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Welcome to Look North. In tonight's headlines... Police divers are

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called in to help with the search for a missing farm worker. Her

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brother has also disappeared. Could the RAF fly to the rescue, to help

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revive one of the region's airports? Is it a throw back to the

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bad old days? The woman darts player who was thrown out of a

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working men's club. And a bumpy journey - but our tourism industry

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seems to be riding out the recession. In sport, Boro look to

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extend their unbeaten start to the season. And up for the Cup. Newton

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Aycliffe celebrate as they prepare to play FA cup football for the

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Specialist diving teams have now been called in to help in the

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search for a missing woman on the farm where she works. Danuta

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Domagalska has not been seen for 10 days after vanishing from New Moors

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Farm near Darlington. Danuta has worked on the farm for three years

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and lives with her husband and her brother. Well this afternoon police

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released a photograph of her brother - Piotr Lawniczak. He

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disappeared after she went missing - and police believe he could have

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vital information. Peter Harris is at the farm where the search

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continues tonight. Peter. unpleasant task for police -

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searching slurry pits and Pons on the farm just over there. This is a

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working farm, a dairy farm. It is huge and police say they will

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search every inch to try to find Danuta Domagalska. They are also

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searching tonight for her missing brother, Piotr Lawniczak. He could

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hold vital information. There are urgently trying to contact him.

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Let's look at the des's events. And so the search goes on. Officially

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this is still a missing from home inquiry. The grim nature of the

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police activity a clue there could be no happy ending. Specialist

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diving teams have been brought in to work on the farm. To give you an

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idea of the scale of the task they faced... It is around 100 acres

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here including slurry pits and Pons. The police intend to search them

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all. Danuta Domagalska vanished 10 days ago. She had shared a cottage

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with her husband and brother, Piotr Lawniczak. It was the farm owners

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who called the police on Sunday, concerned she was missing. Then the

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brother, Danuta Domagalska -- Piotr Lawniczak, also vanished. Police

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want to speak to him and her husband is being interviewed as a

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witness. He thought his wife was working extra now was on the farm.

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That information was given a to us by the brother. He is helping us

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and we believe he is a witness at this moment in time. It is believed

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he is genuinely concerned but in particular I appeal to the public

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to come forward with any information about the whereabouts

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of Danuta Domagalska. -- at the whereabouts of Piotr Lawniczak.

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Back in Poland tonight Danuta Domagalska's five-year-old son is

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being cared for by his grandmother. They can only hope and wait. This

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will obviously be a worry for people living near by. What did

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they have to say? It is a worry. It is a quiet place. You do not expect

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this kind of thing to happen. Lot of police and media activity. They

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It is such a quiet area so it is unusual to herald something like

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this. It is worrying. I will just make sure the kids are safe, that

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the doors are locked until they find her. I also spoke to the local

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Polish community tonight. She does not seem to have been that well

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known, although she was here for three years. There is a Polish

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website which is carrying the story. I am told they have had many hits.

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There is a sense of the local Polish community rallying around.

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The key thing tonight is where is the missing brother? Police urged

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Is it a last, desperate attempt to save the airport from closure? Two

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MPs have come up with an idea to increase business at Durham Tees

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Valley. Labour's Jenny Chapman and Phil Wilson want to see nearby RAF

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Leeming use the airport's runway, air traffic control and airside

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services. It would boost the airport, which is in decline, and

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cut costs for the RAF. Discussions are already taking place, but any

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deal would look unlikely as Richard Thomas reports. Check-in for the

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Amsterdam flight. There'll be upwards of fifty people on this

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service. The busiest the airport will have been today. On Sundays

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the number of flights from the airport is in single figures. The

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number of passengers will not be huge, there for the airport is not

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making much money. So its future must be in doubt. It needs a

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radical plan like the one with the RAF to Secure sustainability. The

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idea would see some operations from nearby RAF Leeming in North

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Yorkshire switch to the airport. This could help boost business and

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stop the airport's continued decline. An idea that some

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passengers would welcome. I think that is good. Anything that runs a

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business for it. I would not like it too close. I would not object to

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the facilities being used, better than closing it. Military aircraft

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could fly low and the noisy, so it could upset the locals. If there is

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a scramble, what will they do? Let the RAF go down? The MoD has

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confirmed talks have taken place Durham Tees Valley Airport's

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decline is well documented. Only last week, the airport's bosses

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warned people to use the facility or lose it. And just a few days ago

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Eastern Airways joined the exodus announcing its daily flights to

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Southampton will stop from the beginning of next month. Although

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its Aberdeen flights will stay. Driver fatigue was a likely cause

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of a freight train rolling backwards out of control in Shap

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near Cumbria, a report has concluded. The train travelled at

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more than 50 miles per hour and was seconds from possible derailment

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when the driver finally braked. The incident, which happened a year ago,

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has led to calls for change in the way drivers night shifts are

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managed. Peter Marshall reports. Thousands of tons of freight moves

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along the railways without incident every year. But in the early hours

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of Auger 17th last year, on this stretch of the West Coast main line

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in Cumbria, there was near disaster. A northbound freight train operated

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by the company DBE Shanker was travelling uphill. It was on route

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to Glasgow, but came to a stop and started rolling backwards. The

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locomotive, with its 13 wagons, weighed 715 tons and was about 500

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metres long. It rolled backwards for 4 1/2 minutes in darkness,

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covered 2.2 miles and reached a speed of 51 miles per hour. Cigna

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has blocked the line to try to prevent any collision and luckily

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there were no trains in the area at the time. Nobody was hurt and the

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train. By the driver before hitting sidings at tea they. An

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Investigation Branch report says it happened because the driver was the

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teak, working a first night shift after a number of day shift. It was

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the mathematical model -- this This stretch of line are seen

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tragedy before. In 2004, four railway workers were killed by a

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runaway trailer. The report recommends that shift patterns are

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looked at closely. It says they should limit the duties of drivers

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when they work the first and a series of night shift. DB showing

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to says it is working on the recommendation and the Office of

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Rail Regulation is reviewing guidance on how companies manage a

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teak. Tributes are being paid to one of the region's trade union

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leaders, who died at the weekend. Kenny Bell, who lived in Gateshead,

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was deputy regional convener for Unison. He was diagnosed with

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cancer last year, but carried on campaigning and took part in last

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October's protests about Government spending cuts. A spokesman for

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UNISON described him as "an Rural parts of the North East and

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Cumbria are to get the biggest shares of a government grant to

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improve broadband connection speeds across Britain. The region has been

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allocated almost �55 million overall in the drive to bring

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superfast broadband to 90 per cent of homes and businesses by 2015.

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Hard to reach areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria will get more

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than �17 million each, with over �7 million going to County Durham and

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Northumberland. North East pensioner's taken to travelling

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everywhere with his three pet owls. The two barn owls and tawny owl

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perch on the handle bars of John Miller's mobility scooter when he

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heads out in Middlesbrough. He's started carrying the pets with him

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since thieves broke in to his atrium and stole some of his birds

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earlier this year. Stephanie Lloyd has the story - and it's quite a

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hoot! Iron with a gentleman becoming well known in

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Middlesbrough because every way he goes he takes his three pet owl

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with him. -- owls. These belong to John Miller. This started when

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you're aviary was burgled. That's correct. They pinched a breeding

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pair which I never got back. I got the tawny back. It went from there.

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I got six or thought I would get some more. He must get a lot of

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attention when you're out. You take in shopping, don't you? Yes, I take

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them down the town, to the shop, the markets. I will be getting a

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stall on the markets surely! What comments do you get? The blast to

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take photographs. -- people ask to take photographs. It does me no

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harm. They must mean the world to you. The a do. Good job the wife

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doesn't need me, she says I think Every evening you let them in the

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aviary? Then they are free? Yes, then I feed them. Then settle down

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for the night. I think they settle down. Next door says they are noisy

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in the night. The wife sleeps at the back. So she does not say

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They are acquired at the moment. Thank you. Lovely to meet you. --

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they are quiet at the moment. What a hoot, come on, somebody had to

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say it! Plenty more to come tonight. Riding out the storm. We take the

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temperature of our tourism industry in our economy check series. We

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have images of the Northern Lights Women are still prevented from

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using the bar at some working-men's clubs. One female darts player was

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so outraged by her treatment in County Durham that she is

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threatening civil action under the Equality Act.

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This was the heyday of the Working Men's Club, when there were mines

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and shipyards. No-smoking ban, and no women in the bar, unless they

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were pulling the pines. Now we have the Equality Act, which makes it a

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legal requirement that clubs admit women on equal terms to men.

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Christine Oxley lives in Witton Gilbert outside Durham City. She

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sits on the committee at her local club, but half-a-mile up the road,

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she and other women are not even allowed in the bar. As I was

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walking through into the bar, I was asked to leave by a committee man.

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When I asked why I could not have a part -- have a drink, he said I

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could only use the lounge. He is wrong, because I am on the board of

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management of another club, and I know my rights. He was well out of

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order, asking me to leave. Is this the last bastion of sexism in the

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North? A club where women are still prevented from coming full members,

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and therefore barred from the bar. The club would not comment about

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their apparent no women in the bottle, so we went to the Durham

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Branch headquarters. We have had a male only bar for 100 years, that

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tradition is difficult to give up. I would imagine that some clubs

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have been a bit slower to adopt the new regime than others, but we are

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advising clubs about the Equality Act, and hopefully any clubs that

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have not taken action yet, they will be informing their members in

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the future, and they will get their rules changed. Sacriston Club has

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been reminded that the days of the men Only bar or Rover.

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-- they are over. A York State performer has

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installed a camera in his hat in a bid to prevent further attacks from

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members of the public. Purple Man was pushed off his bicycle at the

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weekend and attract to the ground by a group of youths. He believes

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the attack was provoked by a message posted on Facebook.

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With his purple coat, purple bike and purple dog, Purple Man is a

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popular tourist attraction in York. Every summer, thousands try to make

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him laugh, but he never moves. Unless he is pushed. The Facebook

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page was created and it was live last week. After that page appeared,

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I was receiving threats on the street, people wanted to push me

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off the bike, as the Facebook page incited people to do. This actually

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happened. He says a message has been running on Facebook, urging

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people to use the riots as an excuse for knocking the Purple Man

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in York off his bike. Now, Purple Man is looking to take legal action

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against the person who posted it. Saturday was the first time that

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Purple Man has felt threatened. But now he has had to install extra

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security for his personal protection. I have got a video

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camera in my head, which can be turned on in two seconds. Shoppers

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in Stonegate condemned the attack. Was there any need? There was no

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reason. Bad society, I am afraid. Leave him alone! A man from West

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Yorkshire was arrested following the incident. He is now helping

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police with their inquiries. There are just three weeks of the

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school holidays left, so make the most of it. It is the busiest

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season for our visitor attractions, so how have they been doing? We

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have taken the economic Paul's off the cross section of our stately

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homes, economic operators and big leisure parks. Has it been a bumpy

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ride? The ultimate, Europe's longest

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roller-coaster. It has told visitors to North Yorkshire's Park,

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but how is it doing? What does it tell us about where we are in the

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cycle of economic recovery? We have only seen an increase. Some people

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put that down to the recession and the fact that people are not

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travelling abroad. It should hit its target of 333,000 visitors. For

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the rest of the summer, it needs to welcome 4000 a day. Away from the

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clamour and excitement of the giant leisure parks, how are our more

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sedate attractions to win? Holding their own. Ormesby Hall is on

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course to hit its target of 19,000 visitors. The only thing that has

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fallen off his discretionary spend. We all had fully on target across

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the board, we have got healthy bookings for when we are back after

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the summer, so we should be able to achieve our targets. The sense of

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holding their own is a feature of most attractions. In terms of

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visitor numbers, 35% say this year will be better than last year. 55%

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say it will be the same. 7% say it will be worse. 3% do not know.

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Those buoyant figures helped bolster the government's or

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argument that tourism could be one of the key fixes of the economy.

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This business in Northumberland is just the sort of venture it wants

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to see. You have got to go for it, you have got to believe in your

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business venture, which I do, and you have got to hope for the best.

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He is thinking of expanding the business. If he does, he will

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become a bigger part of the motorcycle sport and leisure

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industry, warned that claims its contribution to the economy is half

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a billion pounds a year. It will be part of a wider sector that might

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Plenty of football tonight. No let-up. All of our Football

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League teams are in action, Middlesbrough will be looking to

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continue their unbeaten start when they travel to Barnsley. Faris

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Haroun is still yet to receive international clearance, so he will

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have to wait to make his debut. One name is bound to be on the team-

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sheet. Marvin Emnes is the inform striker

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in the Championship. He has hit the net five times already. It is great

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for him, it is good for the team. I told him to be more selfish in

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front of goal. He has taken his chances, he has got great technical

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ability to find himself a yard in tight spaces. Oakwell is one of the

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few grounds where Middlesbrough have scored more goals than they

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have conceded, but they will be without Tony McMahon, and for the

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match after he was sent off after the -- the weekend. Middlesbrough

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lost this fixture last season. Carlisle are away at watch Dale,

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and looking to build on their first win of the season. -- Rochdale.

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Paul Thirlwell should play. Hartlepool entertain Huddersfield.

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They are managed by former Newcastle and Sunderland player Lee

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Clark. Both sides have opened up -- are drawn their opening two games.

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Gary Liddle fractured his cheekbone in the last game.

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Graham Onions trained with England today as they look to secure a 4-0

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victory over India. He has not played for his country since

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January last year after suffering a back injury which threatened to end

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his career. He was called up yesterday as cover for Jimmy

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Anderson. The FA Cup has made a fleeting

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visit to County Durham. It was brought to the ground of Newton

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Aycliffe Football Club to celebrate their first ever game in the

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competition. Plenty of locals turned out for a look.

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The most famous Cup in English club football, here in the north-east.

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It is a shame it will not be stained, but the coach hopes it is

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an omen for the first step, on the long road to Wembley. It is a real

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privilege, I did like to thank the FA for allowing it to happen.

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do you think of the turnout? It is brilliant, this is how the club has

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been, the people of Newton Aycliffe have got behind the football team.

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You can see the turn out again. They made a good start to the

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season, hammering Stokesley in the opening league game. Today, all

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eyes are on this iconic piece of silverware. It is great, I love the

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FA Cup, I watch all of the rounds. I will be here on Saturday. It will

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be great. Fantastic, brilliant. It brings all of the family out.

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a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Cup. Brian Atkinson came

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close to getting his hands on the Cup in 1992. Sunderland lost to

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Liverpool in the final. It is a blur, a long time ago. A

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disappointing result. We over-rich lead to get to the final. The day

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after, the turnout of the Sunderland supporters, there were

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thousands there to welcome us back to Sunderland. Unfortunately, we

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did not have the cup. Now, his thoughts are on getting past

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Gillingham on Saturday. -- Billingham.

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One horse that I would not fancy at York is this one. It is made out of

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Yorkshire produce, including a rhubarb, beetroot and mushrooms.

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The sculpture has been crafted by the hospitality team to remind

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racegoers of its commitment to home-grown food. Instead of Straw,

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the horse will stand on a bed of future puddings.

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I wanted to create something that everybody saw as they walked past,

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to give them an idea of what is on their plate and how local it is. I

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came up with a bonkers idea of making a horse out of cabbages and

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rhubarb and a horse or payment of things. It is a mad idea, but it is

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We have got some fantastic pictures. These pictures were taken in north

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Northumberland. These are the Northern Lights, the opera borealis.

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They were taken 10 days ago. It is normally seen in the polls, but we

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could be seeing more of these in the coming months, because the sun

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is entering an active phase. We Tonight, showers will clear, and

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tomorrow, it will be mostly dry and sunny, more pleasant than today. It

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will feel much more summery. The showers die away overnight tonight.

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It is clear, and it could get misty towards the early hours of the

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morning. The temperatures are falling into single figures. A cold

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start to Wednesday morning. Misty in places, but it is a fine day to

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come. The sunshine burns away any missed, and then a very pleasant

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day. Long spells of sunshine. One or two showers through the

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afternoon for North Northumberland. It is fine and dry for North

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Yorkshire. A few showers affecting the coast. Crossing the West,

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Cumbria is pretty much fine and dry. It will feel pleasant in the

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sunshine. A much brighter, better data come. -- paid to come. Over

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the next couple of days, there is a change in the weather. Enjoy

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tomorrow, because everything turns cloudier from the south on Thursday.

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It is a gloomy day, particularly further south. Friday has this guy

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Brighton rink for most places. One or two isolated showers. The

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temperatures will be affected a The top story.

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The hunt continues for a missing woman near Darlington. Her brother

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has also disappeared. There are 20 police officers on the

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farm, searching for clues. Also crucial tonight, they need to find

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her brother. They believe he is still in the UK, he could have

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