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Hello and welcome to Thursday's Look North. Tonight... | :00:05. | :00:08. | |
The teacher who set fire to himself after feeling under pressure over | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
exam results. He was and still remains really a much loved, valued, | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
respected member of staff. I want an apology! A top doctor's | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
demand after being hauled in front of his bosses for opposing NHS | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
reforms. 777 lift off! The arrival of a new | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
aircraft is hailed as a big vote of confidence in the North. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
And how computer games are helping young hospital patients cope with | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
the pain and stress of their illness. | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
In sport, find out what the Newcastle United manager thinks of | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
the re-naming of St James's Park. And we meet the youngster who's a | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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First tonight, an inquest has heard how a teacher set fire to himself | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
in a school car park, because he felt under pressure to get good | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
exam results. David Charlesworth, who taught science at Rossett | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
School at Harrogate in North Yorkshire, died the day after. His | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
wife told the hearing how Mr Charlesworth believed he wasn't up | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
to standard as a teacher and felt he would let his students down. The | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
coroner recorded a verdict of suicide. | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
It was in the early hours of May 11th last year that teacher David | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
Charlesworth set fire to himself in the car park close to the main | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
entrance of Rossett school. Despite suffering 79% burns, he'd managed | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
to get himself home. But he died in hospital the following day. The | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
inquest was told that Mr Charlesworth, a science teacher, | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
felt under pressure to get good exam results. He told his wife he | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
was worried he was not up to standard and might like down pupils | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
studying for high grades. His doctor referred him to a mental | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
health team, but there was a waiting list and no assessment was | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
ever made. Today, Rossett's head teacher paid tribute to a member of | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
staff who cared passionately for the welfare and achievements of his | :02:14. | :02:23. | |
students. From our point of view, he was and still remains really a | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
much loved, valued, respected member of staff. From the Students | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
point of view, he was known well, always had time for every child, | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
whether those children were taught by him or not. He had a perception | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
about, its someone was in trouble off feeling down, he would always | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
find that and, the children said he was a legend. Teachers unions say | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
the case highlights the danger of stress in a demanding profession. | :02:54. | :03:00. | |
It is the latest of a catalogue of incidents, where teachers have | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
found distress of the job unbearable. The teachers bound | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
themselves believing they had nowhere else to turn. It is always | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
distressing hearing the stories. It is not the first, and I doubt it | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
will be the last. A verdict of suicide was recorded. And the North | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
Yorkshire coroner, Geoff Fell, said he would be writing to the local | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
primary care trust raising concerns about Mr Charlesworth's | :03:26. | :03:36. | |
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difficulties in accessing mental health services. | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
Cumbria's Director of Public Health is demanding an apology from the | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
Health Secretary after he was hauled in front of his bosses for | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
opposing government health reforms. Professor John Ashton says he feels | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
bullied by the government. But the Department of Health says it had | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
nothing to do with what happened and the decision to call Professor | :03:51. | :03:55. | |
Ashton in was made locally. It was the letter he never expected | :03:55. | :04:01. | |
to receive. Cumbria's Director of Public Health summoned to see his | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
bosses because of his opposition to the government's Public Health Bill. | :04:04. | :04:11. | |
But today, he remained resolute. He argued it is his role to highlight | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
anything he believes will damage the public health service. And he | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
went further than that. This came from Leeds or elsewhere, and I want | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
an apology, because I feel bullied. That is my position. The British | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
Medical Authority agrees with me. Not looking after narrow | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
professional interests, but saying bullying is unacceptable. This is | :04:36. | :04:43. | |
bullying, to get a letter like that to your house out of the blue is | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
unacceptable. $$WHITR In the original letter sent to professor | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
John Ashton by his bosses at NHS Cumbria, he was told that it is | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal concerns about | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
proposed government reforms. subsequently, NHS Cumbria has | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
released a statement in which it says senior managers are free to | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
express their opinions as individuals. But they should always | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
remain mindful of expressing those opinions on political issues as | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
individuals, not on behalf of the NHS. Professor Ashton served for a | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
year as a Labour councillor in the early 1980s and is a member of the | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
Labour Party. But has worked with politicians on all parties as part | :05:20. | :05:27. | |
of his role in public health. not acting politically, I am acting | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
professionally, drawing on the evidence of what will happen if we | :05:31. | :05:36. | |
go down the road of private health insurance, which is what the | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
building blocks of this are for. Today, the Department of Health | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
said all decisions about Professor Ashton had been made by his | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
employers. A spokesman said there was no need for Andrew Lansley to | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
apologise, because the Health Secretary had simply not been | :05:49. | :05:59. | |
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An 18-month-old girl is still critically ill and her twin brother | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
is said to be in a stable condition after a motorbike hit their | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
pushchair in Sunderland. It happened on City Way next to the | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
Doxford International Business Park yesterday. Their mother was also | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
injured. The little girl remains in intensive care at Newcastle's Royal | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
Victoria Infirmary. The boy is being treated at Sunderland Royal | :06:22. | :06:29. | |
Hospital. A thousand workers at the York- | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
based CPP company are tonight anxiously awaiting the results of a | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
government investigation into their employer. CPP provides credit card | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
insurance. But it's currently under investigation by the Financial | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
Services Authority over mis-selling some of its products. North | :06:42. | :06:44. | |
Yorkshire's MP says the investigation's dragging on and | :06:44. | :06:49. | |
that's threatening jobs. But actually it every one of us has | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
a credit card and lots are worried if it gets lost or stolen. That is | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
what CPP's business is about, helping people who have problems. | :07:00. | :07:08. | |
The problem is, the company itself has problems. Those go back to last | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
year when the Financial Services Authority announced an | :07:11. | :07:13. | |
investigation into the way credit card insurance and identity theft | :07:13. | :07:19. | |
products were sold, looking back to 2005. It says the company will need | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
to look again and decide whether customers will need compensation. | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
But the City MPs says the investigation has drawn on far too | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
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long. Its conclusions are not drawn soon, many people could lose the | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
insurance cover paid for. That is why it is important to get the | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
announcement about. There was concern this week when CPP stopped | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
trading shares on the stock market. It is believed compensation could | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
go up to �100 million, believing it could drive a CPP under, | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
threatening jobs. There is a timebomb ticking here and if it | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
cannot be diffused, the outlook is bleak for CPP and equally bleak for | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
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Five years after launching direct flights from Newcastle to Dubai, | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
Emirates Airline has announced a major upgrade to the route. The | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
existing Airbus will be replaced by a Boeing 777, meaning an extra | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
2,000 seats a week. So is it a big vote of confidence in the region? | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
Will they fill the seats? And will the move help our chances of | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
opening a direct route to the USA? Damian O'Neil is live at Newcastle | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
Airport now for us. A lot of questions. Can you answer some? | :08:48. | :08:56. | |
Hopefully. I can tell you that the Airbus, which is the one departing, | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
carries 278 passengers, but the number won carries 428, so it is a | :09:03. | :09:12. | |
generally bigger aircraft. -- but the 777. We asked passengers if the | :09:12. | :09:19. | |
plot was it needed increased. expecting something smarter. I | :09:19. | :09:25. | |
thought it would be more upmarket than it was. Any improvement in the | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
service is good for us. announcement is that it will be | :09:31. | :09:41. | |
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increased to a 777. How do you feel about that? Fantastic. | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
So good news for passengers, but what about business? I spoke to | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
Graeme Mason, who said it was great news for the airport and region. | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
increases the chance for businesses to connect a key markets, also | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
opens up huge opportunities for leisure across many parts of the | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
globe. The fact it is bigger with more capacity is a sign of | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
confidence in the airport and region. It highlight the desperate | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
need we have on a transatlantic routes. That is on the agenda and | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
we would say to the government to reduce passenger duty, which is | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
getting in the way. Once the economy recovers, we could have new | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
services to complement the ones to Dubai. | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
Speaking about a transatlantic newt, -- a transatlantic route, we spoke | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
to councillors and one said that this up great could only do some | :10:44. | :10:52. | |
good. Having the larger aeroplane here with the flight to Dubai | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
strengthens the argument on a transatlantic route, showing there | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
is capacity for more business flights and I think this is a great | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
opportunity for the North East economy moving forward. | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
Hopefully this is good news. We will find out in 1st September when | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
the new service begins. Back to the studio. | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
You're watching Look North. Still to come this Thursday evening... | :11:21. | :11:24. | |
Why millions of pounds worth of computer games have been installed | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
in our hospitals. And the weather was mild today. | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
Will it stay that way? I will have a full forecast at the end of | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
tonight's programme. It was the Newcastle icon that | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
became an eyesore. Bolam Coyne, a housing block in the shadow of the | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
famous Byker Wall. It was designed by world-renowned architect Ralph | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
Erskine back in 1970. But 10 years ago, it had become a derelict shell, | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
unloved and abandoned. Now it is providing family homes again and | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
being hailed as the blueprint for the future of affordable housing on | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
Tyneside. When Ralph Erskine unveiled the | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
Byker estate, it seemed like the dawning of a brave new world. And | :12:12. | :12:19. | |
Bolam Coyne was among its jewels. Modern, clean and a far cry from | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
the Byker backstreets it was designed to replace. But in just | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
over 30 years, this is what the dream had become. An empty, | :12:27. | :12:34. | |
dilapidated shell. It fell into disuse, was boarded up. Local | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
people felt the simplest and best that most economic solution was | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
demolition. The reason it survived was that it was awarded Grade Two | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
listed status by English Heritage. Newcastle City Council wasn't | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
allowed to bid for part of a �40 million government pot for | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
renovation. But a partnership led by Your Homes Newcastle, with | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
active involvement of tenants, was. Today, the chairman of English | :13:01. | :13:03. | |
Heritage, Baroness Andrews, officially re-opened the �2 million | :13:03. | :13:10. | |
redevelopment, which 15 families now call home. It has all the space | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
we need. We have caught your area space for the children, you can let | :13:14. | :13:20. | |
them loose to play. You know that the children will go outside. The | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
rent is affordable. And while the tenants plan creches and barbecues, | :13:24. | :13:29. | |
the scheme is being hailed as a blueprint for the future. If you go | :13:29. | :13:36. | |
back to 2000, there were about 2000 empty council homes. There are less | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
than 200 today. We have about 9,000 people on our waiting lists at one | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
solution is to bring back empty properties in two years and this is | :13:46. | :13:53. | |
an ideal example of achieving that. -- bring properties back to being | :13:53. | :14:01. | |
used. We want the right choice at the right rent for the right people. | :14:01. | :14:08. | |
I hope my mother was watching that. She was from that region. | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
Millions of pounds of new equipment is being installed in hospitals and | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
hospices across the country. It is said to be scientifically proven to | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
help young people cope with the pain and stress of their treatment. | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
The latest have been brought in in Newcastle. And the secret of this | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
medical breakthrough? Computer games. | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
They're the sort of games, we're always being told, that are turning | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
our kids into couch potatoes. Yet here's what must be the king of | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
computer consoles being rolled out at the Great North Children's | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
Hospital. And the young patients, like 12-year-old Brad from | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
Hartlepool, who has spent 10 weeks in hospital, thinks it's much more | :14:46. | :14:53. | |
fun than other computer games. is good. This one, you have to | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
challenge your parents are family. It brings your family and friends | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
close the. And you can watch films as well. What's more, this �3,000 | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
Fun Centre is actually helping the children's treatment. It is | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
fantastic therapy. It is good to talk and make friends, especially | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
in this environment, being in here a long time, isolated, so it is | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
good to be together and have fun. There are 17 of these units at the | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
RVI alone. And more than 180 across our region. It is costing more than | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
half a million pounds. But not to the NHS. It has been specially | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
designed and paid for by a charity set up to grant once in a lifetime | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
wishes to seriously or terminally ill children. It is a great ice- | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
breaker, particularly coming into hospital. It must be frightening, | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
so to be able to sit down and play with something and ask someone over | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
you do not know, who is perhaps looking unwell and not so happy, it | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
is a great way to start the day. Apart from the Wii, the Fun Centre | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
contains four hand-held computer consoles and plays DVDs. Mums and | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
dads like it too. When she has chemotherapy, there is nothing we | :16:14. | :16:22. | |
can do, so it can keep us occupied and awake. If the children are | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
relaxed, the children can accept treatment better. That increases | :16:26. | :16:33. | |
the medical side as well, keeping everyone at ease, so yes. So there | :16:33. | :16:41. | |
seems to just one downside. When the kids get better and go home, | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
how many of them are putting one of these on their Christmas list? | :16:45. | :16:53. | |
Santa Claus will need a big sack, will he? | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
They've all served for their country and all have lost their | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
sight. Everyone of one of them has been helped by a charity that was, | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
until now, called St Dunstan's. It is now being renamed to make it | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
easier to reach other ex-service people who might need its support. | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
Hannah Bayman reports from Blind Veterans UK. | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
All former members of the armed forces. And all have battled not | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
only through warzones, but also against blindness. They are here to | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
celebrate a new name for the charity which has helped them, like | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
25-year-old Darren Blanks from Egremont. I have been given the | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
confidence to get from one place to another by myself, showed me how to | :17:27. | :17:33. | |
use the cooker. I have learned to use a computer again, learned to | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
read one of a scanner. The equipment helps, but talking to | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
other members is the best thing. Knowing there is someone on the | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
phone at all times. 90-year-old Dunkirk veteran, Pamela Woodford | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
MBE, is one of the oldest here. have been on holiday with them down | :17:49. | :17:55. | |
to break they and I was collected and taken down and I had a | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
wonderful time. A lot of help indeed. I have had four holidays | :18:02. | :18:06. | |
and five weeks' trading doing different things about the house, | :18:06. | :18:11. | |
how to manage about the highs and in the kitchen. Just taking care of | :18:11. | :18:18. | |
yourself. If you have a relative who has suffered loss of sight and | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
served in the armed forces, encourage them to get in touch, | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
because we know we can help and make a difference. The charity is | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
also keen to help those who have done National Service or surfed in | :18:32. | :18:41. | |
the Territorial Army. -- served. Pupils from a school in County | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
Durham have been taking a break from the classroom to help plant | :18:44. | :18:47. | |
trees around a former mining site near Chester-le-Street. The Lumley | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
Park Burn has been abandoned for the last 40 years. The children | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
from Woodland Primary School were helping the Wear Rivers Trust to | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
restore its natural habitat, so the community can enjoy it again once | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
the trees have matured. Community is -- a community involvement is | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
paramount, because we need the community to look after this once | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
we have done the work. To have the children having pride in the area | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
is good, and they will learn about wildlife. | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
Now for the sport. We'll start with some good news for | :19:20. | :19:24. | |
Sunderland striker Frazier Campbell. Out of action for 17 months through | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
injury, he's only started three first-team games since his comeback | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
last month. But he's done enough to be called into the full England | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
squad for the first time. Caretaker boss, Stuart Pearce, has put the 24 | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
year-old in the reckoning for the friendly international with Holland | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
at Wembley next Wednesday. He has come back into the Sunderland side, | :19:39. | :19:43. | |
given a real lift. I spoke a few days ago and he was spoken highly | :19:43. | :19:49. | |
of. He has worked fantastically well to get back from injury. He is | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
an exciting young talent. I think he will thrive by coming into this | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
environment with us next week. Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew, | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
says he's sure the fans will be right behind the team, when Wolves | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
head north on Saturday to play in a ground that's undergone a bit of a | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
transformation this week. The removal of the St James's Park | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
signs, at what is now officially the Sports Direct Arena, provoked | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
anger among many supporters. It even led to the matter being raised | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
in the House of Commons. But whatever the fans think about the | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
re-naming, and Pardew does have some sympathy, the Magpies' boss | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
thinks it won't deflect from the team's main task. And that is | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
picking themselves up from that 5-0 defeat by Spurs last time out. | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
changed a while back. It is conduct on the pitch that is important. | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
There might be some upset with this line being taken down, which I can | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
understand from fans point of view. But after that, it is the action on | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
the pitch and fans know all the players can be trusted. We have let | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
ourselves down, but we can bounce back. | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
Into the Blue Square Conference. Gateshead are back on the play-off | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
trail after a 2-1 win at York last night. The result was a blow to | :21:07. | :21:16. | |
The Minstermen remain in fourth, still five points behind Luton. | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
Gateshead are now eighth, just one point outside the play-off zone. | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
We've been hearing about the England football team. In Rugby | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
Union, the former Barnard Castle School and Newcastle Falcons scrum- | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
half, Lee Dickson, learned today that he'll make his first England | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
start in the Six Nations match against Wales at Twickenham on | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
Saturday teatime. It is 2012 and the World Cup test event at the | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
aquatic Centre in London, a diver from Harrogate gave evidence of his | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
growing confidence with an in place of eight place in the individual | :21:46. | :21:53. | |
springboard competition. An eight-year-old Northumberland | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
boy has been making a little bit of golfing history. He's thought to be | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
one of the youngest players in the UK to be entered for a national | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
event, just two years after taking up the sport. | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
Meet Aiden, who's travelled to his local golf course from the family | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
home near Ashington to fulfil some media commitments. The youngster, | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
who doesn't turn nine until the spring, has been attracting a few | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
headlines since being entered for the launch tournament of a new | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
national competition. It is for Under-12s, called the Tiger Cub | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
Tour, with the qualifiers at the South Moor club in County Durham | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
this summer. You are probably the youngest boy taking part. Is that | :22:28. | :22:36. | |
frightening? It is quite an advantage, because everyone will | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
under estimate me, saying I am small. But apparently, I am the | :22:41. | :22:49. | |
biggest long hitter and a 10 around Longhurst. -- under 10. Aiden is | :22:49. | :22:52. | |
coached by dad Philip, who thinks his temperament will stand him in | :22:52. | :22:58. | |
good stead. We do not expect much out of this, but it will be good | :22:58. | :23:03. | |
experience. I said to him to think about playing against himself in | :23:03. | :23:10. | |
three years' time. He replied saying he would give it a go and | :23:10. | :23:18. | |
knows what he needs to do to achieve in the next couple of years. | :23:18. | :23:21. | |
Aiden is at the Longhirst club near Morpeth, with his rugby playing | :23:21. | :23:24. | |
elder brother Marcus and golf partner Alex. But what does mum | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
think of it all? It has been overwhelming. I did not know what | :23:28. | :23:34. | |
we were doing, just putting at check in the post and applying. We | :23:34. | :23:42. | |
were inundated with phone calls, so it is good for his confidence. He | :23:42. | :23:48. | |
was shy in the background before. Golf is everywhere in the house, | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
you are vacuuming around balls. You even have the family dog chasing | :23:53. | :24:03. | |
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them. So yes, you cannot avoid it. I had a start of 40 years on him | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
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and he can hit better than me. sure I could, too. It was 19 | :24:15. | :24:22. | |
degrees and Warwickshire today. records broken down south. Not | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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quite as warm, but the warmest day A look at the temperatures today. | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
Just six Celsius on the highest weather station. The Pennines was | :24:47. | :24:56. | |
shrouded in low cloud and mist for much of today. This will show the | :24:56. | :25:04. | |
headline. Thank you for that. The head line is for tomorrow becoming | :25:04. | :25:10. | |
sunny after a wet start. Patchy outbreaks of light rain in the West | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
spread eastwards at times this evening. Through the early hours of | :25:15. | :25:24. | |
the morning, many places becoming wet, but another mild night. These | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
are the kind of temperatures we might expect on a good day during | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
the daytime in February, so a unseasonably warm. Although it will | :25:34. | :25:37. | |
not be quite so spring-like in terms of temperatures tomorrow | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
afternoon, getting an little chillier. Tomorrow morning, the | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
rain spreads from the West, becoming widespread for attacking, | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
but clearing quickly. By lunchtime, bright skies and pleasant weather | :25:52. | :25:58. | |
across the region. Temperatures not bad for the time of year. Down on | :25:58. | :26:04. | |
today, but still feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Instead of South | :26:04. | :26:08. | |
westerly breezes, a north-westerly breeze knocking back temperatures a | :26:08. | :26:13. | |
little. Touring West words across the Pennines and to the lakes, it | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
is fine, dry and bright to end Friday. So pleasant weather | :26:17. | :26:23. | |
tomorrow for being out and about. It should be a good day by the | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
afternoon on the Cumbrian Fells. It could be misty and foggy first | :26:27. | :26:33. | |
thing, but that should clear horrifying end for walkers. Notice | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
the breezes for North Northumberland. 22 miles per other | :26:38. | :26:45. | |
from the North West, -- 22 miles per hour from the North West. But | :26:45. | :26:51. | |
the forward into the weekend, Saturday looking good. The best day | :26:51. | :26:58. | |
of the weekend. Always Cloudiest in the West. Systems sneak in from the | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
West needing to drizzly rain for the rest of the weekend for Cumbria. | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
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Thicker cloud, so not looking too Looking great. Thank you. Now a | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
final look at tonight's headlines. RBS, the bank that received the | :27:17. | :27:19. | |
biggest tax payer bailout in history, records another year of | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
losses yet still pays hundreds of millions in bonuses. | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
And an inquest has heard how a teacher set fire to himself after | :27:25. | :27:27. |