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

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The teacher who set fire to himself after feeling under pressure over

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exam results. He was and still remains really a much loved, valued,

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respected member of staff. I want an apology! A top doctor's

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demand after being hauled in front of his bosses for opposing NHS

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reforms. 777 lift off! The arrival of a new

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aircraft is hailed as a big vote of confidence in the North.

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And how computer games are helping young hospital patients cope with

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the pain and stress of their illness.

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In sport, find out what the Newcastle United manager thinks of

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the re-naming of St James's Park. And we meet the youngster who's a

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First tonight, an inquest has heard how a teacher set fire to himself

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in a school car park, because he felt under pressure to get good

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exam results. David Charlesworth, who taught science at Rossett

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School at Harrogate in North Yorkshire, died the day after. His

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wife told the hearing how Mr Charlesworth believed he wasn't up

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to standard as a teacher and felt he would let his students down. The

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coroner recorded a verdict of suicide.

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It was in the early hours of May 11th last year that teacher David

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Charlesworth set fire to himself in the car park close to the main

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entrance of Rossett school. Despite suffering 79% burns, he'd managed

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to get himself home. But he died in hospital the following day. The

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inquest was told that Mr Charlesworth, a science teacher,

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felt under pressure to get good exam results. He told his wife he

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was worried he was not up to standard and might like down pupils

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studying for high grades. His doctor referred him to a mental

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health team, but there was a waiting list and no assessment was

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ever made. Today, Rossett's head teacher paid tribute to a member of

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staff who cared passionately for the welfare and achievements of his

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students. From our point of view, he was and still remains really a

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much loved, valued, respected member of staff. From the Students

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point of view, he was known well, always had time for every child,

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whether those children were taught by him or not. He had a perception

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about, its someone was in trouble off feeling down, he would always

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find that and, the children said he was a legend. Teachers unions say

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the case highlights the danger of stress in a demanding profession.

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It is the latest of a catalogue of incidents, where teachers have

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found distress of the job unbearable. The teachers bound

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themselves believing they had nowhere else to turn. It is always

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distressing hearing the stories. It is not the first, and I doubt it

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will be the last. A verdict of suicide was recorded. And the North

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Yorkshire coroner, Geoff Fell, said he would be writing to the local

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primary care trust raising concerns about Mr Charlesworth's

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difficulties in accessing mental health services.

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Cumbria's Director of Public Health is demanding an apology from the

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Health Secretary after he was hauled in front of his bosses for

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opposing government health reforms. Professor John Ashton says he feels

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bullied by the government. But the Department of Health says it had

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nothing to do with what happened and the decision to call Professor

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Ashton in was made locally. It was the letter he never expected

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to receive. Cumbria's Director of Public Health summoned to see his

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bosses because of his opposition to the government's Public Health Bill.

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But today, he remained resolute. He argued it is his role to highlight

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anything he believes will damage the public health service. And he

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went further than that. This came from Leeds or elsewhere, and I want

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an apology, because I feel bullied. That is my position. The British

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Medical Authority agrees with me. Not looking after narrow

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professional interests, but saying bullying is unacceptable. This is

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bullying, to get a letter like that to your house out of the blue is

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unacceptable. $$WHITR In the original letter sent to professor

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John Ashton by his bosses at NHS Cumbria, he was told that it is

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inappropriate for individuals to raise their personal concerns about

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proposed government reforms. subsequently, NHS Cumbria has

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released a statement in which it says senior managers are free to

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express their opinions as individuals. But they should always

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remain mindful of expressing those opinions on political issues as

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individuals, not on behalf of the NHS. Professor Ashton served for a

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year as a Labour councillor in the early 1980s and is a member of the

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Labour Party. But has worked with politicians on all parties as part

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of his role in public health. not acting politically, I am acting

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professionally, drawing on the evidence of what will happen if we

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go down the road of private health insurance, which is what the

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building blocks of this are for. Today, the Department of Health

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said all decisions about Professor Ashton had been made by his

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employers. A spokesman said there was no need for Andrew Lansley to

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apologise, because the Health Secretary had simply not been

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An 18-month-old girl is still critically ill and her twin brother

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is said to be in a stable condition after a motorbike hit their

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pushchair in Sunderland. It happened on City Way next to the

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Doxford International Business Park yesterday. Their mother was also

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injured. The little girl remains in intensive care at Newcastle's Royal

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Victoria Infirmary. The boy is being treated at Sunderland Royal

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Hospital. A thousand workers at the York-

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based CPP company are tonight anxiously awaiting the results of a

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government investigation into their employer. CPP provides credit card

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insurance. But it's currently under investigation by the Financial

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Services Authority over mis-selling some of its products. North

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Yorkshire's MP says the investigation's dragging on and

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that's threatening jobs. But actually it every one of us has

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a credit card and lots are worried if it gets lost or stolen. That is

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what CPP's business is about, helping people who have problems.

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The problem is, the company itself has problems. Those go back to last

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year when the Financial Services Authority announced an

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investigation into the way credit card insurance and identity theft

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products were sold, looking back to 2005. It says the company will need

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to look again and decide whether customers will need compensation.

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But the City MPs says the investigation has drawn on far too

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long. Its conclusions are not drawn soon, many people could lose the

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insurance cover paid for. That is why it is important to get the

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announcement about. There was concern this week when CPP stopped

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trading shares on the stock market. It is believed compensation could

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go up to �100 million, believing it could drive a CPP under,

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threatening jobs. There is a timebomb ticking here and if it

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cannot be diffused, the outlook is bleak for CPP and equally bleak for

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Five years after launching direct flights from Newcastle to Dubai,

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Emirates Airline has announced a major upgrade to the route. The

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existing Airbus will be replaced by a Boeing 777, meaning an extra

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2,000 seats a week. So is it a big vote of confidence in the region?

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Will they fill the seats? And will the move help our chances of

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opening a direct route to the USA? Damian O'Neil is live at Newcastle

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Airport now for us. A lot of questions. Can you answer some?

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Hopefully. I can tell you that the Airbus, which is the one departing,

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carries 278 passengers, but the number won carries 428, so it is a

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generally bigger aircraft. -- but the 777. We asked passengers if the

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plot was it needed increased. expecting something smarter. I

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thought it would be more upmarket than it was. Any improvement in the

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service is good for us. announcement is that it will be

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increased to a 777. How do you feel about that? Fantastic.

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So good news for passengers, but what about business? I spoke to

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Graeme Mason, who said it was great news for the airport and region.

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increases the chance for businesses to connect a key markets, also

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opens up huge opportunities for leisure across many parts of the

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globe. The fact it is bigger with more capacity is a sign of

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confidence in the airport and region. It highlight the desperate

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need we have on a transatlantic routes. That is on the agenda and

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we would say to the government to reduce passenger duty, which is

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getting in the way. Once the economy recovers, we could have new

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services to complement the ones to Dubai.

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Speaking about a transatlantic newt, -- a transatlantic route, we spoke

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to councillors and one said that this up great could only do some

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good. Having the larger aeroplane here with the flight to Dubai

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strengthens the argument on a transatlantic route, showing there

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is capacity for more business flights and I think this is a great

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opportunity for the North East economy moving forward.

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Hopefully this is good news. We will find out in 1st September when

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the new service begins. Back to the studio.

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You're watching Look North. Still to come this Thursday evening...

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Why millions of pounds worth of computer games have been installed

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in our hospitals. And the weather was mild today.

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Will it stay that way? I will have a full forecast at the end of

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tonight's programme. It was the Newcastle icon that

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became an eyesore. Bolam Coyne, a housing block in the shadow of the

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famous Byker Wall. It was designed by world-renowned architect Ralph

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Erskine back in 1970. But 10 years ago, it had become a derelict shell,

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unloved and abandoned. Now it is providing family homes again and

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being hailed as the blueprint for the future of affordable housing on

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Tyneside. When Ralph Erskine unveiled the

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Byker estate, it seemed like the dawning of a brave new world. And

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Bolam Coyne was among its jewels. Modern, clean and a far cry from

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the Byker backstreets it was designed to replace. But in just

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over 30 years, this is what the dream had become. An empty,

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dilapidated shell. It fell into disuse, was boarded up. Local

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people felt the simplest and best that most economic solution was

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demolition. The reason it survived was that it was awarded Grade Two

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listed status by English Heritage. Newcastle City Council wasn't

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allowed to bid for part of a �40 million government pot for

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renovation. But a partnership led by Your Homes Newcastle, with

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active involvement of tenants, was. Today, the chairman of English

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Heritage, Baroness Andrews, officially re-opened the �2 million

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redevelopment, which 15 families now call home. It has all the space

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we need. We have caught your area space for the children, you can let

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them loose to play. You know that the children will go outside. The

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rent is affordable. And while the tenants plan creches and barbecues,

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the scheme is being hailed as a blueprint for the future. If you go

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back to 2000, there were about 2000 empty council homes. There are less

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than 200 today. We have about 9,000 people on our waiting lists at one

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solution is to bring back empty properties in two years and this is

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an ideal example of achieving that. -- bring properties back to being

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used. We want the right choice at the right rent for the right people.

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I hope my mother was watching that. She was from that region.

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Millions of pounds of new equipment is being installed in hospitals and

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hospices across the country. It is said to be scientifically proven to

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help young people cope with the pain and stress of their treatment.

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The latest have been brought in in Newcastle. And the secret of this

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medical breakthrough? Computer games.

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They're the sort of games, we're always being told, that are turning

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our kids into couch potatoes. Yet here's what must be the king of

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computer consoles being rolled out at the Great North Children's

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Hospital. And the young patients, like 12-year-old Brad from

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Hartlepool, who has spent 10 weeks in hospital, thinks it's much more

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fun than other computer games. is good. This one, you have to

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challenge your parents are family. It brings your family and friends

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close the. And you can watch films as well. What's more, this �3,000

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Fun Centre is actually helping the children's treatment. It is

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fantastic therapy. It is good to talk and make friends, especially

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in this environment, being in here a long time, isolated, so it is

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good to be together and have fun. There are 17 of these units at the

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RVI alone. And more than 180 across our region. It is costing more than

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half a million pounds. But not to the NHS. It has been specially

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designed and paid for by a charity set up to grant once in a lifetime

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wishes to seriously or terminally ill children. It is a great ice-

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breaker, particularly coming into hospital. It must be frightening,

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so to be able to sit down and play with something and ask someone over

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you do not know, who is perhaps looking unwell and not so happy, it

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is a great way to start the day. Apart from the Wii, the Fun Centre

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contains four hand-held computer consoles and plays DVDs. Mums and

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dads like it too. When she has chemotherapy, there is nothing we

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can do, so it can keep us occupied and awake. If the children are

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relaxed, the children can accept treatment better. That increases

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the medical side as well, keeping everyone at ease, so yes. So there

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seems to just one downside. When the kids get better and go home,

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how many of them are putting one of these on their Christmas list?

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Santa Claus will need a big sack, will he?

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They've all served for their country and all have lost their

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sight. Everyone of one of them has been helped by a charity that was,

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until now, called St Dunstan's. It is now being renamed to make it

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easier to reach other ex-service people who might need its support.

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Hannah Bayman reports from Blind Veterans UK.

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All former members of the armed forces. And all have battled not

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only through warzones, but also against blindness. They are here to

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celebrate a new name for the charity which has helped them, like

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25-year-old Darren Blanks from Egremont. I have been given the

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confidence to get from one place to another by myself, showed me how to

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use the cooker. I have learned to use a computer again, learned to

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read one of a scanner. The equipment helps, but talking to

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other members is the best thing. Knowing there is someone on the

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phone at all times. 90-year-old Dunkirk veteran, Pamela Woodford

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MBE, is one of the oldest here. have been on holiday with them down

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to break they and I was collected and taken down and I had a

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wonderful time. A lot of help indeed. I have had four holidays

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and five weeks' trading doing different things about the house,

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how to manage about the highs and in the kitchen. Just taking care of

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yourself. If you have a relative who has suffered loss of sight and

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served in the armed forces, encourage them to get in touch,

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because we know we can help and make a difference. The charity is

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also keen to help those who have done National Service or surfed in

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the Territorial Army. -- served. Pupils from a school in County

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Durham have been taking a break from the classroom to help plant

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trees around a former mining site near Chester-le-Street. The Lumley

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Park Burn has been abandoned for the last 40 years. The children

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from Woodland Primary School were helping the Wear Rivers Trust to

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restore its natural habitat, so the community can enjoy it again once

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the trees have matured. Community is -- a community involvement is

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paramount, because we need the community to look after this once

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we have done the work. To have the children having pride in the area

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is good, and they will learn about wildlife.

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Now for the sport. We'll start with some good news for

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Sunderland striker Frazier Campbell. Out of action for 17 months through

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injury, he's only started three first-team games since his comeback

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last month. But he's done enough to be called into the full England

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squad for the first time. Caretaker boss, Stuart Pearce, has put the 24

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year-old in the reckoning for the friendly international with Holland

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at Wembley next Wednesday. He has come back into the Sunderland side,

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given a real lift. I spoke a few days ago and he was spoken highly

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of. He has worked fantastically well to get back from injury. He is

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an exciting young talent. I think he will thrive by coming into this

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environment with us next week. Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew,

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says he's sure the fans will be right behind the team, when Wolves

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head north on Saturday to play in a ground that's undergone a bit of a

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transformation this week. The removal of the St James's Park

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signs, at what is now officially the Sports Direct Arena, provoked

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anger among many supporters. It even led to the matter being raised

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in the House of Commons. But whatever the fans think about the

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re-naming, and Pardew does have some sympathy, the Magpies' boss

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thinks it won't deflect from the team's main task. And that is

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picking themselves up from that 5-0 defeat by Spurs last time out.

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changed a while back. It is conduct on the pitch that is important.

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There might be some upset with this line being taken down, which I can

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understand from fans point of view. But after that, it is the action on

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the pitch and fans know all the players can be trusted. We have let

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ourselves down, but we can bounce back.

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Into the Blue Square Conference. Gateshead are back on the play-off

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trail after a 2-1 win at York last night. The result was a blow to

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The Minstermen remain in fourth, still five points behind Luton.

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Gateshead are now eighth, just one point outside the play-off zone.

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We've been hearing about the England football team. In Rugby

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Union, the former Barnard Castle School and Newcastle Falcons scrum-

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half, Lee Dickson, learned today that he'll make his first England

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start in the Six Nations match against Wales at Twickenham on

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Saturday teatime. It is 2012 and the World Cup test event at the

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aquatic Centre in London, a diver from Harrogate gave evidence of his

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growing confidence with an in place of eight place in the individual

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springboard competition. An eight-year-old Northumberland

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boy has been making a little bit of golfing history. He's thought to be

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one of the youngest players in the UK to be entered for a national

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event, just two years after taking up the sport.

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Meet Aiden, who's travelled to his local golf course from the family

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home near Ashington to fulfil some media commitments. The youngster,

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who doesn't turn nine until the spring, has been attracting a few

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headlines since being entered for the launch tournament of a new

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national competition. It is for Under-12s, called the Tiger Cub

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Tour, with the qualifiers at the South Moor club in County Durham

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this summer. You are probably the youngest boy taking part. Is that

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frightening? It is quite an advantage, because everyone will

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under estimate me, saying I am small. But apparently, I am the

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biggest long hitter and a 10 around Longhurst. -- under 10. Aiden is

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coached by dad Philip, who thinks his temperament will stand him in

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good stead. We do not expect much out of this, but it will be good

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experience. I said to him to think about playing against himself in

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three years' time. He replied saying he would give it a go and

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knows what he needs to do to achieve in the next couple of years.

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Aiden is at the Longhirst club near Morpeth, with his rugby playing

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elder brother Marcus and golf partner Alex. But what does mum

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think of it all? It has been overwhelming. I did not know what

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we were doing, just putting at check in the post and applying. We

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were inundated with phone calls, so it is good for his confidence. He

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was shy in the background before. Golf is everywhere in the house,

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you are vacuuming around balls. You even have the family dog chasing

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them. So yes, you cannot avoid it. I had a start of 40 years on him

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and he can hit better than me. sure I could, too. It was 19

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degrees and Warwickshire today. records broken down south. Not

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quite as warm, but the warmest day A look at the temperatures today.

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Just six Celsius on the highest weather station. The Pennines was

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shrouded in low cloud and mist for much of today. This will show the

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headline. Thank you for that. The head line is for tomorrow becoming

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sunny after a wet start. Patchy outbreaks of light rain in the West

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spread eastwards at times this evening. Through the early hours of

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the morning, many places becoming wet, but another mild night. These

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are the kind of temperatures we might expect on a good day during

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the daytime in February, so a unseasonably warm. Although it will

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not be quite so spring-like in terms of temperatures tomorrow

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afternoon, getting an little chillier. Tomorrow morning, the

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rain spreads from the West, becoming widespread for attacking,

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but clearing quickly. By lunchtime, bright skies and pleasant weather

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across the region. Temperatures not bad for the time of year. Down on

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today, but still feeling pleasant in the sunshine. Instead of South

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westerly breezes, a north-westerly breeze knocking back temperatures a

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little. Touring West words across the Pennines and to the lakes, it

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is fine, dry and bright to end Friday. So pleasant weather

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tomorrow for being out and about. It should be a good day by the

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afternoon on the Cumbrian Fells. It could be misty and foggy first

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thing, but that should clear horrifying end for walkers. Notice

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the breezes for North Northumberland. 22 miles per other

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from the North West, -- 22 miles per hour from the North West. But

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the forward into the weekend, Saturday looking good. The best day

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of the weekend. Always Cloudiest in the West. Systems sneak in from the

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West needing to drizzly rain for the rest of the weekend for Cumbria.

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Thicker cloud, so not looking too Looking great. Thank you. Now a

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final look at tonight's headlines. RBS, the bank that received the

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biggest tax payer bailout in history, records another year of

:27:19.:27:22.

losses yet still pays hundreds of millions in bonuses.

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And an inquest has heard how a teacher set fire to himself after

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