamady, whose

loan last season has become a permanent move. Nottingham Forest

have made an approach to Newcastle for Wayne Routledge. The winger was

with the rest of the Newcastle squad as they returned to pre-

season training this morning, but new Forest boss Steve McClaren is

keen to add him to his team as they push for promotion next season.

Speculation over the future of a number of players, including Jose

Enrique and Joey Barton, continues. They both took part in this

morning's session though along with Alan Pardew's quartet of new French

signings. The north east weather giving them a taste of what they'll

have to get used to. Over in the North West, Carlisle have confirmed

that Wembley winner Peter Murphy has taken the option of another

year on his contract. Next season will be the defender's testimonial

year. There's a treat in store for the region's cricket fans this

weekend as Durham and Yorkshire play eachother in back to back

Twenty20 games - Chester le Street tomorrow and Scarborough on Sunday.

Championship leaders Durham are hoping they can make their mark in

a competition they've traditionally done badly in, and get through to

the quarter-finals. But for struggling Yorkshire, their

priorities lie elsewhere. Durham have beaten Yorkshire twice in the

County Championship this season and have home advantage in the first

Twenty20 match tomorrow. After years of under achievement in the

competition, this year could see a breakthrough and their lack of an

overseas specialist may have had a positive effect. This team has

stuck together. We have had more or less the same squad. We have not

called on any big names. The players have responded to that. We

have got a nice pattern going. It is important that we put together

two of the victories, and we do Yorkshire's chances of making it

through to the quarter finals are slim but yesterdays announcement

that Jacques Rudolph their leading runscorer for the past four years

is returning to the club will give everyone a boost. It wont come in

time for this weekend but their priority is the championship where

Martyn Moxon's young side are in a real relegation scrap. Jack would

all will be joining us in time for the Lancashire County Championship

game on 20th July and then for the rest of the season so that is good

news from our point of view. He is a class player, as we know, and we

hope that will give us a boost for the rest of the season as we

attempt to stay in the past edition of the county championships. -- in

the First Division of the County Championship. Paul Collingwood is

expected to be fit for Durham. He The all rounder has managed to put

his shock at losing the England t20 captaincy behind him to put in some

top performances for his county including a century against

Yorkshire last month. Paul Collingwood to kick on the chin, he

was disappointed that the time, but he has come back really strongly.

He is a good, positive influence in the dressing room. Now we just have

to keep our fingers crossed for the weather. I am not sure that

crossing fingers is going to do any good! Time now for the weather

First, thank you to David Lindsay, who snapped this rainbow and those

shower clouds in Sunderland. For tomorrow, more showers and the risk

of more thunder. That showery activity concentrating itself along

the North East Coast with 12 like thing strikes between South Shields

and Sunderland and a real barrier the triangle around North Yorkshire,

between dusk, Northallerton and Ripon. --Thirsk. It will become dry

for a time overnight. Dry and clear for most of the North Yorkshire

coast. And it does not last. Mild, to start the morning, with some

sunshine, but then that rain bridges up from the south, and once

again, it is heavy and intense enough to bring us a rumble of

thunder and more lightning flashes as well. There will be some drier

spells and a lot of thunder and lightning around. Temperatures into

the high teens, so feeling cool, compared with the July average.

Those temperatures are below the 60s in Fahrenheit. What is the

reason for this instability? It is this low-pressure sitting over the

UK. That starts to clear as we head through the weekend, then we have

some high-pressure, and by Monday, it is starting to calm things down.

For the next three you mights, showery on Saturday, with some of

them heavy, but by Sunday, less of arrest or thunder, and by Monday,

looking fine and dry in Cumbria, with a similar story in the North

East. Sunday sees those showers become lighter and temperatures

rise as well, then on Monday, fine and dry, with temperatures rising

to 21 Celsius. We like to see you were the pictures, so here is the