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Welcome to Friday's Look North. In tonight's headlines: A life sentence | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
for a man who set fire to the home of a vulnerable father of three. | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
Battle for compensation. A thalidomide victim takes his case to | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
Europe. A small North Yorkshire company | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
takes on a pharmaceutical giant in a row over new technology. | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
And rail restoration. Could an independent Scotland bring a | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
transport boost to our region? In sport, can Newcastle United end a | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
run of three straight defeats? Can Sunderland take their Cup form into | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
the League? And can the most successful team in | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
British basketball end a year`long wait for a trophy? | :00:39. | :00:53. | |
"You took advantage of a vulnerable man who showed you nothing but | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
kindness." The words today of a judge who sentenced 30`year`old Paul | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
Nash to life in prison. He started a fire last year which killed father | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
of three Andrew Simon in his home in Hartlepool. Mr Simon, who had mental | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
health problems, had suffered years of abuse from drug users before his | :01:11. | :01:18. | |
death. Stuart Whincup reports. This is Andrew Simon placing a bet | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
just hours before his death. He suffered mental health problems and | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
four years was bullied, abused and exploited. His home in Hartlepool | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
was well`known to the police. It was a meeting place for drug addicts and | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
alcoholics who he was too frightened turn away. Even people who annoyed | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
him, he would let them sit there. That's why I used to make him a meal | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
and stuff, just to give back to him. Paul Nash was one of those who | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
regularly visited Andrew Simon's home. When he came here last June, | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
another group already in the house turned him away. Footage from the | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
CCTV camera at the top of the street showed Nash walking in and out the | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
house. Detectives believe that that snub angered him, and that is why he | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
came back to the house at around midnight. He went inside and started | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
the fire on the sofa as Andrew Simon was asleep on the sofa upstairs. | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
Then Andrew Nash walked outside and watched through the window as the | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
fire took home. `` Paul Nash. This was the moment Paul mash was | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
arrested for killing Andrew Simon. `` Paul Nash. People's sole reason | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
for going there was to take drugs and alcohol. Andrew was vulnerable. | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
Paul mash will serve a minimum of ten years in prison. The judge said | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
he had taken advantage of of honourable man who had shown him | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
nothing but kindness. A Cumbrian teenager has been | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
sentenced to ten years for armed robbery. Conner Newall, who's 19 and | :03:05. | :03:07. | |
from Wigton, threatened a woman with a gun before taking her car. He went | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
on to Kirkbride, where he carried out an armed raid on the Post | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
Office. He was then involved in a high`speed police pursuit in West | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
Cumbria involving armed officers and the National Police Air Service, | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
before being stopped on the A596 near Prospect. Newall was sentenced | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
at Carlisle Crown Court for two counts of armed robbery, possession | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
of a firearm with intent and dangerous driving. | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
A former teacher from Durham, who's a BNP activist, is challenging a | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
lifelong teaching ban. Adam Walker resigned from Houghton Kepier Sports | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
College in 2007 after calling some immigrants "savage animals" on an | :03:43. | :03:44. | |
internet forum using a school laptop. He was banned from teaching | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
after receiving a suspended sentence for chasing three boys in his car | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
and slashing their bike tyres in 2011. At a hearing in Leeds, the | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
44`year`old claimed the decision to ban him was prejudiced because of | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
his BNP support. The judge indicated he will reserve his judgement. | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
A date's been fixed for the demolition of a second block of | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
flats on a Tyneside housing estate devastated by flooding. The flats at | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
Spencer Court in Newburn were inundated by water after a nearby | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
culvert collapsed in 2012. One block has already been demolished. Dunelm | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
Homes says it plans to demolish a second block next Wednesday. It'll | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
cause disruption in the area for two weeks. | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
The crew of a ship detained in the Port of Tyne for almost two months | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
are on their way home to the Philippines. Eleven sailors have | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
already gone, leaving just the captain and two others aboard. The | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
Donald Duckling was detained by the Coastguard at North Shields early in | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
November when it was deemed unseaworthy. Its Taiwanese owners | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
failed to pay the crew wages or carry out repairs. Local people and | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
the Mission to Seafarers fed the sailors and even provided phones for | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
them to make calls to their families. | :04:57. | :05:05. | |
They had been fishing over the sides, anything they could catch. | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
They cooked it on the deck of the ship. By the time they reached | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
here, they only had two days supply of food left. By the Monday, they | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
didn't have any food, which is when we put the appeal out. It's just | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
unbelievable. In this day and age, you can't understand that this is | :05:25. | :05:26. | |
going on. A thalidomide victim from North | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
Yorkshire has been in Brussels for talks with the European Health | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
Commissioner. It's over his long`running fight for compensation. | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
Guy Tweedy is hoping to negotiate with the German pharmaceutical | :05:35. | :05:37. | |
company Grunenthal. The drug was given to pregnant women in the late | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
1950s and early 60s to combat morning sickness. It was withdrawn | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
after it was linked to limb deformities in newborn babies. Anna | :05:45. | :05:54. | |
Crossley reports. At the time it was deemed a wonder drug, but these | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
days, it is synonymous with one of the biggest pharmaceutical disasters | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
this country has ever seen. Fill in the `` thalidomide was prescribed to | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
pregnant women in the 1960s for morning sickness. It was withdrawn | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
after thousands of children were born with crippling defects. The | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
UK's first memorial to thalidomide victims is here in Harrogate. This | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
tree was planted to mark the 50th anniversary of the pill's withdraw | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
from the market. This plaque commemorates the babies and families | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
whose lives were devastated by the drug. The memorial was paid for by | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
thalidomide victim Guy Tweedy. He spent the last decade trying to get | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
Grunenthal, the Germany company who made the drug, to compensate | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
victims. Today he has been in Brussels to try to broker talks | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
between the German government and Grunenthal. It is very sad that I am | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
still fighting after tenures. What we are looking for from Grunenthal | :07:01. | :07:02. | |
is an apology and a financial settlement, to make the last part of | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
the lives of thalidomide victims more comfortable. Guy has been | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
supported by the chair of the all party Parliamentary group for | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
thalidomide. Grunenthal do have a responsibility to help with those | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
funds. We sometimes forget that people who are victims of | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
thalidomide are now moving into a later stage of life. Now it is the | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
fact that they have had to use their mouths for much of their lives, | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
their jaws are starting to crumble, so there are other issues coming to | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
the fore. Guy says his meeting with the EU commissioner was positive, | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
and hopes that victims could be moving closer to receiving the | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
compensation they feel they deserve. The wreck of the sunken cruise ship, | :07:54. | :07:56. | |
the Costa Concordia, could be on its way to Teesside. Ship recycler Able | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
UK is one of 12 companies bidding to take the liner apart when it's | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
refloated in the summer. The company wants to dismantle the wreck at its | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
Seaton facility near Hartlepool. 32 people died two years ago when the | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
vessel sank off the Italian holiday island of Giglio. Able should find | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
out if it's been successful in its bid to recycle the ship by early | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
March. The giant Swiss health care company | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
Roche has been accused of breaking contracts with, and taking ideas | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
from, a tiny business in our region. Roche was interested in a DNA | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
analysing machine developed in North Yorkshire, but then walked away. | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
However, it then brought out its own DNA machine. Now the company, IT`IS | :08:37. | :08:43. | |
International, which is based in Stokesley, has accused Roche of | :08:44. | :08:45. | |
using its technology. Here's our business correspondent, Ian Reeve. | :08:46. | :08:54. | |
This North Yorkshire company thought an approach from the health care | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
giant Roche could be the making of it. The Swiss business was | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
interested in a DNA analysing Sheen developed here in Stokesley, used to | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
identify cancers or food contamination. We allowed Roche | :09:11. | :09:19. | |
assess the machine as part of a feasibility study. It was shown to | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
them under a confidentiality agreement. However, Roche opt its | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
interest, but then brought out its own DNA machine. This company says | :09:31. | :09:35. | |
that is based on intellectual property that has been taken. The | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
intellectual property we create is our lifeblood, and without taking | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
forward those ideas, we simply cannot survive, so we have two | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
respond and protect those ideas. The upshot is the dispute will soon be | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
played out in a German court. It will be a David versus Goliath | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
battle. Roche is 118 years old. It is the world's biggest health care | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
company. It has 82,000 employees and turns over about ?30 billion a year. | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
By contrast, here, turnover is ?4 million, and there is 13 staff. One | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
of them is Roderick, who worked for Roche 13 years. They respect the | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
intellectual property of others and they respect confidential | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
disclosures. Unfortunately, in our opinion, in this case, that doesn't | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
seem to have happened. The court case to decide those issues should | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
start next month. For Roche's part, it should only confirmed their legal | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
proceedings between itself and the company here. It says it never in | :10:50. | :10:52. | |
such circumstances. Still to come tonight: a spot of | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
north`east Passion, as our region starts preparing for a major Easter | :10:56. | :10:57. | |
event. And mud, sweat ` but hopefully no | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
tears ` for one of the toughest things you can do on two wheels. As | :11:02. | :11:10. | |
the skies clear and cold air comes in from the west, we are in for a | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
frosty night tonight. Join me later for the full weekend forecast. | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
Campaigners for Scottish independence say a Yes vote in | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
September's referendum could create new transport opportunities for the | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
North of England. The Waverley Line, which used to run through the | :11:27. | :11:29. | |
Scottish Borders, is being restored between Edinburgh and Tweedbank. But | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
for many, the long term aim is to restore it all the way to Carlisle. | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
The question is, under whose rule is it most likely? In the final report | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
looking at whether an independent Scotland would be a friend or a foe | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
for our region, here's Emily Unia. The Waverley line ran through the | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
Scottish borders from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The closed in 1969. But in | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
2006, The Scottish Parliament passed the Waverley Railway Act, making way | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
for the partial restoration of the service. On the scottish side of the | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
border, work's already under way. But extending the line all the way | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
to Cumbria is still only an ambition. Let's not underestimate ` | :12:07. | :12:10. | |
this is the single biggest restoration project ever in the UK. | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
It's over 30 miles. There's still 60 miles to go. It's a great ambition | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
and it will take a long time. It's an achievable ambition, and I do | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
believe that it can be done. The current restoration only goes from | :12:28. | :12:30. | |
Edinburgh to Tweedbank. Those backing a Yes vote in September's | :12:31. | :12:32. | |
referendum say independence will help extend the line back to Cumbria | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
once more. As a long term objective, I believe it's essential and will | :12:38. | :12:40. | |
ensure that there's meaningful communication and connection between | :12:41. | :12:42. | |
Carlisle through the border to Edinburgh. This is Scotch Dyke, just | :12:43. | :12:52. | |
north of Longtown in Cumbria. The Waverley route once ran through | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
these fields, and restoring the line would create new links between the | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
north of England and southern Scotland. But down the road in | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
Carlisle, transport links are just the beginning when it comes to | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
cross`border communication. I think transport is a major factor but | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
there are other issues that we're working on and that we would want to | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
work in collaboration with our Scottish neighbours. That's on | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
tourism, that's on rural issues, it's on retail. Carlisle is the | :13:18. | :13:26. | |
capital of this particular area, this economic functional area, and | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
our catchment for retail is a 400,000 population. So it's a huge | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
area that we attract, or connect to, so it's really important. But the | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
prospect of an independent Scotland on Carlisle's doorstep is viewed as | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
more of a challenge than an opportunity to those supporting a No | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
vote. Carlisle is at the centre of the United Kingdom at present. If | :13:50. | :14:00. | |
there was to be an independent Scotland we would really be a border | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
city. I do not think that is for the benefit of Scotland. I don't think | :14:05. | :14:07. | |
it would benefit Carlisle and I don't think it would benefit | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
England. I think we're better as a united country. Exactly how Northern | :14:12. | :14:13. | |
England can benefit from Scottish independence is still far from | :14:14. | :14:17. | |
clear, but the very fact that the referendum's happening at all is | :14:18. | :14:19. | |
certainly focusing minds in Cumbria. And Sunday Politics will be | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
discussing how independence could affect the north`east and Cumbria | :14:23. | :14:25. | |
this weekend. That's at 11:00am on BBC One this Sunday morning. | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
We might only have just got over Christmas, but there are already big | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
plans in place for Easter on South Tyneside. Bents Park in South | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
Shields is to retell the story of the Passion of the Christ ` using | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
shipping containers. It's all part of a big live event to be broadcast | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
on BBC One later in the year. Amy Lea has been finding out more The | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
perfect place to enjoy the great outdoors, to walk the dog and even | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
to watch the birds. But Bents Park in South Shields is | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
preparing to take centre stage in this year Easter celebrations on the | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
BBC. It's difficult to imagine on this chilly winter's day than in the | :15:06. | :15:07. | |
slightly warmer temperatures, hopefully, of Easter. Behind me will | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
be a giant shipping container. It will be one of 100 that will make up | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
a giant cross here in Bents Park. What makes the shipping containers | :15:20. | :15:22. | |
special is not the number of them, or that they will be arranged in a | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
giant cross, but that 12 of them are going into communities right across | :15:28. | :15:29. | |
the north`east, from Northumberland to Sunderland. They will decide how | :15:30. | :15:35. | |
to illustrate the 12 stations of the Cross. Each of the communities will | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
work with an artist to come up with their interpretation. So it could be | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
love. What does love mean in the 21st`century? What does it mean to | :15:46. | :15:48. | |
that community? It could be represented in the form of dance or | :15:49. | :15:51. | |
through digital. It could be interactive with the people who are | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
attending. It will be a massive, massive event. In 2012, Preston | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
hosted its own version of the Passion, which was televised live. | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
This year's is hoping to show what the story of the crucifixion of | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
Christ means to people living in the north`east today. | :16:07. | :16:21. | |
That looks good, but we can top that! Get on with the sport! | :16:22. | :16:25. | |
We'll start tonight with basketball, because Newcastle Eagles are up for | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
the Cup this weekend. On Sunday, they meet Leicester Riders in the | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
BBL Cup final in Birmingham. For two of the veterans of the side, it's a | :16:33. | :16:35. | |
chance to make up for the disappointments of last season. | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
This is what we're used to seeing ` the Eagles, carrying off yet another | :16:41. | :16:43. | |
trophy. But 12 months ago, the champagne dried up. It's the memory | :16:44. | :16:47. | |
of that barren campaign that's driving them on now. It happened a | :16:48. | :16:56. | |
couple of years ago, and the guys came back really focused, and we | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
were able to get all four pieces of silverware. This year, our main | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
focus is this one. Charles Smith and coach Fab Flournoy have been the | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
backbone of the Newcastle set`up for more years than they care to | :17:08. | :17:10. | |
remember. But that hunger for success is what keeps them going. It | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
would have been easy for me to stop a few years ago, when we won or | :17:17. | :17:22. | |
four. I considered it, but I came back, and I am even more motivated | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
this year because I didn't win anything last year. I am going to | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
ride this as long as I possibly can. It is just like the final. You don't | :17:34. | :17:37. | |
know how long it is going to last. This could be the last one. This | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
could be my last season. I don't know, so I am enjoying it and I am | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
taking it as it comes. The Riders downed the Eagles five times last | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
season. Surprisingly, they haven't faced each other since Leicester | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
triumphed in the Play`Off final last April. For Newcastle, it's a | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
long`awaited chance to put the record straight. | :17:57. | :18:01. | |
After three straight defeats there's another tough game for Newcastle | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
this weekend, at home to Manchester City, on Sunday. Before then, a | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
sell`out away crowd will cheer on Sunderland at Fulham tomorrow, on | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
the back of three home games in six days. To help fans with the cost of | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
a busy fixture list, the club's offering free buses for supporters | :18:17. | :18:18. | |
travelling to the League Cup semifinal second`leg tie at Old | :18:19. | :18:23. | |
Trafford later this month. Gus Poyet's job now is to find a way to | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
transfer their cup form to the Premier League. | :18:28. | :18:31. | |
There's no doubt Sunderland's Cup runs are making the burden of | :18:32. | :18:34. | |
propping up the Premier League easier to bear, but they have | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
another chance to move off the bottom this weekend which they've | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
got to take. It's how to do it that's the problem. I tried to make | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
them think that we are playing in the cup on Saturday. I am looking at | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
the difference, if there is a difference between one or the other. | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
We will try to do what we do in the league. Sunderland will have to get | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
over any nerves quickly when they run out at Craven Cottage `` Craven | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
Cottage. No one knows better than Gus Poyet that the danger man will | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
be Dimitar Berbatov. I had the pleasure to coach him for a year. I | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
can tell you, he is unique. The things he can do on the pitch. I | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
like him. I'm really looking forward to seeing him. I hope he doesn't | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
have a good day. Nearly five months on, Alan Pardew still thinks media | :19:32. | :19:36. | |
criticism of his thumping at Manchester City at the start of the | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
season was over the top. Newcastle gradually put that behind them, and | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
a recent run of form has only been ended by a cup exit. One came at the | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
weekend against Arsenal. I felt we lacked a bit of ambition against | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
Arsenal. I would like to do a bit more against Manchester City. They | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
are a side that can turn on the gas and blow you away. Pardew is looking | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
to make at least one new addition to his squad, but he is hoping to hang | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
onto his star performers in the January transfer window, including | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
Yohan Cabaye. He has two years on his contract left in the summer, and | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
we are looking forward to him playing for Newcastle for the rest | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
of the season. We will take it from there in the summer. | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
Elsewhere tomorrow, in the Championship, 20`year`old Nigerian | :20:31. | :20:33. | |
defender Kenneth Omeruo could make his debut for Middlesbrough away at | :20:34. | :20:35. | |
Blackpool, who're managed, of course, by former Boro skipper Paul | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
Ince. In League One, Carlisle have a tough trip to play Leyton Orient, | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
who are just one place off the top. Hartlepool are at home to Rochdale | :20:44. | :20:46. | |
in League Two, while York go to bottom club Northampton. And in | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
Scottish League Two, it's Berwick Rangers against Annan Athletic. | :20:51. | :20:53. | |
Coverage of all those games on your BBC local radio station. | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
In Rugby Union, a disappointing result for Newcastle Falcons last | :20:58. | :21:01. | |
night in the European Challenge Cup. They're all but out of the | :21:02. | :21:04. | |
competition after losing to the French side, Brive. The Falcons went | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
ahead at the end of an uninspiring first half, after Brive saw two men | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
sent to the bin. Newcastle were awarded a penalty try after the | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
scrum was pulled down again, leaving Joel Hodgson with an easy | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
conversion. But with just five minutes left on the clock, the | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
French side scored a penalty which saw them snatch victory by two | :21:25. | :21:27. | |
points. So it's looking grim for the | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
Falcons, and I'm afraid it's the end of the road for Hartlepool's Tony | :21:32. | :21:34. | |
Eccles in the BDO Wolrd Darts Championships at Frimley Green. Tony | :21:35. | :21:37. | |
was up against fourth seed Robbie Green in last night's quarterfinal | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
at the Lakeside Country Club, the same stage he reached back in 2007. | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
He put up a brave fight, before losing by five sets to two. | :21:47. | :21:59. | |
Now the sport Extreme Enduro is one of the toughest things you can do on | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
two wheels. First one home wins. You compete on different types of | :22:04. | :22:05. | |
surfaces, with gruelling courses that in some cases can take days to | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
complete, tackling a whole range of natural and man`made obstacles. | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
Sounds just the thing for me! It's still quite new, and the best in the | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
world is Graham Jarvis from Ripon. Nick Gemzoe reports. | :22:19. | :22:43. | |
It has taken me to new places, like Australia and South Africa. Every | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
event is different every year. They make a new course and you do not | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
know what is ahead of you. Raymond Jarvis keeps winning Extreme | :22:55. | :23:04. | |
Enduros. Several different events. As new races are created and the | :23:05. | :23:08. | |
going gets tough, he's more determined than ever to keep | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
winning. I have one every event at least once, so I need new | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
motivation, and I think that comes from new riders coming in, new | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
competition and new events. A lot to look forward to, and I've got to | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
keep working hard, maybe harder than I ever have done to keep up with | :23:29. | :23:33. | |
began to us. When the careers adviser at school asked Graham what | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
he wanted to be when he grew up, he said, I'm going to be a professional | :23:38. | :23:47. | |
motorcycle rider. By the age of 16, Graham had already been | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
semiprofessional for five years. By 1993, he had reached fourth in the | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
world rankings. Ten years later, he had won nine scotched trials and | :24:00. | :24:02. | |
four British Championships. At the age of 32, he considered calling it | :24:03. | :24:09. | |
a day. Then he had a go at a new type of riding ` Extreme Enduro. But | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
success comes at a cost. It is hard being away from your family and away | :24:16. | :24:20. | |
from home for long periods. At the end of the day, it's a job as well, | :24:21. | :24:24. | |
and you come out there to win. Graham is moving to a new sponsor | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
for 2014, and he is ready to take on the challenge of winning anything | :24:32. | :24:34. | |
that Extreme Enduro can throw at him. | :24:35. | :24:44. | |
Terrific pictures! Will you give it a go this weekend? If the weather is | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
right. Perhaps on my trike. Now for the weather. | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
Last night I said that the Northern lights might be visible. | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
Unfortunately, it didn't happen, but there were some very clear skies at | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
Whitley Bay. No show for the Northern lights, though. Tonight | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
there was a chance that you might catch a glimpse of the Northern | :25:14. | :25:16. | |
lights, because it will be dry and clear. A cold might as well, and we | :25:17. | :25:22. | |
will see some ice forming in places. We have a weather front over us at | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
the moment, which is clearing away south`east, taking with it the | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
patchy rain. The cold air that comes in behind it is from the really cold | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
weather over the states in the last week or so. It isn't going to bring | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
us that extreme weather, but there will be widespread frost. After | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
today's rain, ice, in Cumbria in particular. Something to watch out | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
for on the roads as we head through tonight. One or two mist and fog | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
patches, but the fog slowly lifting through the course of the morning. | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
Most places having a fine day tomorrow. Plenty of weak January | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
sunshine, especially in eastern areas, and most places stay dry. | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
Temperature is nothing to write home about. The winds are drifting in | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
from the west, not too strong. All in all, not looking too bad | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
tomorrow. The ridge of high pressure that brings us dry weather also | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
brings us a cold, clear, frosty night tomorrow. Later on Sunday, | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
that weather front comes in for the west. Things dry up again on Monday. | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
Through the course of the weekend, a lot of dry weather to be had. Best | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
of the sunshine will be tomorrow, but temperatures struggle. Another | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
frosty night tomorrow night. Most places dry, if a bit more cloudy, | :26:49. | :26:55. | |
especially later in the day. Monday sees things brightening up again for | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
most people. Rain will then spread in from the west as we head through | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
Tuesday. If you are out and about over the weekend, we will keep you | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
updated on your BBC local radio station. You can also use the free | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
BBC weather app. Following the success of the current BBC Look | :27:17. | :27:20. | |
North weather calendar, we are doing it again. If you have a picture that | :27:21. | :27:25. | |
says January in our region, we would love to see it. Send those pictures | :27:26. | :27:31. | |
to us on our website. Thank you. That's it from us | :27:32. | :27:40. | |
tonight. Stephanie will be on later. Bring on the young ones! Good night. | :27:41. | :27:47. |