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Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the

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crisis continue. Hello, welcome to Look North. In the

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programme tonight. It's takdn four years, and it's cost four mhllion

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pounds. But the investigation into alleged corruption in the Cleveland

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Police Force ends with no charges. The investigation has been

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completely thorough and it hs clear the problems relate to a sm`ll

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number of the very top people. Also tonight, are they playhng the

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Last Post? Teesside's only remaining steelworks band is running out of

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members. It's not Sochi, but Cumbria's winter

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Olympic figure`skater is on hand to pass on tips at a brand new

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ice`rink. And the new arts festival

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celebrating the region's industrial and geological landscapes.

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In sport, a new director of football's in the pipeline for one

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of our top clubs. And a big decision in store for the fans of ond of our

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rugby clubs. It's one of Britain's biggest

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investigations into police corruption. It's taken four years,

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cost ?4 million and led to ten arrests. Operation Sacristy was

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investigating allegations of corruption at Cleveland Polhce

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Authority. But today it was announced not a single person will

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face a criminal charge. Tonhght on Look North we can exclusively reveal

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the initial complaint that started the whole inquiry. The clail that a

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member of the Police Authorhty had accepted a payment for information.

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Our reporter Stuart Whincup has been following the story and joins us now

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from Cleveland Police headqtarters. The criminal investigation started

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in May 2011 but the first corruption allegations came only year before

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that including the extraordhnary claim that the then head had

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accepted money to give priv`te information to a property ddveloper.

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That claim was false but th`t sparked the entire investig`tion.

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Tonight, Cleveland's top two police officers are arrested and

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suspended. I have done nothhng criminal. This is about the actions

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of one man, not the force. People should be presumed innocent. Charges

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will be brought if there is sufficient evidence or it whll be

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wrapped up. Tonight we can reveal how it all

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started. The false allegation that led to one of Britain's's bhggest

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allegations into police corruption. It all revolves around the former

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chair of the police authority. Back in 2010 there were rumours he had

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accepted a ?50,000 bomb frol a local property developer. `` bung. The

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claims although completely false where investigated. It was

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laughable. I did not believd it at first and when it was obviots it was

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serious, I denied it immedi`tely because it was not true and clearly

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has not been through. It all snowballed from that. Questhons were

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also raised about the sale of another police building. Thdre were

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claims plumbing contracts wdre awarded in exchange for fred

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bathrooms and boilers and there was said to be lavish spending on

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corporate credit cards. How do you account for ?50,000? Part of my job

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is to be on lots of committdes which involves a lot of travel. If you

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compare my expenditure with any other chief constable you whll see

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it is on a par. At its height, 7 officers were said to be working on

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Operation Sacristy. It was said the investigation was costing ?070, 00 a

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month. Before being elected, Cleveland's claim commissioner said

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it could bankrupt the entird authority. The investigation is

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needed like a hole in the hdad. While all this was going on,

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completely separate to the criminal investigation Sean Price was sacked

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as chief constable. He was found guilty of misconduct in getting his

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boss's. The job. He has let down the police and the public of Cldveland.

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Derek Bonner was cleared of any criminal charges but sacked for

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misconduct but this could not disguise the feelings of Opdration

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Sacristy. It had cost ?4 million and lead to ten arrests but not one will

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face a single criminal charge. As we saw there, Stuart, ond of the

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most high profile arrests w`s the former Cleveland Chief Constable

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Sean Price? He went overnight from being one of the longest serving

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chief constables to the first in more than 50 years to be arrested.

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Today he described Operation Sacristy as a big `` as a dhsgrace

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and said the arrest ruined his life. It was completely disproportionate

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and I have been found to be correct. There never was any claim to be

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investigated and my treatment was appalling. I spent two and ` half

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years finding justification that what happened should not have been

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done. Will you get an apology? Not unless I force it through the

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courts. The Independent polhce complaints commission called you

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shameful and the bully. I do not recall anybody ever saying H do not

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recall anybody ever seeing ` bully them at the hearing, distorted as

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that was, but I was not even able to call key witnesses because of the

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enquiry and those witnesses are very keen to come forward and an appeal

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against my dismissal is going to be high on my priority list. In terms

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of the investigation and thd way it has been handled, how do yot feel

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that was? I was engaged for a long time and trying to explain to

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members of Operation Sacristy that I felt part of the operation was being

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performed unlawfully but got nowhere with that. When confidential files

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were lost, I got a search tdam out and recover them for them btt the

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whole thing at times has bedn badly handled. When I was arrested I was

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interviewed on a foreign trhp and they had to say you have thd wrong

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Sean Price, and you cannot forget that sort of mistake. Much has been

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made of spending on your corporate credit card of 25,000 on hotels and

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5000 on restaurants. It is ` lot of money and as I have said to you

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before, it was all part of ly duties as being chief constable and you can

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be sure that after two and ` half years if there was anything wrong

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about it I would have been charged. It is again about trying to find

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some sort of justification for the horrendous mess of this operation.

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What about the future for you? It is time to take stock because H have

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not been able to move on because of this tremendous weight. Two and a

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half years is a long time so my family are delighted and we can now

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move forward but it will take a while to move on from the d`mage

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done to friends and family `nd just feeling bad and people starhng at

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you, it takes a long time. A lot of criticism there. What does

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Keith Bristow, the man who's led the investigation, have to say? He said

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the investigation had been successful at uncovering misconduct

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and a lot of people in senior positions have now been sacked and

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moved on but he is fully aw`re much money has been spent and it has been

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a long investigation, and whth no criminal charges he knew he would

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face some uncomfortable questions. It has been a three`year

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investigation was no charges, are you ashamed or embarrassed? People

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have left the organisation `s a result of the findings are chosen to

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resign. Our job is to collect and present the evidence and thd Crown

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Prosecution Service decide based on that. I accept their decision. You

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have heard the chief constable said it has enabled the forced to move

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forward. So Mr Bristow says he's enabling the

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Cleveland Force to move on. But can it do that? Isn't its reput`tion

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badly damaged, even though Sacristy has ended with no criminal charges?

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There has been a shadow over the entire force for some time. A lot of

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talk about moving on but th`t has been difficult to do while the

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investigation has been ongohng. The new chief constable has madd the

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point it is time to move on and a lot of these problems where in the

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past and a lot of people responsible no longer at the organisation. She

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is stressing today these actions are from a minority of people and does

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not reflect the force itself. The investigation has been completely

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thorough and it is clear thd problem is clear the problems relatd to a

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small number of the very top people. Knowing their sound underst`nding

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the impact and consequences means I can work with the vast majority of

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the workforce who remain to this day absolutely committed to doing a

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professional job in difficult and challenging times. There's one more

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thing everyone wants to know, of course. Operation Sacristy has cost

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?4 million ` who's footing the bill? ?4 million and with the disciplinary

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about another ?1 million. The majority comes from the Homd Office

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so in truth it will be paid by us all. One final thought, 15 xears ago

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this force had a corruption investigation which cost millions

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and a lot of time was spent and we were told lessons had been learned

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and we would not be in the same situation. The feeling tonight as we

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have in the same position again what the a lot of time and money but no

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charges. Police frogmen have carried out a

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second day of underwater se`rches for a missing York man. Divdrs have

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been searching the River Foss for Ben Clarkson, a 22`year`old shop

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assistant who was last seen outside a nightclub on Sunday. The

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University of York students' union has suggested launching latd night

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patrols by students to warn people about the dangers of nearby

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waterways. The Thai`based steel`maker SSI says

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that its Teesside plant and blast furnace should make a profit in the

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first quarter of the year. SSI reopened the plant nearly two years

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ago after it had been mothb`lled by the previous owner Tata Stedl in

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2010. But so far it hasn't lade a profit, despite setting a ndw

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production record by making five million tonnes of steel a ydar.

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Meanwhile, the last remaining works band connected with steel`m`king on

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Teesside has issued an appe`l for its own survival. The South Bank

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Brass Band has more than 150 years of history, but will have to close

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if new members don't come forward. Phil Chapman went to their rehearsal

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last night. It is rehearsal night tonight but

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while the band plays on thex are not sure how many more performances they

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might have. A recent succession of members passing away or becoming ill

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has left them not knowing if they can move on bringing to an dnd a

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years of heritage. The band started in the 1850s and the first recording

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of the band was in 1877 when it took part in a contest. We are the one

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band that is left from the bands that were set up from the iron and

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steel industry down the rivdr and they would be bitterly disappointed

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to see the band go out of existence. It is 100 years old.

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Friendship and memories mean a band like this is about far more than the

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music. We are about 13 or 14 members when we should be about 25. We have

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tried hard to recruit but for whatever reason we have failed. As

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one of the newest members, Kate hopes more will follow her hnto the

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band. I joined about two ye`rs ago and I have only recently cole back

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after having a baby and the difference in those ten months is

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really quite sad. There are a lot fewer people which is a real shame

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because the band is so old `nd has been going for so long it would be a

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shame and I would hate to bd part of the generation where it failed. The

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band is desperately hoping lore local musicians come forward to

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prevent a piece of heritage fading into history.

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Still to come in tonight's programme we're, not quite, dancing on ice.

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And changing times for thesd young footballers, who soon won't be

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having to get changed, in these And it is all change weather`wise

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after a few frosty nights. Cumbria's winter Olympic

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figure`skater David King has been passing on some tips to kids at

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Carlisle's new synthetic icd`rink. The rink, in the city's Bitts Park,

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officially opens at the end of the week, but Mark McAlindon got a

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preview. With partner Stacey Kemp, D`vid King

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is an eight`time British ch`mpion and this year's games in Sochi were

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their second Winter Olympics. But today David was back in his home

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county to see school kids trying out a long awaited ice rink in Carlisle.

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We only do it for the love of it and if a few of these kids end tp loving

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the sport as well and that hs enough. You can always go f`ster and

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learn something else and put another rotation in the jump sort is an

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amazing sport and you cannot actually reach perfection. @t any

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level you can be learning. @nd there's already confidence the rink

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will prove popular. People `re already saying it should be bigger

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and effort goes that will, there is nothing stopping us from taking

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another tennis court or movhng it. It is a really good because I have

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always wanted an ice rink. Ht is really good. The kids have lore

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activities and it is really enjoyable. The city council has been

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under tremendous pressure for closing play parks as a cost`cutting

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measure. They say the ice rhnk could be an exciting opportunity for our

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kids from Carlisle and further afield.

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Before you ask they did not have books big enough for him! 30 years

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ago today, strike action by members of the National Union of Mineworkers

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began spreading around the country. A week later, NUM leader Arthur

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Scargill called a national strike. To coincide with this annivdrsary,

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the AV Festival is celebrathng the industrial and geological l`ndscape

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of the North East. It includes 1 new commissions and 25 UK premieres.

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For tonight's Look North report arts reporter Sharuna Sagar has been

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looking at how the event's theme of Extraction could uncover new

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audiences. A symbol of the region's industrial

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past. Dunstan Staiths in Gateshead ` where trains used to transport

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millions of tonnes of coal to ships on the Tyne. Abandoned for decades

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but now for the first time, it's to be the setting for a unique audio

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visual spectacle. When audidnces are on the River Tyne going along and

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experiencing the sound and loving images they will see it in ` way

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never seen before. It'll top off a whole month of avant garde `rt

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across Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside. The festival is ddfinitely

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contemporarily and experimental and presents challenging work and it is

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important for us to be able to present this to lots of people. The

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theme of extraction means there is a great connection with the Ldgion and

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its industrial heritage and history. The last time the dvent was

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held in 2012, the biennial dvent brought nearly ?2 million into the

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local economy, attracted 94,000 visitors, an increase of more than

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30% on the previous AV festhval so hopes are high for this year's

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eclectic programme of screenings, concerts and exhibitions such as

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these. These paintings are on display. These are a new colmission

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by artist Jessica Warboys. She took these canvasses down to the beach,

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she threw powder paint on them and dragged them through the se` and

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onto the sand. They've effectively painted by nature.

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Nature is also a creative force in the sounds made by pioneering

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musician Akio Suzuki. So how has this part of the world infltenced

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him? It is nature but I also include the steel industries. It is using

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the buildings and these are different elements inspiring me But

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it's specificially the landscape from the Tyne to the Borders that

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attracted former rock music`n Susan Stenger back. Her latest work is

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inspired by a drawing by 18th Century mining engineer Nicholas

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Wood. I wanted to transform the geologic into the sonic and make a

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kind of sound equivalent. I first came to Newcastle as a 1980s indie

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rocker and we often played `t the Riverside and our music also worked

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with drones and with layers. In a way of this piece is just an

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extension of that. From coal seams to coal communities. The Miners

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Hymns, a film by American artist Bill Morrison first presentdd in

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Durham Cathedral, is tonight being shown in a special live performance

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at Sage Gateshead to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the

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beginning of the miners' strike Thought`provoking. Now we h`ve the

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art of sports presentation tonight. The nicest thing you have s`id to me

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all week! Sunderland are preparing to appoint

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Chelsea's former chief scout Lee Congerton as only the club's second

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director of football. The 40`year`old is currently thd

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technical director at German side Hamburg. The League Cup runners`up,

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who are preparing for Sundax's FA Cup quarterfinal at Hull, h`ve been

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without a director of footb`ll since Roberto Di Fanti was sacked in

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January. Just days before their team's rugby

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league season gets underway, fans of Gateshead Thunder are being invited

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to an Extraordinary General Meeting in the town to discuss sellhng their

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shares in the club. It's bedn reported today that Newcastle

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Falcons, the region's leading rugby union club, is interested in taking

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over Thunder, whose managing director Keith Christie will address

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members of the Official Supporters' Trust at tomorrow night's mdeting.

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Any such development could potentially see Gateshead moving

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from the International Stadhum to the Falcons' home ground Kingston

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Park. Meanwhile, the Falcons' prop, Kieran

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Brookes, has been handed a six week ban for pushing referee Greg Garner

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during Sunday's Premiership game with Leicester. The incident

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happened shortly before half`time, when Brookes ` here, wearing number

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three ` found the official blocking his way, as he tried to stop the

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Tigers' Ed Slater. Few people at Kingston Park spotted the offence

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and the referee himself took no action. But the charge was brought

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by the Citing Commissioner `nd after a hearing in Leeds last night,

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Brookes has been suspended tntil April the 20th.

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Now it's a football club for kids in Middlesbrough that's generated

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almost 40 professionals, including England internationals Adam Johnson

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and Jonathan Woodgate. But dven though it has 350 players, Cleveland

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Juniors FC has no facilities, except two rusting storage containdrs it

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uses as changing rooms. Now all that's about to change, as @ndrew

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Hartley reports. A junior football club with a proud

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history. Middlesborough stars past and present started here.

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Adam Johnson ` now at Sunderland. Jonathan Woodgate ` now plaxing for

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his hometown club. And 1990s Boro favourite ` Phil

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Stamp But although Cleveland Juniors is thriving ` 21 teams, 350 players

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` its basic surroundings ard a far cry from the Riverside.

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But although they are thrivhng, they're currently using these,

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storage containers, as changing rooms, but by August they should

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have facilities to be proud of. It will give us a base and somdwhere we

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know we can be sustainable `nd can grow and get the children somewhere

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to be together after a match rather than freezing and jumping into cars.

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They can be together and have some fun. Much of the ?400,000 for a

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clubhouse was raised by a Tdesside based group of England fans called

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Lionsraw. We have been the catalyst to pull people around the t`ble and

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we kept pushing and kept believing and decided we would find a way I

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know we are there. What I love is these people are committed to a free

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Academy. The long`term future of the club has also been secured, thanks

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to a 25 year lease deal for the pitches.

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Great stuff. The best till last with congratulations to Joe Root who

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scored his maiden one`day international century for England

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against the West Indies. Thdy need 304 to win the series. Not looking

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too bad here but it is not Barbados. A lot of talk about spring weather

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next week but things are colplicated between now and then. Tonight is a

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different story from last wdek and it is very different with the a lot

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of close around and breezy with rain around and much milder than it has

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been. Today a few bright spdlls in the East but the cloud thickening up

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from the East. Many places lanaged to stay dry today but it will be a

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different story for many of us overnight. Already producing some

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patchy rain and the rain becoming more widespread through Cumbria

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Some dry interludes east of the Pennines but with the blankdt of

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clouds and the south`westerly breeze, temperatures much mhlder

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than last week. A cloudy st`rt tomorrow and the rain in thd West

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will never be far away throtgh the day. A similar story for eastern

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areas where most places will probably stay that I and we may see

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some bricks appearing and the clouds from time to time and temperatures

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will affect that. Brisk southerly breeze and the rain is never far

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away from Cumbria where there will be heavy bursts in amongst ht. That

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same weather fronts blends `s more rain and through Friday it loves

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away southwards. A frosty nhght on Friday before the clouds and patchy

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rain returns for the weekend with a return to milder conditions. The

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tail end of the week and into the weekend itself, Friday sees things

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drying up with the touch of frost before the cloud and rain rdturns to

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many parts of Cumbria but d`ytime temperatures still very much

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respectable. Next week, the high pressure should bring some decent

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and mild weather for most of us Dyer east of the Pennines btt not

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bone dry. Daytime temperatures in double figures and it should stay

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frost free although on the PC side. Remember to keep your March weather

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pictures coming in because soon we will be unveiling the Febru`ry

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winning picture and we will keep you up`to`date with the latest forecast.

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Also on the Facebook page and Twitter.

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Is that enough! Thanks, Paul. A final look at tonight's headlines.

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Russia steps up its militarx presence in Ukraine as diplomats in

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Paris try to persuade President Putin to back down.

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And in our region, a ?4 million corruption investigation at

:27:24.:27:25.

Cleveland Police ends with no criminal prosecutions.

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That starts from as this Wednesday night, back later. Good night.

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