23/04/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

a woman has been arrested after three of her children are found dead

at their home That's despite his family making

seven calls to the emergency services. The North East Ambulance

Service said the delays were caused by a high number of calls and a lack

of resources. Mr Gouldburn's family are now taking legal action against

the service. Stuart Whincup reports. Pictured with his wife Pam ` William

Gouldburn ` was a retired special needs teacher, who his family said

gave his life to helping others. But they said that fantastic man was

failed ` in his moment of need. He collapsed at his home in Hartlepool

last April. His family made seven calls to the emergency services,

operators were even told he was dying... But it took two hours for

the ambulance ` with fully trained paramedics ` to arrive. By that time

he'd gone into cardiac arrest and it was too late. The North East

Ambulance Service admitted it didn't have the resources to respond

quickly to every emmergency. At the moment, our members are stretched to

the maximum of their capability due to the lack of resources in the

front line. This results in a lot of staff working upwards of 14 hours a

day with only one break. That is not enough staff to deal with these

incidences at the moment. There needs to be more investment into the

NHS from central government, but also there needs to be an

acknowledgement from the trust about what resources they have that they

need to invest in the front line. The North East Ambulance Service

said it was experiencing large numbers of other urgent calls on the

day Will Gouldburn became ill. And it said ambulance drivers were also

being delayed in admitting patients to North Durham hospital, due to a

lack of available beds. During a two`day inquest, the coroner said

the death was a sad consequence of lack of ambulance resources. He said

the teacher died of natural causes and underlined heart disease but he

said the outcome could have been different if more ambulances were

available. Health managers have apologized for the way William

Gouldburn was treated. But his family are now taking legal action

against the North East Ambulance Service Trust. This they said `

should never be allowed to happen to anyone again.

The number of deaths on North Yorkshire's roads has risen to a

seven`year high. Latest figures show there were 51 fatal crashes in the

county in 2013 ` a 65% increase on the year before. Meanwhile

motorcyclist deaths have more than doubled, to 16. The number of

crashes involving death and serious injury had been going down since

2009, so what's happened? Ian White reports.

Clocks at 112 miles an hour, bikers race on a North Yorkshire road.

Another is caught pulling a wheelie while driving at more than 100 miles

an hour. No wonder the death rate is abysmal say the police. It is

shocking. The cost to families and communities is disturbing. And yet

we have seen an increase in road fit a. A map of North Yorkshire shows

the hotspots were fatal accidents happened last year. We have

increased our camera safety fleet. We are focusing on those routes

which cause the most problems and we will bring in additional specialist

resources to work and follow cycle groups. If the drive recklessly we

will take them to court. This is the busy road between Thirsk and

Scarborough and popular with Baker's Soviet authorities and police have

put up these signs to warn about dangers. Road safety campaigner is

say it will take more than this to improve the number of deaths on the

roads. It is our responsibility to drive slowly and be the limits. It

should not be funny when someone is striving fast, it is a crime. I

would like to see everyone driving slower. `` someone is driving fast.

A massive 200% increase in motorcycle fatalities is a worry to

the bakers. That will be down to the good weather last year I would

think. It is more chance for fit allergies then. But it's allergies

are caused not by motorcyclists doing daft things, a lot of it is by

car drivers doing daft things but it is the motor cyclist who ends up

killed. The police say incidents will not be tolerated in an attempt

to halt the rise of these deaths on the road.

With under a month until local and European elections, UKIP'S party

leader Nigel Farage is pitching for votes in the region tonight. He'll

speak at the Sage Gateshead and is expected to claim UKIP's the only

significant opposition to Labour in the region. But his opponents say Mr

Farage just runs a protest party that would harm the region's economy

by pulling out of the EU. Our Political Correspondent Mark Denten

joins us now. He says he is going to cause a political earthquake in this

country. Part of the strategy is a national tour around the country. He

will be at Gateshead tonight. He says his party is now the main

opposition to Labour in the North East. His opponents disagree. He has

been out in the region today getting his message across, as have his

opponents. In the North East and on the hunt, but not just for votes. I

am after a rose. Buttonhole. Red preferably. It's St George's day of

course, perhaps this is also a challenge to Labour. Will you take

Labour votes as well as their symbols? We're going to do our very

best, that's what we're trying to do. Actually, there has this been a

large element of Labour that was against the common market let alone

political union. They are a patriotic vote and vote amongst

people who have been most affected by immigration. The potential is

there. So far in the North East and Cumbria, UKIP has been better taking

second place than beating Labour. On the streets of Sunderland, Labour is

unconvinced that will change. I have a handful, if that, of UKIP voters

that I have met on the doorstep. I go out across the North East every

day in Labour heartlands. Most UKIP voters are from traditionally Tory

areas or marginal Labour in the first place. Someone on the left is

concerned about Nigel Farage. This leaflet is trade union funded, aimed

at trade union members not to fall for the appeal of UKIP. It is not

just the left which is warning voters to steer clear of what they

see as Farage flannel. The real choice in this European election is

between in and out and the Liberal Democrats and UKIP. The Liberal

Democrats are the only ones that are fighting for the !50,000 jobs in our

trade with the EU. People are really responding to this on the doorsteps.

Whether you are Euro` sceptic or pro`European, it makes no

difference. If you want to see British interest protected in Europe

we need to re`negotiate our relationship. The Conservative party

are the only party which are guaranteeing you a referendum about

our relationship with the EU. Nigel Farage's tour ended with the

obligatory fag and pint. There's plenty of media attention for this

visit but it will be the voters who decide whether UKIP can really claim

to be a threat to Labour dominance in the North.

The UKIP leader and Farage joins me now. You say you are the main party

opposition to the Bryn North East, what evidence have you? The

by`elections in Rather, South Shields, Middlesborough, I could go

on. The last five Parliamentary by`elections in the North of England

in the last two and a half years has seen our vote share rise to 25% in

South Shields for example. We have come second in everyone. The Lib

Dems and Conservatives have fallen sharply in the North of England. We

are long way behind on Labour in Parliamentary terms. Back in

January, your party was talking about policies regarding legislation

regarding to working hours, maternity, you don't like that sort

of thing, how will you when Labour votes? There is a massive difference

between labour laws which apply and giant companies which employ people

and the local hardware store which apply # which employ a couple of

people. They should not have too have the same rule book. What about

the voters getting those kind of benefits? Here is the point. If you

talk to small businesses, and I do, they say they are too frightened to

take people on because of the legislation and tribunal is. If we

freed that market up we could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs

rate across the country. You mentioned Nissan, there will be

Nissan workers watching this programme, some of them were deeply

concerned about news we might pull out of the EU, what should those

people think? Should beat us their boss you with their jobs as Mike it

was the same boss 12 years ago who said if Britain did not join the

Europe, Nissan might pull out of Sunderland. Hang on. They got an

extra ?200 million investment into Sunderland last year. He said if

Britain leads the European Union they would have to undergo a

business review. Of course, people do that. We sell cars we make in

Sunderland in Britain and in the European market. We also buy a

Mercedes and other cars, we buy more than me sell to Europe. The trade

will not stop. It will go on as normal but we will devote herself

from political union. But it is a gamble? It is a gamble for voters?

Now and here is why, the United Kingdom is now the European Union's

biggest export market in the world. They need a market more than we need

there is. Digby Jones said there would be a free trade agreement

within 24 hours. You have said in recent months if you do not win a

seat at the general election in one year, you will resign within 12

hours, if you do not win a seat here in the North East will you also

resign? We are months away from European election in which UKIP is

on the verge of creating the biggest upset in British pop up `` British

politics since the Labour Party in the 1980s. We will let the general

election take care of itself next year. We'll you resign as leader if

you do not take a South Shields are Newcastle is seat? We are 3% behind

the Labour Party in the European elections. I have launched a

campaign in the Labour heartlands of the North of England. I know it is a

tall order to beat labour but we are 3% behind the Labour Party in the

European elections. I have launched a campaign in the Labour heartlands

of the North of England. I know it is a tall order to beat labour but

we're in with if we do that, we will win seats in parliament next year. I

have no doubt there will be target seats in this region. All of that

will come after this particular ballot. Thank you for joining us. He

will be speaking at the stage in Gateshead tonight. We will have more

on that on the North tonight at 1030.

Thanks Mark. And we will be interviewing all the main political

parties between now and the Euro elections.

One of the country's best`known business figures has put a regional

company under tough scrutiny for a new prime time TV programme. Former

CBI boss Lord Digby Jones spent months at a County Durham water

cooler manufacturer as it gears up to launch new products. The results

will be aired tomorrow. Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve. This is

Ebac ` a rather successful company. It produces 100,000 water coolers

and dehumidifiers every year. So why open the factory to business boss

Lord Digby Jones? You can smell the manufacturing. Yes, I love it. Why

allow it to be filmed when it faces criticism? It is a good question. I

am very passionate about manufacturing and what we do here so

to get the opportunity to put that in the public domain I like the idea

of. To have access to somebody like Lord Digby Jones and all the experts

he knows was another thing worth doing. Lord Jones's TV series The

New Troubleshooter is an update of an older programme, which featured

ICI boss Sir John Harvey Jones. He was so critical the programme became

the victim of spoofs. Here advising on downsizing. George's mother I

think we're all agreed in hindsight, it was a crass decision to let her

come into your home and scrounge off you. Medical research is the best

bet. Is Lord Jones as harsh about this company's plan to manufacture

freezers? He doesn't pull any punches. But you do not feel bruised

afterwards, it is not personal. He does not come in to criticise you,

he wants to help. Just where Lord Jones thinks this company is going

wrong and right can be seen tomorrow. And the New Troubleshooter

is on BBC Two at eight tomorrow night.

The Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has chosen St George's Day

to make a journey south across the border. He's about to make a speech

to business leaders, in Carlisle Cathedral. Mark McAlindon joins us

now in Carlisle. Mark, Cumbrians can't vote in the independence

referendum, what's Mr Salmond up to? Well, we don't know exactly what

Alex Salmond will say this evening, but we're led to believe he will say

that even if Scotland votes for independence later this year, the

two countries will remain the closest of friends. But there also

seems to be some confusion among business leaders this side of the

Border. Carol ` earlier I spoke to Rob Johnston from the Cumbria

Chamber of Commerce. One of the snippets we picked up through

Scottish newspapers is that there may be some announcement about

corporation tax but nothing more formal. We'll wait and see. Rob

Johnston told us something interesting ` when the Chamber of

Commerce polls its members in Cumbria, few do direct business

across the border, perhaps because Cumbria and the Borders are sparsely

populated. So he says they need to know a great deal more about the

real susbtance of the debate around the possibility of Scottish

independence. So in a few minutes' time, Mr Salmond will first make his

speech and then we understand he will take a Q and A session from

those in the audience ` perhaps that will give a greater idea. We will

press on details. It could be a tremendous opportunity for Scotland

to be independent, but it could also be a disaster for Scotland to be

independent. No one has put out a business case, how will Scotland

attack other markets, what is the position of the currency? These are

key issues for a country which is thinking of going alone and they

have not been discussed in any depth. There'll be a report on Mr

Salmond's visit on the late bulletin tonight, Carol.

Now from sports news. Middlesbrough head coach Aitor

Karanka blamed himself for his team's 2`0 defeat at Reading last

night. The result moves the Royals back into the Championship play`off

places but Boro's second defeat in four days formally ended their

promotion hopes for another season. Mark Tulip reports.

Aitor Karanka said he was unable to motivate his team who effectively

had nothing left to play for this season after their weekend defeat to

Millwall but a return to the Premier League was mathematically put beyond

them at the Madejski Stadium. Reading's top scorer Adam Le Fondre

bundled in the opener from close range after just nine minutes for

his fourteenth goal of the season. Boro barely had time to regroup

before they found themselves two goals down after defender George

Friend headed Jordan Obita's cross into his own net. Boro weren't

without chances of their own and Emmanuel Ledesma went close to

pulling a goal back but they were largely outclassed and in the end

were lucky not to have conceded anymore. `` any more. So they'll

finish in mid`table, their season petering out, and hope for more

consistency next season. Mark Tulip, BBC Look North.

The last few years have been a glorious time for the region's

cricket fans with Durham winning a string of championships and the

likes of Ben Stokes and Yorkshire's Joe Root making the England side.

But how healthy is the game at grassroots level? Amateur football

has started to struggle, so is the summer game faring any better? Peter

Harris went to find out. A big chance to start the season well

again... A new season, this is champions Stockton against newly

promoted Whitburn. When I was playing, Saturday was a family

occasion. People came down with their wives and children. The waves

did the tee and the children played on the outfield and we played

cricket. Nowadays wives work so they do not want to come down at the

weekend. We have lost a generation. And also the league we play in it is

an all`day game, it is a young man's game. Clubs like Stockton run

teams for different age groups. The battle is stopping them drifting

away once they reach 18. Richard is one of those who has stuck at it.

Once you have a family like myself, two children, to find the time to

give what clubs need is a lot of stress on the family but when you

have volunteers like myself and other people around the ground it

helps with running the club. And it's a sociable game. Players come

off at lunch for a meal of stew and dumplings. There's been much talk of

how grassroots football has started to struggle but every year the

English Cricket board does a survey of use in the North Yorkshire and

Durham Leagues, last year found 85% were happy with the standard of

pictures and facilities. `` pitches. Cricket clubs have to work very hard

through volunteer work, putting on functions, carrying out sponsor ship

deals, getting all kinds of functions to raise money to spend on

developing cricketing facilities. Stockton is about to mark its

bicentenary, with continuing success cricket at the grassroots can look

forward to a few more seasons in the Sun.

From grassroots to elite cricket and in the County Championship Yorkshire

beat Northants by an innings and 121 runs at Headingley. Ryan Sidebottom

the pick of the bowlers taking 4`34. Yorkshire are now second in the

Division One table And after losing a day to rain yesterday Durham tried

to make a game of it by declaring their second innings on 213`9. It

set Somerset a target of 337 for victory. Despite a century, it ended

in a draw. Seasons in the Sun ` it just does

not happen. I hope to have a Dragon weather

picture for you tonight for St George's stay but this is all I

could get you. `` day. Thank you for that picture. Here is another

picture of the mist at Redcar. Something for everyone tomorrow

because we have a misty start with sunny spells developing before two

heavy showers break`outs. `` before a couple of heavy showers break out.

Some downpours in amongst this cloud base. Temperature is now lower than

eight Celsius. Tomorrow morning, the last remnants of the overnight rain

will clear the way. The clouds break up nicely with good sunny spells

developing in the morning. Some shower clouds returned in the

afternoon. Some showers over the hills. It should feel quite warm

with light winds. Temperatures peaking at 16 Celsius. Feeling

colder along the North East coast. Temperatures are around 11 or 12 at

the seaside. That's the picture for tomorrow. That weather front returns

from the East on Friday and this low pressure from the south is in charge

at the weekend, pushing rain towards us. A favourite of cloud in Cumbria

at the weekend. Outbreaks of rain at times, especially on Saturday. Frost

free overnight. The North East, the easterly winds will kick `` will

keep things colder. Outbreaks of rain never find a that cloud and

that chilly easterly breeze. If you have the April weather picture to

make our calendar, we would love to see it. Whatever it is, send it in.

Check out our website for the details. You can keep updated with

our free weather app. Thank you. That's it from us. Have a

lovely evening. Goodbye. 'The last two generations

have been robbed 'of an opportunity to vote

on the EU. 'And yet it has a greater impact

on our everyday lives 'and not leave it for

another generation.' I want a Britain that is free

to control its own destiny.