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one of his daughter's friends. That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from More calls for tighter legislation

against dangerous dogs as we are contacted by a family of another

young victim. In or out of Europe? We ask Labour's Ed Milliband why he

thinks staying in is best for the region and more cheese please ` the

cheese maker going through an expansion. And we are hoping for a

Wembley double. The Eagles gore for their second `` go for their second

trophy and West Auckland hope to bring home the FA Vase.

It's more than a year since scores of soccer thugs went on the rampage

following Newcastle United's heavy defeat by Sunderland in the Tyne

Wear Derby. As we reported yesterday, court proceedings have

finally finished, with ninety people convicted of violent disorder or

affray. Some of them were jailed, dozens were fined, many of them

young people picking up a criminal conviction. Tonight in the second of

our exclusive reports, we hear from some of the hooligans and from the

police who tracked them down. Here's Dan Farthing.

Behind the scenes the police were ready to trace those responsible

using video evidence from CCTV, police spotters and even fans

filming themselves. They got pictures from 60 separate sources

and hundreds of hours of footage were examined to tag key members of

mob. Leaping about dancing, he has been told to move on. Images were

released to the media with an appeal to public to identify them. Parents,

friends, colleagues, teachers, you name it. A good community response.

I first saw them and I thought, I'm in the paper, I'm famous for a few

minutes. Then I thought, well actually, I'm well known around the

area, so someone's going to recognise us. I'm arresting you on

suspicion of violent disorder. He admitted his part in what he had

done. Why he had done it. He was part of a mob. He got caught up in

it and didn't know how to get out of it. Gutted I thought I would have

got away with it. Many in the mob were disturbingly young. 20 of those

arrested were between 12 and 17. It was a school teacher who told the

police. Because he is 16, this boy can't be identified. He threw four

missiles. I was horrified in him. But he has followed. He has thought

it was funny and like everything else, and joined in. I just thought,

why did you do it? Why copy off people? A lot of people feel they

can engage in antisocial acts, given the protection of the anom imty.

Normally they wouldn't dream of throwing bottles, but I'm in a crowd

and everybody else is doing it. I will go along with it. I didn't know

what to do. I just thought they were going to charge him and him

straightaway O'`` take him straightaway. Her son was given 12

months community service. He has learned his lesson. He could have

went to jail. Four 17`year`olds did go to jail with sentences ranging

from eight to 12 months. It was hard to see parents sobbing, holding on

to their children as they were going down. One of those taken into

custody came with a yob's eye view of events from his phone. Over the

inquiry dozens of photographs were drip fed to the media, leading to

more and more arrests. He launches it at the police. Alan Graham a

match day steward and programme seller handed himself in when he saw

his face in the paper. I thought to get to my solicitor's and get it

sorted out. Alan claims he had got caught up in the violence when #4e

couldn't get through the police cordon. I lost my temper and I seen

people throwing bottles and I thought I would get involved. He was

upset at what he had done and couldn't believe he was caught up in

it. But it is easy I to show remorse after. Gutted, because I'm going to

miss out on my children's lives while I'm inside. A murder

investigation's underway in Middlesbrough. A man in his 20s died

after being found injured in the Thorntree area late last night. Two

men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say enquiries are

continuing. Northumbria Police say they're becoming increasingly

concerned for a missing woman from Byker. Pau Kim Lau` who's 36 `

hasn't been seen since last Friday evening. She is 5 foot 4 inches

tall, with black hair and brown eyes and has a curled fourth finger on

her right hand. Cumbria has a new Chief Constable. Current Deputy

Chief Constable Jerry Graham has been promoted to the county's top

policing job. He'll take up the post in August. Fresh details of a

horrifying dog attack in Northumberland have been described

today, 24 hours after we reported on a series of similar attacks in the

same town. In this incident, a seven`year`old girl from Ashington

was savaged by a friend's dog and lost two teeth and part of her lip.

Her mother contacted Look North after hearing of the latest attacks.

Damian O'Neil reports. Seven`year`old Grace was enjoying

her easter weekend when she was attacked by a dog which belonged to

a neighbour. The dog come up to Grace and she started stroking it

and it just went for her. I didn't know what was going on at the time,

until I was coming in. I seen her coming across the green by herself.

And she had a bit of kitchen towel against her face. I wept to see what

`` went to see what happened to her. When I pulled the towel away, I just

felt sick. The dog had attacked another child four years before, but

no prosecution was brought and the dog was not destroyed. Grace's

parents were flabbergasted to learn they too had no legal redress

available. The police met us at the hospital. And basically said that we

couldn't do anything about it, because it was on private land. So I

asked the question, I went what if the dog had killed her? He says, we

still couldn't have forced them to put the dog down. A change in the

law will allow prosecutions to happen, but the local MP says this

is about more than legislation. Japanese dogs like this were bred to

fight bears. Why do people want to keep this type of animal in a house,

in Ashton, where `` arkington, where they want to be fighting bears. It

is beyond me. The legislation has come too late for Grace and her

family. But from the end of the month any owner whose dog attacks

someone will be liable to prosecution. Even fit happens on ``

even if it happens on private property.

Now with European elections in less than a fortnight the party big

hitters have been out in the region today. Labour leader Ed Miliband was

in Newcastle focussing not on Europe`but what he calls a "cost of

living crisis" in Britain at the moment. But his opponents say Labour

would leave the region worse off. Here's our Political Correspondent

Mark Denten. Newcastle's granger Market and a chap looking not to

snap up a bargain, but bag some voters. Ed Milliband's theme, what

he calls the cost`of`living crisis. In a year's time he hopes to be

moving his furniture into Downing Street and one factor is whether he

can convince you the voter that you will be better off under Labour.

Labour that is showing how we will act to tack that will cost of living

crisis. Freezing energy bills. Putting our young people back to

work. Taking action to build homes again in this country. Taking action

on the minimum wage. UKIP say they're gunning for Labour voters.

Neil Hamilton was in Sunderland today. Ed Milliband was Secretary of

State who introduced the climate change act that has put ?150 a year

on everybody's electricity bill. If anybody is responsible, it is the

last Labour Government. The coalition parties say the economy is

recovering and he is not the man to fix it. We don't want boom and bust,

which Ed Balls and Ed Milliband were the creators of. We want long`term

growth. Jobs are up and employment is up. We can turn this country

around and the Conservatives are leading the way. The real crisis

will be if we don't get and keep the jobs in the north`east that depends

on us being in Europe and Labour has been weak on Europe and the Tories

and UKIP will take us out and that will cost jobs. A couple of weeks

until the European elections, but 362 shopping days until the general

election. Cost`of`living crisis or recovery? His fate depends on your

answers to those questions. Well earlier the Labour Leader, Ed

Miliband, came into the Look North studio. With UKIP wanting us out of

Europe, and the Conservatives wanting a referendum, I asked him to

clarify just where Labour stands on the issue. Definitely staying in, we

should stay in Europe, because it's good for jobs and investment but we

should change Europe so it really works to tackle the biggest single

issue we face at these elections and next year at the general election,

which is the cost`of`living crisis facing so many families. And we can

make Europe work better to do that. Whether that is on youth

unemployment, or immigration, or all of other issues we face. UKIP is

obviously going for voters in what some people would still say is your

heartland area ` northern, working class voters. They seem to be liking

UKIP more and more and their message obviously is very much let's get out

of Europe. Well let's see what the voters conclude in two weeks time. I

think the choice is this, Labour's saying we're going to take real

action on energy prices, with an energy price freeze. On child care `

more free child care for three and four`year`olds, paid for by an

increase in taxes on the banks. Taking action on housing. The bread

and butter issues that so many people in the north`east are facing.

Now, UKIP is saying get out of Europe. I don't think that is good

for the country. But they're also saying ` and Nigel Farage has said

this ` he wants to keep the flame of Thatcherism alive. Now, I don't

think that is what working people north`east want to see ` bigger cuts

than the Tories, tax cuts for the rich. So let's see the choices the

voters make, but I think that is the choice that people face on May 22nd.

But we can't get away from the fact that UKIP had a rise in popularity

in the last elections in 2009 ` their vote was up something like

3.2% and Labour's was down 9.1%. It was taking your voters back then.

What is going to happen now? Well, I hope we do better than we did back

then. Look, I think there is deep discontent with the way the

country's run. And I agree with that. People think the country's run

for a a few people at the top, not for most people. And I don't believe

that UKIP has the answers, you see. I believe we have the answers, real

answers, concrete answers to the problems people have in their life.

Abolishing the bedroom tax. Making other changes that will make a real

difference to people. But there have been differences already made, we

are seeing signs of a recovery, even here where the picture was bleak.

Our unemployment is coming down. We have more women in work. We seem to

have more jobs. We seem to have more confidence developing now and that

is under the coalition government. Well, I welcome any improvements

that there are, but when David Cameron and George Osborne says the

economy's fixed, I really don't think that fits with what people in

the north`east see. What they see is a recovery that too often works only

for the few and we need a country that works for the many. Now, we

need big changes ` big changes in our banking system and skills for

our young people and getting young people back to work to really make a

difference to that. That's what Labour offers, both at local council

level, in Europe and at the general election next year. Now, you have

come down from Scotland for this interview, thank you very much, at

which you were saying at a conference in Scotland today that

Scotland, even if it votes no for independence, you would consider

giving Scotland extra powers. Now that concerns our region, because we

would be sandwiched in between Scotland, given more powers and in

between the south, obviously more affluent and enriched by HS2. What

are our prospects? Well, I think the north`east needs more powers too.

Devolution works for Scotland, then it should work for the north`east of

England as well. More power over economic development. More powers

over skills. More powers over transport. We are far too

centralised a country with all the power residing in London. So

absolutely, it's part of Labour's agenda. Not just devolution to

Scotland, but devolution to areas like the north`east as well, so it

can take responsibility, drive economic development and make a

difference to this region. Could we control our own taxes under a Labour

Government? We would need to do that if Scotland has those powers. I

think it makes sense to have over all the main taxes controlled by

Parliament and the same across England. Indeed they will be

generally the same across the UK, with some changes possible in

Scotland. But I think there are lots of other ways in which we can make a

difference to economic development and the real powers that matter. For

example, the north`east is keeping more of the revenue that comes from

taxes, that comes from rates and so on to make a real difference and

drive that economic development that we need to see. OK, Ed Milliband

thank you. The Euro elections take place on May 22nd. Two of the other

parties fielding a full list of candidates have been telling the BBC

what they stand for. The English have got no voice. The people that

are elected at the moment, that stand in Europe, speaking for the

British sh do not represent the interests of English. More so in the

north`east. The elected officials at this moment in time are all

pro`Europe. Before we have done, we will end up with the euro. The

principles would be leaving the EU. We would be one of our biggest.

Taking back UK border control. Making sure that we have nor

scrutiny on the `` more scrutiny on the borders to take pressure offer

the NHS, the schools and the local authorities and other places where

at the moment we feel the pinch through to austerity. That Europe

has put on us. You can find a full list of candidates on the BBC

Politics website at the address on your screen now. A Wensleydale

cheesemaker's doubling production at its Hawes creamery, a move which

will see millions of pounds pumped into the local economy. Wensleydale

Dairy Products ` which faced closure 20 years ago ` is spending ?5

million to expand the business and make a big push into exports. Our

Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports. They have made cheese in

Hawes since 1897, its manufacture never changing down the years.

You're about to witness the birth of a cheese. A Wensleydale cheese.

After the milk has been pasteurised and the whey drawn off, it goes into

a vat to be raked and stirred and stirred and raked until the milk

thickens. But the creamery here isn't standing still. The plan is to

double production and turn out 6,000 tonnes of cheese a year. ?5 million

is being invested in a new extension. There is a growing

sophistication I think amongst consumers who demand authentic

product. We have plans to export more and so we need to get the

capacity in place in order to meet that demand. About ?25 million will

be pumped into the local economy when the creamery expands, but it's

already a big economic driver in Wensleydale. 230,000 visitors come

here every year and that is good news for Matthew, just one of the 44

local farmers who sell their milk to the creamery ` thankful that he can.

?? FORCEDCYAN I think we probably the majority of producers would be

getting a lower price and probably it would make it unsustainable and

we wouldn't be able to continue in milk production. And soon the

creamery will need more milk, there will be more cheese made and the big

push to export it ` getting the Wensleydale name and brand known

worldwide. Now Jeff tells me, because I'm informed about such

things, that we are nearing the end of the football season. Yes, that is

where you look interested and disappointed at the same time! I

know you love it really. Newcastle wrap up the season at Liverpool

tomorrow, with the Reds chasing the Premier League title. But United

face starting the next campaign without Papiss Cisse. The club

confirmed today the striker has broken his knee cap, and could be

out for four months. Manager Alan Pardew says he hopes he'll still be

in charge by then. Next week he'll sit down and discuss matters with

the Magpies' owner, Mike Ashley. The first half of the season we were one

of the best teams in the Premier League. No doubt about that. The

second half of the season, we wasn't. I wasn't good enough and the

results weren't good enough for this club. And we need to face that to

find the solution. And that's what I'll be honest and frank as I can

be, as the manager. And what I think we could do to improve that and I'm

sure there'll be opinions from Mike about what I should do better as

well. He arrived last summer as the third choice Arsenal goalkeeper. But

the Italian, Vito Mannone, has earned himself cult hero status on

Wearside. That's after a series of stunning displays which helped

Sunderland avoid relegation from the Premier League. Mark Tulip's been to

meet him. Wednesday night's 2`0 victory over West Brom wasn't Vito

Mannone's busiest game, but it provided surely his most satisfying

moment in a Sunderland shirt. But even the best make mistakes. So did

the affable Italian fear his late fumble in the 2`2 draw at Man City

would cost his side dear? If you want to be a good keeper, you need

to react to your own is our job. It can happen. That

night I thought I was playing well as well. For 89 minutes and mistakes

happen to anyone. It is the way you react which is the most important

thing. Mannone's saves in the next game at Chelsea kick`started a four

match winning run. From third choice at the Emirates to Wearside wonder

via a Wembley final, it's been quite a journey. I wanted them to give me

a chance. At the start I didn't play for some reason. But I kept

believing this was my season. Thankfully at the end I'm sitting

down here and I can talk about a very special season. Now he hopes

the team, many of whom are out of contract or on loan can be kept

together. Otherwise for some, Sunday's final game against Swansea

will be their swansong. York City take on Fleetwood Town tomorrow

night, in front of a sell`out crowd at Bootham Crescent. It's the first

leg of the League Two play`off semi`final. And despite finishing

three places and five points behind Fleetwood, the Minstermen go into

the game unbeaten in 17 matches. We put ourselves in a fantastic

position. We are going to give it everything we have got. We know

we're against a good side. But we are a good side on our day. So as

long as we go out and perform to the maximum of what we can do and do the

club and the city proud, then everything else will look after

itself. On to a team who've already made it to Wembley. Two years ago

they suffered heartache there, but tomorrow, Northern League West

Auckland are hoping to beat Sholing from the Wessex League Premier

League and become the latest in a long line of north east clubs to

bring the FA Vase back to the region. Dawn Thewlis caught up with

them ahead of the big day, on a recent visit to the home of

football. To reach Wembley for the second time in two years is quite an

achievement, but the last time West Auckland were at the home of

football they suffered the ignominy of defeat at the hands of local

rivals Dunston and it seems time hasn't yet healed the hurt. No, it

feels like a very recent nightmare to be honest with you. I'm reminded

of it every day in my own head and it's something I want to put right

and the players that were involved at the time are probably stronger

because of that occasion. It's a massive stage to lose on. It's a

great stage to win on, but it's a huge stage to lose on. After the

game it was just like your heart just dropped. Obviously you come to

win. It's horrible losing any game, but losing at Wembley and having the

local rivalry from home as well, so it was a little bit of a sickener

really. This year West have a different dressing room ` a good

omen, according to the manager. They will travel down a day early and

familiarise themselves, so they won't be overwhelmed like they were

in 2012. You sort of get caught in taking photos and walking around,

seeing your family and hopefully this time we might concentrate a bit

more on the game. As soon as they knew they had qualified for Wembley,

West Auckland conceded the League. They tried winning both two years

ago and finished runners up on both occasions. But they have got a huge

backlog of games before the final ` one every two days roughly ` and for

these lads who have day jobs as well, it has been tough fitting

everything in. Going to work all day, getting straight in, going to

football and like having no tea. And getting in on a night and like after

a game I can't sleep. And then back up again at 6 o'clock in the

morning. And when the games having coming in like three and four times

a week it's a real struggle like. And for me girlfriend as well. I bet

you haven't seen much of her? No. She's not happy like! But if this

historic club win, it will all have been worth it. It means everything,

I think the population of the town is not much more over 3,000 and a

year ago we brought about 95% of the them down. The town back us. We're

renowned for being the first World Cup winners ` twice! Over 100 years

ago that was and it's a bit of a millstone around our necks, because

I don't think we've won much since. It would be my biggest achievement

in life really, not just in football. So this is what it's all

about ` the FA Vase ` and I must say I'm highly tempted to pick it up.

But you know how superstitious I am. Let's face it though, who wouldn't

want this in their trophy cabinet and if West Auckland can make it

second time lucky on May 10th, this impressive piece of silverware will

be going back to the north`east for the sixth year running. BBC Tees

will have the action live from Wembley ` all the build`up from 2

o'clock. And we'll have a match report in our tea`time Look North

bulletin. Well West Auckland aren't the only one of our teams going to

Wembley this weekend! Newcastle Eagles are in the final of the

basketball playoffs at Wembley Arena. After a dramatic win over

Leicester Riders in the semi finals ` which saw the Eagles overcome an

11 point deficit ` they'll now face Worcester Wolves for the chance to

claim their 19th trophy in ten years. The Eagles already have the

Championship title, but for Fab Flournoy ` who's won Coach of the

Year for the fifth time ` this is the big one! Wembley is a special

place in the sporting world. It's simply known as Wembley, you know

you don't turn around and say London, you say Wembley. As soon as

you say Wembley it's iconic and even knows what Wembley is and everyone

knows what it means. Wembley is the road and the destination of

champions and winners. That's what we're going down there for. And good

luck to them all. We heard about the weather this weekend No, miserable?

Here is the happy news with Paul. Full of surprises. Some surprising

weather pictures. One viewer saw this rare Hoopey And. Dolphins off

the shore of Marsden bay. Well the weekend is showery and unsettled.

There will be some sunshine, but a few heavy showers too. That regular

mixed bag. Now tonight one or two showers dying aWay then most `` away

and then mostly dry. But that weather front spreads cloud and rain

across most parts. Temperatures around seven Celsius. Tomorrow

morning it will be a wet and windy start. But that more persistent rain

should clear eastwards through the morning, leaving a mix of sunny

spells and scattered showers. Some showers will be slow`moving and

heavy. There could be a rumble of thunder among them. Be prepared for

a heavy shower if you're out and about. Just about anywhere could

catch one. Between the showers there will be some bright spells and

temperature ups to 16 Celsius. The wind generally south`westerly,

becoming brisk and gusty near the heavier showers. Through the rest of

the weekend, low pressure is in charge. By Sunday the winds are

coming from the north`west and still a showery picture. But cooler. And

into the middle of next weebgt before things set `` week before

things settle town. If you're out and about over the weekend,

Saturday, heavy showers, some bright spells. But the heavy showers never

far away. Quite breezy as well and as the breeze turns north Westly on

Sunday, the temperatures dip. The showers do tend to fizzle out on

Monday and Tuesday sees more brighter skies and sunshine and less

showers. That is the way your weather is looking. Thank you. Roll

on Tuesday then. Good for the gardens. That is it from us tonight.

Paul and I are back at 10. 25. Have a great weekend. Goodbye.