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Hello, and welcome to Look North. In the programme tonight.

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19 years. The sentence handed down to a former police officer for

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multiple rapes and other sexual Weather alert. Travel disruption and

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warnings of possible flooding as the latest winter storm sweeps in.

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You're having a laugh. The Chuckle Brothers are put in charge of one of

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our regional newspapers. And oh, yes, he is. Berwick Kaler

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treads the boards again as he becomes the country's

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longest`serving Pantomime Dame. In sport, there's plenty to smile

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about if you're a Newcastle United fan. And the Darlington boxer I

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caught up with earlier. He might look a bit battered and

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bruised but Stuie Hall tells me what it feels like to put the region's

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boxing on top of the world. A former North`East police officer

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has been jailed for 19 years for a string of serious sexual offences

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including multiple rapes. Wayne Scott, who's 37, was a constable for

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Cleveland Police. He was dismissed after a member of the public

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complained he'd touched her in a sexual manner while on duty. The

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publicity from that case led to other women coming forward. Damian

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O'Neil was in court. Wrapped in a blanket waiting to be

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questioned, a rapist police officer condemned by his former colleagues

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as a sexual deviant and a predator. Today, after a five`day trial, he

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was given an extended sentence of 19 years for rape and the attempted

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rape of a woman, two common assaults, one sexual assault and two

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counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual touching. He'd already

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admitted raping another women seven times over a number of years. The

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police say the sentence reflects the horrific nature of his crimes. He

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has an extended sentence of 19 years, 15 of which is custodial. He

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will serve a minimum of ten years. Dreadful offences, was it made worse

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by the fact he was a serving officer? In terms of he should have

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been aware of what he was doing, he had responsibilities and training,

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perhaps it did make it worse. Is he aware of the seriousness of the

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crimes? The way he has performed when giving evidence, I question

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that. He did plead guilty to a number of offences. I question

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whether he understands the impact he has had on the big terms.

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The judge described Scott Asman the punitive, and `` Scott as

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manipulative. He will have to serve a minimum of ten years before he is

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eligible for parole. High winds and heavy rain. The

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weather's throwing everything at us, bar blizzards. And it couldn't have

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come at a worse time. With many people trying to head home for

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Christmas, the last thing we need is road and rail disruption. But we've

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got it, and things aren't about to get any better. So far, the west has

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been worst hit. Alison Freeman's in our Carlisle newsroom. Alison, how

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are things there now? The winds have started to pick up in the past few

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hours. But it's been mainly the rain that's caused the most disruption

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over here in the west. In the south of the county, a man died after

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falling into the Rothay River at Ambleside this afternoon. Throughout

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the county, surface water's been causing problems, like here on the

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A6 London Road into Carlisle. Traffic was slowed to one lane at a

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time. But it's the trains that have been worst hit. The day went without

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much of a hitch with flooding at Penrith causing a little disruption

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on north bound trains. So those arriving from Scotland or heading

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down to London were in luck. But in the past few hours, a power cut in

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Watford has stopped all trains leaving Euston station, meaning

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trains heading up to Cumbria and onto Glasgow and Edinburgh are

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severely disrupted. Flood alerts, the lowest form of warning, are in

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place on rivers across the county. But with the winds set to worsen

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overnight, people hoping to head away to see family and friends in

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the rest of the country are being urged to think before they travel.

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Thanks, Alison. Both East and West Coast mainline rail services are

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being affected. For the latest on the east coast, let's go to our

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reporter Phil Chapman, who's at Darlington station. Phil.

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It does not seem like two minutes since I was last on the spot

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reporting on another storm, back in October. The difference is the bad

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timing of this storm, arriving so close to Christmas. I have been to

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York this afternoon to find out what the latest is.

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We have lifted all ticket restrictions so all east coast

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tickets are valid on any east coast train this evening and all day

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tomorrow. Check before you travel. On our website, or on twitter.

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The latest with East Coast Trains is that they have cut their services to

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just four per hour. That is quite a severe disruption. The normal

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service is seven per hour. The advice is to stay tuned to BBC local

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radio for the latest on roads and trains. But you can contact East

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Coast Trains directly as well. The best advice, if you are online, is

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to check the twitter feed. Bigger news after all this is that come

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Christmas Eve, by the afternoon, the weather is starting to ease

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slightly. Thanks, Phil. The children of a

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missing Northumberland woman have appealed for their mum to return

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home for Christmas. Tonight, despite an intensive

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search, there has been no sign of 65`year`old Janis Hall who lives in

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Catton near Allendale. Her family say Mrs Hall has been struggling to

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come to terms with the death of her husband six months ago.

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Andrew Hartley reports. Search teams battled the elements

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all day in the hunt for Janis Hall. The village of Catton is in a remote

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but beautiful corner of Northumberland, but this was the

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most foul of days. Around 30 officers searched across fields and

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in outbuildings close to her home. These are tough conditions. It is

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cold, it is wet and windy. What little light there is is fading

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fast. Janis Hall was last seen on Thursday. The 65`year`old was an

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avid walker who loved exploring the countryside. Today her family

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appeared at a press conference and a statement was read out on their

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behalf. We know she has been upset recently since our father died. But

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this is out of character for her. We all expected her to be turned the

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following day. The longer it goes on, the more worried we are

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becoming. Not knowing where she is or how she is, we are worried six.

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`` sick The police say they still can't be sure why Mrs

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disappeared. . We are keeping an open mind. We

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are looking at every aspect and building up an intelligence

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picture. Neighbours have been helping out

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with the search and say her disappearance is totally out of

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character. It has been so traumatic for the whole community. She has

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been a member of our church community for a number of years. We

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had a carol service yesterday and we talked a lot and prayed a lot about

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her. Councils across our region have

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collected more than ?28 million this year in car parking charges and

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fines according to a survey from the RAC Foundation. Newcastle Council

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collected ?6.2 million the most in the region. In York, where it can

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cost up to ?2.30 to park for an hour, ?5 million was gathered. In

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Cumbria, councils made nearly the same amount. The Local Government

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Association says all income from charges and fines is spent on road

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improvements, running parking services and providing subsidised

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travel. Coming up soon, we can promise you

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at least a couple of chuckles. And there's nothing like this Dame. We

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meet the longest`serving panto star in the country.

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A strong wind warning in force and heavy rain as well. I will have the

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forecast later. It's an annual event that's been

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going on now for 31 years. Every Christmas, the volunteers of

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Newcastle's RVI hospital choir perform a concert to raise money for

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a children's cancer charity. Richard Thomas reports.

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Their backgrounds are medical not musical. But you might not realise

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that when you hear them, as this choir practises hard. Every

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fortnight from September to December, the choir meets to run

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through a selection of festive tunes. Bringing together all areas

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of the NHS and getting pitch perfect for their concert. Many of them are

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people who do not sing normally throughout the year. It is a good

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chance for them to sing and they raise money for children. At a time

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like Christmas, it is a wonderful time to give back. I love singing,

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and it is for a good cause. I used to work for the NHS and an retired

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now `` and am retired now and I come back here for more every year. The

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annual carol concert at Newcastle's City Hall raises money for CLIC

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Sargent, which helps youngsters diagnosed with cancer. Most

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youngsters diagnosed in the area are sent to the RVI for treatment. The

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families involved to go to hell and back. I am not working now, so if I

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can help them in a different way, it is what I want to do.

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It's a big auditorium to fill with sound ` with a large audience to

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entertain. There is not a lot of commitment, only eight rehearsals.

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But it is good fun, you meet lots of different people. I do not know what

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it is like for the audience, but we love it on stage. It is teamwork.

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Everybody is giving everything they have got, you cannot ask for more.

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And that's the key to it ` practice makes perfect.

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Now, their list of showbiz credits is long and commands great respect.

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From Opportunity Knocks to dressing up as dogs in Chucklehounds. But

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today the comedy duo known as the Chuckle Brothers took on another

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role ` editing one of our regional newspapers, The Northern Echo. Barry

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and Paul made the short trip across Darlington to the paper's offices

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from the town's theatre where they're appearing in panto. Our

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Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.

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The Northern Echo has had many distinguished editors. WT Stead, who

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drowned on the Titanic. Harold Evans used his time to right wrongs and

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social injustices before moving to the Sunday Times. Now, though, say

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hello to the latest characters to edit the paper.

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It's Barry and Paul ` the Chuckle Brothers. Practitioners of

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slapstick, often involving a ladder and always a catchphrase. To me to

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you. To me to you. And again. To me to you.

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So why entrust the great daily of the north to them, even for just one

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day? Just a bit of fun. It is Christmas, it is our Christmas Eve

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edition. If you cannot have fun then, when can you? They are in the

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local pantomime, they were available, so why not? How do you

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give presents at Christmas? To me to you. And after listening to what the

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reporters are working on in morning conference, what sort of a paper

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will they turn out? It will probably be white with black paint fuel stop

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`` with black print. We want big money. We're going to stay here. It

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is not well paid. Is it? Get a transfer. When the Bishop of Durham

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guest`edited the Echo earlier this year, sales went up. So will the

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Chuckles pull off the same trick? And what will reader reaction

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be...this? Oh dear. Or even this? Why not fork out 65 pence tomorrow,

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and judge for yourself? Time for sport now. So, to me to

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you. He gave up his wild party lifestyle

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in Ibiza and returned home to concentrate on his boxing. Now at

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the age of 33, former Darlington roofer Stuart "Stuie" Hall has been

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crowned the oldest British fighter to win a world title fight at the

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first attempt. He's our region's first boxing world champion in

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nearly a quarter of a century. This was the moment North East

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boxing had waited for since Glenn McCrory became world champion in the

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summer of 1989. Stuart Hall earned his place in sporting folklore,

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winning the vacant IBF bantamweight title on points after a bruising 12

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round contest at the Leeds Arena. After the fight, you could be

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forgiven for thinking his tough South African opponent Vusi Malinga

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had won the fight. But the smile on Hall's face as he walked into

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Rockliffe Hall, near his hometown of Darlington this lunchtime told you a

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different story. It's a far cry from the wild child of Ibiza. Five years.

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I have done them. I enjoyed them. I got it out of the way. Now I am the

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tour, it has worked out better. I am world champion now. I have come from

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a mad place and I am in a good place now. He's already been back to the

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Harrowgate Hill Social Club in Darlington to show his snooker pals

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the belt, but none of them knew the secret he was hiding in the build`up

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to the fight. I had a chest infection so for a few days before

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the fight, I finished my antibiotics.

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By his side before and after that life`changing 12 rounds in Leeds,

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our last world champion Glenn McCrory. I wanted to take the weight

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off his shoulders. He was just telling the two stay relaxed, keep

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your shoulders moving. Then, go and smashing. That was the easy bit.

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Once you get there, everybody wants your belt. He has two enjoy it. Then

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the hard work really starts. And I'm expecting Stuie Hall's next fight to

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be around the end of March at a North East venue in front of up to

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10,000 fight fans. On to football and, once again,

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contrasting fortunes for our two Premier League clubs. Sunderland go

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into Christmas at the bottom of the pile, facing a daunting, uphill

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fight to avoid relegation. By contrast, Newcastle United will

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certainly enjoy the festive break whatever the weather!

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When it's as cold and wet as this outside, you don't usually go out

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dressed like this. Unless, of course, you're on a night out in

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Tyneside. And these two Geordie legends cetainly enjoyed their

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team's trip south on Saturday. Pop star Sting and actor Jimmy Nail

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seeing for themselves the sort of form that's taken the Magpies into

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the top six. When you're on a good run, you tend to get the breaks. But

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while Yohan Cabaye's opener took a helpful deflection and Danny

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Gabbidon's own goal gift`wrapped a 2`0 lead by half`time, there was

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nothing lucky about Newcastle's win, their sixth in their last eight

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league games confirmed late on with a penalty put away by Hatem Ben

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Arfa. We are playing well, showing good consistency.

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For the second week running, Sunderland added another point to

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their total to finally creep into double figures. But once again, it

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felt like the win that got away. After that League Cup thriller

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against Chelsea, the Black Cats quickly lost the feel`good factor.

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And with the game almost over, Wes Brown picked up the team's fifth red

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card of the season. Unlike his last one, this one will not be

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overturned. Every time we do something, when an

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important game, the next step is always down the back. Further down

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the divisions, we could only find one winner.

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But three very important points for Middlesbrough means that, even if he

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is far away from his Spanish home, new head coach

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Teesside. With just one victory in five games

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under the new boss and the Championship relegation zone too

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close for comfort, Boro's return to form couldnt have been better`timed.

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And neither could that Christmas cracker from Manny Ledesma which put

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them in the driving seat down at the New Den. But the head coach couldn't

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really celebrate until the 89th minute when Albert Adomah's cool

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finish gave Boro a six`point breathing space at the bottom. In

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League One, a contender for miss of the season from Carlisle's Lee

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Miller at Walsall afer his spot`kick had been saved. One`down at the

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time, the Blues had defender Courtney Meppen`Walter sent off

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after Milan Lalkovic had smashed in the Saddlers' second. In League Two,

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a point from a goalless draw with Oxford was just enough to keep York

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City out of the bottom two. And a first senior goal from 17`year`old

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Bradley Walker earned Hartlepool a home draw with Burton and put the

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whole Pools camp in a festive mood! # Built my dreams around you. #

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Still singing Galway Bay. # and the bells are ringing out for Christmas

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Day. Now, with just two days to

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Christmas, the Panto season is well underway. And for one production in

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York this is a special year because Berwick Kaler is playing the Dame at

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the Theatre the Theatre Royal for his 35th

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season. That makes him the country's longest`serving Dame.

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Berwick's from the North East and he's been adopted by York as its

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favourite man in a frock. He's a freeman of the city, and he has a

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doctorate at York University. Phil Chapman's been backstage.

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Welcome to my little world. A brand`new pantomime season begins in

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York and Berwick Kaler steps in front of an adoring audience for the

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35th Christmas running. It is that audience every year who

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come without expectation that they are going to have one of the best

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laughs ever. It is like the family is back together again. He will

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change costume almost a thousand times in the next few months. ``

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next few weeks. Ready for a night out in York. Away from the

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pantomime, Berwick Kaler has had a rich acting career. Gary Oldman

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played my cat. He kept fainting because the costume was so hot.

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People are arriving for this special preview explained why they keep

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coming back. I used to come and see him as a child. Now I am bringing my

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son with me. He is very funny. Become because we enjoy it. It is

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very busy. It is hilarious, and always at two levels. They are all

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here to see Martin who has been the Dean's son and sidekick. `` dame. I

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have been taught so much by him. If you can project and do pantomime,

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you can do anything. Jonathan is this your's baddie. Anything

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worthwhile that I know comes from Berwick Kaler. It is a joy to work

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with him. The company help support the theatre for the rest of the

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year. We still rely on pantomime more than anything else. The

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pantomime has helped this theatre to put on good stuff later in the year.

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It is amazing to think they will provide nearly 40% of the theatre's

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annual ticket sales. Reason alone to come to the theatre.

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What a fantastic effort. He's behind you.

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I feel like the pantomime villain. We saw the disruption to travel but

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the weather was causing. Take a look at these pictures. Many of the

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rivers are full and fast flowing. In the run`up to Christmas, we have got

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more heavy rain for many of us, deal or severe gale force winds. Things

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turn cold towards Christmas day. This evening and overnight, the

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showers will merge to give us longer spells of rain during the night. But

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they were clear away eastwards during the early hours of the

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morning. `` they will clear way. It will stay very windy overnight. The

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wind is a feature of two moral's weather, we have met office warning

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out for the strength of the wind. A day bright spells and showers. The

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showers will be infrequent during the morning, but they will merge to

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give longer spells of rain in the afternoon. It will feel bitterly

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cold temperatures between five and seven Celsius. But the gusty wind

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will make it feel colder. Things quite and down slightly into

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Christmas Day itself. Quite for Christmas Day, but then the next

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band of wet and windy weather comes in later in the week. Christmas Day

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in Cumbria Drive for many, bright with later winds. A similar picture

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for Boxing Day before the rain comes back. For the North East, a similar

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picture. Christmas Day and Boxing Day, mostly dry. But then

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widespread again. There will be trouble disruption and you can find

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out the latest information on your BBC local radio station or on the

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BBC weather website. Thank you very much.

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On behalf of the three wise men and all of the look North team, have a

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great Christmas. We will see you in the New Year. Goodbye.

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