10/02/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Thank you. That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me,

and Hello and welcome to Monday night's

Look North. The headlines: Could do much better.

Ofsted criticises high schools in Cumbria and the county council that

oversees them. Above all the quality of teaching

needs to improve. It is fairly common sense, but that's an obvious

thing that needs to improve and the leadership of schools to ensure that

that quality of teaching improves. A friend of Jimmy Savile, the late

former Mayor of Scarborough, Peter Jaconelli, is accused of being a

paedophile. Printing a new pelvis. A North East

surgeon uses a 3D printer to repair the ravages of bone cancer.

And here's another Marvel. One of the biggest collections of classic

comics goes under the hammer. In tonight's Team Talk, back to the

drawing board for Newcastle and Sunderland. After Bruce's Tigers

show the Black Cats who is boss on Wearside and there's a hazard

warning for Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.

The school standards watchdog Ofsted has strongly criticised the quality

of Cumbria's secondary schools and the leadership provided by the

county council. This follows an inspection of 17 schools at the end

of last year. Of these, none of the schools inspected had improved since

their previous Ofsted and eight had declined including five that were

placed in special measures. The Ofsted verdict on Cumbria's high

schools follows a similar focused inspection of schools in

Northumberland and a similar critical report. In a moment, we'll

hear from our Cumbria reporter, Alison Freeman, but first, this is

what Ofsted told us earlier. Above all, the quality of teaching

needs to improve. I mean, that is, you know, it is fairly common sense,

but that's an obvious thing that needs to improve and the leadership

of schools to ensure that that quality of teaching improves.

Teaching English. Teaching maths. Targeting the teaching at different

groups of pupils so the ones who come from deprived backgrounds, you

know, get a fair education and are lifted out of that potentially

dangerous situation, but looking at high achievers and the more able

pupils so the letter does go into detail about how the local authority

and how academies can help and get children to the level where they

should be. Why did Ofsted make the focussed

inspections and what is the Local Education Authority saying? The

inspections were carried out because of concerns about poor performance.

17 schools were inspected out of 38 in couple bury, but not one

improved. More than half got worse. Ofsted said this was partly down to

poor support from the county council, a notion that was batted

away by the leader. Every time an academy is created, we get funding g

taken from us in order to pay for academies and obviously in Cumbria,

we have 38 secondary schools and 18 are academies. We get resources

removed from us. There seems to be a feeling that somehow we should be

accountable for the performance of schools over which we have no

control. The county council does have control

of 12 out of the 17 schools. Two of which fell into special measures,

but Stewart Young said he was positive about progress. When I read

the letter from Ofsted, it does paint a very negative picture, but I

would urge people to remember the positives. There is a huge amount of

good work going on in schools throughout Cumbria and I have got no

doubt that will continue. Academies are popular where schools

are failing, but in Cumbria, we will just have to wait and see whether

that's the road that's taken here. Alison, thank you.

He was a pillar of the community. The face of Scarborough. Now, in

tonight's Inside Out, the late former mayor, Peter Jaconelli, is

accused of being a paedophile. As Chris Jackson reports, his accusers

are the online bloggers, Real Whitby. Peter Jaconelli was a

prominent businessman, councillor, friend of Jimmy Savile and it is

claimed he abused young boys. Trevor was 11 when he says Jaconelli

assaulted him in his van. We caught up with him in Australia. When you

sit`in the front, Jaconelli's hands are wandering. One hand is on the

wheel and the other hand is playing with you. Or trying to. And it

didn't matter when you told him to (BLEEP) off or leave it alone. He

just left it off. It was a `` he just laughed it off. It was a joke.

It was just a joke to him. You knew it was going to happen. So yeah,

everybody is aware of it. It is going to happen. So there is a

feeling of trep tation and I feel that. I can still feel it. I can see

his face. These and other allegations have been published in

an online blog. We have got lots of witnesses who have come forward.

These are credible witnesses. We have spoken to five alleged victims

who all give credible accounts, but say they haven't been interviewed by

North Yorkshire Police. The police declined to speak on camera. They

said the force and the Independent Police Complaints Commission

reviewed its handling of Real Whitby's claims. No further action

was required. It will consider any allegations raised in the programme

or elsewhere. We also asked Peter Jaconelli's relatives to be

interviewed. They declined. In their statement they said there wasn't one

occasion where they had heard complaints or been shown factual

evidence regarding the allegations. They would condemn improper or

criminal acts Peter Jaconelli may have committed, but judgement must

be based on clear and sound evidence. The Real Whitby postings

don't satisfy the criteria. This is a dead man who can't defend himself.

You have made one of the most serious allegations comfortable. Are

you comfortable with that? It is true that he can't defend himself.

Neither can he be punished. Neither can he go to jail. Peter Jaconelli

died in 1999. He is still an honorary alter man of Scarborough.

There are calls for that to be withdrawn.

You can see the full report on tonight's Inside Out at 7.30pm on

BBC One. A North East surgeon has used a 3D

printer to rebuild a patient's pelvis. Surgeon Craig Gerrand

believes it's the first time in the UK the technology has been used this

way, but as he told Sharon Barbour, his patient had such a complicated

bone cancer there was no other option. Surgeon Graig Gerrand was

faced with a difficult problem when a patient presented here at the

Freeman Hospital with a rare bone cancer in his pelvis. The problem

with this cancer being rare is th there aren't any other good

treatments for it apart from surgery. With this particular

distribution of his tumour, the alternative would have been not to

offer him a reconstruction. We came up with a new solution for

reconstructing his pelvis, using a 3 D printing technique. How do 3D

printers work? We have come to look at this worth over ?200,000. They

can make complex structures like this. If you want to have a digital

representation of what you want to make, you can start to manufacture

that one layer at a time and you can create complex parts, complex

geometries in this way fairly easily. The patient in his 60s had a

titanium pelvis created this way. The tumour has not come back in the

pelvis. We have not found it anywhere else on his body. We are

hoping he will have been cured by this operation. It is a first in the

UK for 3D printing to be used in this way. The doctors say the

possibilities of its use in future are fantastic. There are experiments

going on at Newcastle University. You could make a whole person!

LAUGHTER Maybe!

Visitors to a popular area of the Lake District will be forced to take

a long detour to get there after a key road was closed off. The B5289

which links Keswick to Borrowdale closed this morning and drivers are

now being asked to go the long way round via the Honister Pass to

travel between the dale and Keswick. Bob Cooper reports.

The main road into Borrowdale, cut off for up to six weeks. When the

council started planned works on the road, they intended to keep one lane

open, but found the foundations were crumbling. The road has collapsed

due to water damage underneath it. When we have gone in to have a look

and we have taken down the retaining wall, all the retaining wall has

collapsed on us. Fortunately, no injuries, but it is exposed the

deficiency underneath the road which is causing the concern. It is not

safe for traffic. Barry Surtees is in charge of

marketing for the Honister Slate Mine, the other side of the valley.

He's worried about what the closure might mean. We bring up huge lorries

in the morning, very early in the mornings to take away the roofing

slates, 40 tonnes at a time. There is no way those lorries are going to

get to us. What do we do for six weeks?

Here is part of the route people are asked to take into Borrowdale just

the other side of this hill. As you can see, it is steep. It is windy

and if you were to try and take say a delivery van or a school bus round

here, you might have problems. The primary school in Borrowdale has

more sensible ideas. I'm exploring the option of getting parents to

take the children up to the road closure and walking them past it and

drive the school minibus from the road closure to here.

Meanwhile this hotel owner is having to make sure all her guests know

where they're going. I have actually e`mailed them all, all the people

for this week because we don't, we haven't got much information. We

were only told on Friday that the road was going to be closed. The

timing is less than ideal. The road closure comes just before

half term week. The animation festival opened today.

It confirms Middlesbrough as the centre of the games industry.

In the shadow of Teesside's traditional industries, a rather

more modern one has taken root. Max and Ellie computer and gaming

students are two of many thousands that the institution helped into the

industry. One with real employment prospects. The game industry is

growing. By 2015 it is supposed to be worth over ?90 billion. It is the

biggest media in the world now. People understand we play games all

day, it is not like that. We work hard to achieve a great goal which

is to bring joy and enter tainment to people. I came back from

Microsoft and I am to go back to London and work in the games

industry. Highlighting Teesside's place at the

centre of gaming industry was the start here today of the influential

Animex conference. It has been taking place at Teesside for 15

years. It attracts the biggest names in games and animation to the town.

But it is more than just talk that will be generated, real money will

be too. It costs ?15,000 to develop a game for a mobile phone, but the

developer of the current hit Flappy Bird is raking in ?30,000 a day from

advertising revenue, rather more than just a game.

It looks like fun. Dawn joins me for the talking points

of the weekend's football. Collectors gather for one of the

biggest auctions of classic comics. Weather wise, it is very unsettled.

Windy at times and we could see sleet and snow to lower levels. Join

me later for your full forecast. Four`year`old football mascot George

Johnson has been bringing a lot of luck to Sunderland football club of

late including the League Cup semifinal at Old Trafford. George

has a rare, unidentified, condition. It means he can't eat or swallow

safely. This weekend there was a charity match at the Academy of

Light to raise funds to send him to America for tests. Julie Smith

reports. It has been a busy weekend for four`year`old Sunderland mascot,

George, leading Sunderland players on to the pitch for their game

against Hull. Yesterday, at the academy of Light, dad's family and

friends took on a team from mum's side for a charity match. Just give

it everything we've got. The day was about raising money to send gorge to

America for `` George to America for treatment. He had 75 operations. The

majority of them being in Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Great Ormond Street Hospital hit a brick wall in terms of diagnosis for

him. We are looking further afield and we have been recommended to go

to Ohio in America. We have managed to hit the amount for a

consultation, but we haven't got anything else for after that. We

don't know what they will say to us. We don't want to be sitting there

and tell us there is a load of operations or tests, but we haven't

got the money to do it. George takes being a mascot in his

stride. His next match as VIP guest at the Capital One Cup final at

Wembley. He thinks he is one of the players now. He loves every moment

of it. Today, watching his dad playing

football. To him, his dad is doing the same thing as OJ was doing

yesterday. My dad is the best!

The final score 3`3. A great show of support for George.

Gala dinner at the Stadium of Light last night raised a whopping ?30,000

for George. Time now, though, for Team Talk.

I'm afraid George's luck ran out on Saturday, but it wasn't his fault

Sunderland lost! No, it wasn't. It wasn't a great day for most of our

teams. Hartlepool won. Sunderland are back on the brink of the Premier

League relegation zone. Most of the teams around them picked up points

with the exception of West Brom and Cardiff. The Black Cats were brought

down to earth. Steve Bruce enjoying his return to the Stadium of Light.

There was a party atmosphere around the place, but that lasted three

minutes. It is a two match ban. He is not out

of the final. Unfortunately, they couldn't keep

the next one. Sadly, they scored. I don't know what the manager was so

angry about. They nearly forced an equaliser

there and then a deflection. That was enough for Roy Hodgson, England

coach. We were in the gue situation and everything was looking bright

and you go into the game with the possibility of a win and after five

minutes there was the sending off and the whole game changed and we

need to reorganise. It was a difficult afternoon. We need to

accept it. There is nothing to add. Newcastle might be eighth in the

Premier League, but they have one just one game in the last seven.

It is not surprising they didn't manage to break Jose Mourinho's

unbeaten home record. Newcastle United caught Eden Hazard

on a good day. You could argue Newcastle were beaten before they

got on the pitch really. There were a couple of weak shots from Ben

Arfa. Would it have changed if Newcastle

captain put this one away? Probably not. It was a heavy touch. It was

Newcastle's best, if not their only chance. It was game over by then and

it didn't need the players to rugby tackle Eto'o to the ground. It was

the first hat`trick in English history for Hazard. What have

Newcastle got to play for now? If z in front of us, the result at

Manchester United was a result that cheered me up. It gives us a chance

to catch them. If we can try and finish above Manchester United that

will be an achievement for this club. And then see where it takes

us. In the Championship there is a scoring drought for Middlesbrough.

The third successive goalless draw. Middlesbrough on the longest

goalless run for five years. League one, another home defeat for

Carlisle United at the hands of Gillingham.

Gillingham opened the scoring before half`time. And with defending like

this, it is not hard to see why the Cumbrians are struggling. An own

goal, too little, too late for Carlisle who are in action tomorrow

night when Bradford are the visitors. You just keep going. We

keep fighting. We keep pulling together and we hope getting

performances like that. If we get them, I'm sure we will turn them

into victories. I want the lads to be positive and upbeat going into

the next game. In League 2 it, York City have been

struggling to find the net. That's not football! There it is. York City

with a goalless draw there. Hartlepool are 11th. Luke Williams

opened the scoring and another Luke, luke James was on hand to score the

second one. Newcastle Falcons second row has

been forced to retire because of a neck injury. Andy Richards has

signed Lee Smith. The 24`6 scoreline. The lack of cutting edge

in attack must be a cause for concern while Bath ran in three

second half tries and hopefully Smith will help out on that front.

Now, in basketball, there was plenty for our teams to celebrate.

Newcastle Eagles player coach set a new record for appearances playing

his 541st game. His side beat Glasgow Rocks. They are second place

in the table. While the Wild Cats bounced back, 103`70 to consolidate

the eighth place. Now, at the Winter Olympics, disappointment for Amanda

Lightfoot who came 75th in the sprint. She needed to be in the top

60 and will have to wait until Friday before she competes again in

the 15th kilometre individual event. The skiing felt good out there. I

can't wait until the next race. It is a tough course. They have to make

it tough at the Olympics, but I finished it so I'm super happy about

that. Good luck on Friday for her.

We heard about the digital animation festival, but old`fashioned hand

drawn comics are exciting collectors in Newcastle. One of the biggest

collection of comics to be put on sale goes under the hammer tomorrow.

They were owned by just one man in Darlington, but now his widow put

them up for auction. Jim Knight had an opportunity to marvel at them!

Batman, Superman, Spider man, the super heroes from the last 60 years

are laid out, lined up in orderly lots ready to go under the hammer

tomorrow. It is a sight to get any serious comic collector drooling!

There are some really nice condition comics which I expect to go for a

great deal of money and there is a wide range of very readable comics

which will be affordable for a lot of people. Of course, likely to be a

big hit, this collection of Viz comics featuring the famous

characters Sid The Sexist. Back to the serious stuff though and some of

these earlier Marvel and DC eds will `` editions will sell for a lot of

money. Comic collecting has taken off in a big way. It is a major

investment and some of the comics are worth four figure sums. The

bidding starts tomorrow noon. We have snow at the Winter Olympics

and some snow in our region. An appropriate weather picture is

this shot. Over the last few weeks you would have to be above 300

meters to see any snow settling. That level will come down. We will

have cold winds and a mix of rain, sleet and snow as well. Now, as we

head through this evening, it is more mostly dry, just one or two

showers. A touch of frost here and there and maybe icy patches as

temperatures temp down to minus one Celsius. By the end of the night,

the south easterly wind starts to pick up and this cloud starts to

edge in from the West. Tomorrow morning, that mix of rain, sleet and

snow will spread during the morning. Some of the snow might come down to

lower levels. The rain, sleet and snow clears away by lunch time.

There is a mix of bright intervals, but sleet and snow showers so just

about anywhere could see a covering of snow as we head towards the tail

end of tomorrow. Six Celsius your high and gusty winds to go with it.

That's the picture for tomorrow. It stays changeable throughout the next

few days. Wednesday sees another low pressure coming in offhe Atlantic

and a cold westerly and further wintry showers as we head through

Thursday. If you are out and about tomorrow morning, there is the rain,

sleet and snow which clears to leave a mixture of bright spells and

winter showers through the afternoon and that wet and windy weather

spreads in from the West across Cumbria during Wednesday and we are

back to sunshine and showers on Thursday. Always feeling cold.

Always windy and temperatures stuck well in single figures. Above 200

meters we will see snow settling and it may turn slushy down to lower

levels. Snow and ice something to consider. If you see any, keep your

weather pictures coming. Thank you. That sounds horrible! If

you want to see more of that, there will be an update at 10.25pm. We're

back tomorrow at the same time. Bye`bye.