23/01/2012 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Coming up tonight. He was left for dead, then saw his attacker cleared

of attempted murder. Now this prison officer is calling for a new

trial for the inmate who nearly killed him.

Is the 30-year mystery of how this woman died about to be solved?

Police prepare to exhume an unknown body found on the North York Moors.

A race against time to save Darlington Football Club. Can the

rescue effort raise �500,000 in a week?

And I'll be looking to the skies in Northumberland, hoping for a repeat

of last night's spectacular Northern Lights.

In tonight's Team Talk. How the fans turned out in force to try to

save the Quakers. And sensational Sessegnon - the

super strike that helped Sunderland climb into the Premier League's top

ten. He was stabbed and left for dead. Then watched as Kevin Thakrar

the man who nearly killed him was cleared of attempted murder. The

jury accepted Thakrar's claim he was suffering from stress. Now

Prison Officer crying Craig Wylde and his family have travelled to

London to meet the Prisons Minister to demand a retrial. It emerged the

police were investigating claims that the jury at the trial had been

tampered with. Supported by his family, Craig Wylde came to the

capital with one simple aim. He wants to see the man who tried to

murder him prosecuted. I can't find the words to say what it's done to

the family. It has turned us upside down on our heads, like I say,

everything's happened since the attack, which I have been left

disabled with, in constant pain, I only have about 15% of hand

movement. I won't get anything other than that. Craig and his

colleague were stabbed by this man. Kevin Thakrar. Dubbed one of

Britain's most dangerous prisoner, he was serving three life sentences

in Frankland for the gangland killing of three men. Last year, he

was cleared of attempting to murder Craig because he claim he was

suffering from stress. This morning, the prison officers' union said it

was now in talks about bringing a private prosecution against Thakrar.

The union will not take this lying down and on behalf of those injured

officer and the rest of members who suffer daily because of these kind

of prisoner, we will look to take a private prosecution out against

this man. At the meeting with Crispin Blunt they called for

Thakrar to be retried after claims the jury had been tampered with

What happened at trial was very strange. And certainly not an

anticipated outcome. After more than an hour of talks the family

said they were encouraged by the minister's comments..

acknowledged the fact he was a dangerous prisoner. He will remain

in the system which is good. He needs to be there. For Prison

Officer's safety. Other than that, it was talk about things which may

help in the regime of jail and how things should be the same across

the board. Hopefully some things we have mentioned will be taken

onboard and make prison life easier for not just the prisoner, but for

the staff as well. The Ministry of Justice says the decision over a

retrial will be made by the Crown Prosecution Service. But the family

say after today's visit, they now believe they have got the political

support to seek a prosecution for Thakrar. A seven hour police

operation to exhume a body begins at midnight in a North Yorkshire

cemetery. Detectives hope it will help them identify the remains of a

woman's body found more than 30 years ago. The naked corpse was

dumped close to Sutton Bank in 1981. How she died has remained a mystery

ever since. Well, it was here at Malton cemetery where the remains

of the woman were buried, way back in 1981. Of course, there was very

little available, if anything then, in the way of DNA science technique,

but with the advance of those over the year, police are hoping that

the dig, which will be started in about five-and-a-half hours time,

will bring some answers to the mystery of who the woman was, in

Sutton Bank. Hidden in undergrowth near the side of a minor road, the

woman's body may have lain there for up to two years. Anonymous

telephone call that led flois the grim discoverry in exhuming the

body detectives hope advances in science will enable them not only

to identify the woman, but also how she died. We have been reviewing

the original investigation. In addition to that we have been

contacted by two members of the public whether it is a member of

their family. In view of that we have made an application to the

coroner, and for the exhume Asian of the body. In the initial

investigation, a 3-dimensional wax reconstruction was made of the

woman's head. It is believed she had been in her late 30s and the

mother of up to three children. have maintained it is key we

identify individual, so that family can know where their loved ones

were and how they died. So it is valuable from that viewpoint. Again,

as you probably point out we have to establish where a crime was

mitted tkwhr. The operation beginning at midnight is expected

to take up to seven hours and the remains will be taken away to

forensic science labs, to investigate and see if they can

identify the woman and more to the point, at this stage, how exactly

she died.. -- died. More news and a cyclist

has been killed in an accident with a heavy goods vehicle on Teesside

this morning. It happened on the A19 southbound, after the junction

with the A689 at Wynyard. The man has not been identified. A 53-year-

old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by

careless driving. Cumbria's new Chief Constable has admitted

managing a 20% cut in the force's budget will be difficult. Stuart

Hyde started his new job today. He has taken over from Craig Mackey

who is moving to London to be the Deputy Commissioner of the

Metropolitan Police. Mr Hyde says some progress has been made in

accommodating the spending cuts more needs to be done Bearing in

mind nearly 85% of the budget is about staffing, it is going to be

very tricky, we have got a long way on it so far, we still have some

difficult challenges ahead, but I am absolutely adamant that we will

retain front line policing, we will keep the quality high of the

service we deliver, and we will immediate the needs of the public

of Cumbria. Staying in Cumbria, the Vodafone signal has been restored

in Alston. More than a month after it went off. People living in the

remote market town say it went off during the storms on the 14th

December. Vodafone say two electrical faults in the mast are

fixed, but more work might interrupt the signal today. The

provider serves many who live in Alston because it was the first

company to operate there. A plan has been put forward that could see

Darlington football club own and run by the local community. The

administrator of the club was given it is a scheme that would need to

raise �500,000 and time is running out. The move comes after

Saturday's game drew a much larger crowd than normal. Nearly 6,000.

Our business correspondent reports. After the unusually hieling crowd

on Saturday, Darlington's ground returned to its usual empty self

today. But away from the stadium, plans were being hatched. Local

business, the MP, the local paper, and the club's rescue group seem to

be backing a move that could see Darlington owned and run by the

local community. But �500,000 has to be raised in short order to

persuade the administrator that the plan is viable. It is a tall order.

We need to raise something like �500,000 in order to persuade the

administrator it is a credible plan. We have discussed bringing in

supporters direct, to help us with that, and that plan has been worked

through at the moment. We need to reck that Wrexham fans raised

�100,000 in one day. The story and the images have gone viral they

have gone worldwide. So, I think what we are looking at, is all the

different ways to skin the fundraising cat. I wouldn't see it

himed to the North East. The amount of money needed appears colossal

but it is the eqivlend of anyone in town chipping in a fiver each. So

would they? It is feasible, I suppose, but if you don't have much

like, you can't afford to give it. I think it is reasonable. Why not?.

I would do, to save the club. I'm not from Darlington but I would

support them. So there is a start. However, the cash probably has to

be raised or pledged within a week. To persuade the administrator that

the plan is little more than a pipe dream. And there will be more on

Darlington in Team Talk. More than a nift of the controversial PIP

breast implants used by the NHS were fitted at one trust in County

Durham. The County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust fitted

more than 400, putting it near the top of the NHS list. The trust has

pointed out the implants did have a European quality mark. The vast

majority of the 40,000 women who have had PIP implants in the UK had

them fitted at Private Clinics. But 5% of patients were treated on the

NHS. It has merged 412 women in total were treated by surgeons

working in County Durham, between 2001 and 2007. Fay was one of them.

She had her implants taken out, after they ruptured less than two

years after being fitted. So when they did remove your implants, what

did they find? A mess, that's what the doctor said, a mess, and two

golf ball sized lymph nodes full of this silicon. So they said they

used two litres of saline to wash it out or clean it out.

implants were banned in 2010. After they were found to contain

industrial grade silicon. They were known to be cheaper than other

implants on the market at the time. County Durham and Darlington trust

says their surgeons fitted 638 PIP implants in total but stopped using

them in 2008. In a stage, the trust says they were chosen because of

clinical suitability. Quality of the product, and cost. They say

their rupture rate is very low. The trust says it has written to all

sipt an advice line. But that might not be enough for Fay. Who has

since had five lymph nodes removed and still has silicon in her body.

I have aching pains under my arms. I have pains that go down, like

nerve pains in his arm, I have pains in my bone, I get really bad

headaches, that comes on and my glands will all come up in my neck.

I want to know how much silicon is still left in my body. I want

answers now and I think I deserve them. And there is more on that

story with Chris Jackson on Inside Out at 7.30 here on BBC One. Coming

up. Dawn is here for Team Talk. If like me you missed those

spectacular scenes last night, we will be checking the chances of

catching another show, the magnificent Northern Lights. I will

be hear with the forecast. It is a clear start but watch out for

wintry weather later on. Now, a pile of old bone, or a precious

part of our industrial heritage? If you know Whitby in North Yorkshire

you will know the whale bone arch. The bones had to be replaced

because of te derration they have been held in storage, and over

Christmas attempts were made to sell them on eBay, but that fell

foul of internet regulation, it promed criticism that the bones are

symbol of Whitby's whaling past weren't been treated as well as

they should be. Covered in plastic and lying in a yard on the

outskirts of town. The whale bones that were once the pride of Whitby.

They were presented to the town by the Norwegian, nearly half a

century ago. The port's whaling heyday lasted barely 100 year, a

maximum of up to 20 boats operating in treacherous seas off the coast

of Greenland. The industry finally came to an end round 1840 following

the loss of Whitby's last two whaling boats. The jaw bones of the

113 tonne whale were considered a fitting tribute to the seamen who

lost their lives. The boerns erected here on Westcliffe, in 1963,

then there they stood guarding the harbour entrance for more than 40

year, until they finally became so badly weathered they had to be

replaced. These ones were brought from Alaska in town 2. The council

wants to find a new home for the old bones. Many were uncomfortable

about the bones appearing on eBay over Christmas. Have they got any

value? Historic value I would imagine. You don't get them now.

Hopefully in a skip I think. What else can you do with them? They are

rotten. Dead whale isn't it. It is cruel to the whale. So... Like a

burial really. Yes have a ceremony, and lay it to rest. The council

says since the publicity it has received a number of offers and may

hold a ballot to decide which to If you were out last night and

looked to the skies, you might have caught a dramatic display of the

Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. The shifting swirls of

coloured light are rarely seen this far south, but conditions were

ideal last night. And they may be so later tonight and later this

week. A good time to Look North! Adrian Pitches is in Northumberland

on Aurora watch. You never look at the issues to

Look North, but tonight, there is a very good excuse. Normally, you

have to go to the Arctic to see the Northern Lights, but we were

privileged here to see them in the skies over the north of England

last night. We have a great range I don't know much about it, but I

do know a man who does. What causes them and what did you feel when you

saw them yesterday? The son of -- the sun belches. It spirals down

into the magnetic field of the Earth and causes them to grow. We

are heading towards the maximum opportunity in 2013 for them. If

they get a very good belched from the Sun, they get a very good

display in the night sky. Her did you feel when you saw this last

night? A little bit surprised because it was predicted for the

previous night. We were lucky to see it. Standing underneath them,

looking up at them, it is awesome. To see these flights, these

structures -- lights dancing and shimmering before you is a wonder.

The next fear might might also be good to see them. -- at the next

On to our regular Team Talk spot now. We have already heard about

plans which could safeguard the future of Darlington Football Club.

And the fans turned out in force at the weekend.

They certainly did, more than 5,500 of them, a great show of support

for the game against Fleetwood. Katie Gornall reports on the day

when Darlington came back to life. Against the odds, their club lives

on. After Wednesday's last-minute arrival of cash from fans staved

off liquidation, they turned up at the weekend to show their support

once more. It means a great deal to me and. Everyone thought we would

be killed off last week. I have never seen a crowd like it, people

waiting to get them. People are coming from all over today and we

appreciate their support. For more money we can get in now the better.

Hopefully, we can keep going to the end of the season.

Kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes as more than 5,500 supporters made

their way in. But sentiment was in short supply from visiting

Fleetwood Town as Danny Rose scored what proved to be the winner in the

first half. A lot of young players out there, a great team spirit. It

is a good result given the circumstances. People cannot fail

to be impressed by the backing we have had from the supporters and

the performance of the lads gave against a good side. Now fans wait

and hope that this is a signal of a brighter financial future.

And there will be lots more on the Darlington situation in tonight's

Late Kick Off with Clem at 5 past 11. There's a rare TV interview

with the Hartlepool chairman Ken Hodcroft, the front man for Pools'

owners the Aberdeen-based firm Increased Oil Recovery, and he very

has strong views on how to run a football club.

We try and run this club like we try and once oil companies. And the

oil business there is no sentiment. You have to be very careful. I do

feel that more business attitudes have to come back to the running of

football clubs. The Football League can make that happen if they have

the guts to make it happen. I do have sympathy for Darlington, but

the League has to say, if you fail, you are out. There is no rescue,

you are gone. It works and business and it will work in football.

the interesting interview that one. On to the rest of the football now,

where we had just the one winner, although you would not have guessed

it, if you had looked at the stats from the game.

No you wouldn't! Look at this. Swansea had 64% possession to

Sunderland's 36%, and they had twice as many shots on target,

although it still was not that many! But the most important

figures are the ones at the bottom there - the goals. Sunderland 2,

Swansea 0. No point having the ball if you don't do anything with it.

And that was Swansea's problem throughout the game. In fact, it

has been their problem all season. Created lots of chances, but can't

put them of way. They have a great home record, but

on their road, the other different team.

And are Sunderland scored, made the best of their chances.

At the end, he set up this one. Craig Gardner fires of this one in.

This is why Lee Cattermole has has scored for more than three years.

We will give him the benefit of the doubt.

And Sunderland will now head up to Newcastle for the Tyne-Wear derby

on Sunday, March the 4th at 12 noon - that game has been moved for live

TV. And the Magpies stay sixth in the Premier League despite a bit of

battering at Fulham? Yes, this was a real surprise.

completely dominated the first half and Fulham were appalling.

turned on a pretty dodgy penalty in the second half. A outside the box,

you have to say. But it did turn the game. You never know what

Fulham side is going to turn up. fabulous goal there. Not much

consolation because Newcastle's defence was caught out. With

Liverpool and Arsenal both losing, they stay where they are however.

In the Championship, it could hardly have been a worse day for

Middlesbrough. Beaten in the League for the third time in a row, they

lost two key players for next week's FA Cup derby at Sunderland,

and a former player helped sink them at bottom of the table

Coventry! Yes, Alex Nimely didn't do much for Boro when he was on

loan from Man City, but he set up two and scored the other against

Boro on his Coventry debut! that cross the line? Hard to tell

from that angle. He said up this one. It has a gone well for Tony

Mowbray recently. -- it has not gone well. Scott McDonald got one

back, but then came two sending offs. And he will miss the cup game.

You can see how much it meant to him there.

A couple of draws to end with. In League One, a great one for

Hartlepool, a disappointing one for Carlisle? Yes, they probably should

have won it and certainly could have. They hit the woodwork enough,

but it was Lee Miller who put them ahead. Unfortunately, Frank Simek

gave away a penalty and Walsall equalised. That was not a penalty.

It was a tangle of legs. Carlisle are in 7th place, just

outside the playoff places on goal difference. Hartlepool, though, put

in a great performance against 4th placed Sheffield Wednesday. Pools

went ahead through a Peter Hartley header, but Wednesday then scored

twice, including this nice finish from former Carlisle man Gary

Madine. Just three minutes from the end though, Antony Sweeney's

fantastic lob sailed over the top of the keeper to grab a valuable

point for Neale Cooper's side. you think he meant that? Yes, I am

good to say that he did. Time for the weather. Everyone is talking

the weather. Everyone is talking The weather is doing its bit and

staying clear for the first part of the night. You can see them end

land as well. As long as there is not what she -- too much light

pollution from towns. They can see them on the coast. The weather is

doing its part tonight. At least for the first part of the night. We

have a lovely clear start at the moment. If you leave it too late

tonight, it will turn cloudy and them wet and wintry for many of us

towards the end of the night. Temperatures are dropping. If you

are heading out, wrap up warmly. We will see that rain coming in from

the west around dawn. It will turn to sleet or snore in some places. -

- snow. Temperatures dropping to below freezing, minus two in some

places. A messy start to some places tomorrow. Some snow, some

rain, a cross our region. Top temperature us tomorrow of a 5 or

six Celsius. -- a temperatures. That is Tuesday. We do have this

batch of Raymond coming through. That means for Wednesday, behind

this -- this batch of rain coming through. For Wednesday, behind this

rain, we are looking at wintry showers hitting the high ground for

the end of the week. Quite an eventful week in terms of weather.

Let's have a quick summary. Tomorrow, quite wet and wintry

showers in places. On Wednesday, the temperatures will increase

slightly, but lots of cloud. Thursday and Friday, drier and

colder. And I have just washed the car.

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