15/06/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

The number of people arrestdd as part of an investigation

into alleged sex crimes against women and girls in Tyne

Northumbria Police launched Operation Sanctuary in Janu`ry,

partly focusing on the night`time economy.

They say the number of potential victims is as high as 80.

So far, 14 people have been charged in

UKIP has warned the main parties in the North East they'll continue

to lose support unless they start to address the concerns

Jonathan Arnott was elected last month as the North East's fhrst UKIP

He told the BBC's Sunday Politics that Labour and Conservativds were

both failing to respond to the needs of the region's voters.

The simple fact is that the establishment parties are not

listening to our message. They are not prepared to change or do

anything about it. Whilst they continue in this mentality, they can

keep on ignoring the needs `nd wishes of working class votdrs than

they will still find that stpport haemorrhages.

A father and son have been treated in hospital after they were thrown

from their fishing boat in a freak accident three mhles

The pair were trying to fix the onboard engine

which had stopped when it stddenly restarted and took off at ftll

One man managed to get back onto the vessel.

Lifeboat crews found the other man 300 yards awax after

A Cumbrian fell runner's begun an incredible challenge to set

a new record for running all 21 peaks that feature in writer

Steve Birkinshaw hopes to bdat the time set by legendary Ctmbrian

As a fell racer, Steve Birkhnshaw is used to scaling the area's

But even for Steve, this will be a gruelling contest to

Both physically, just being out moving for 20 hours a day

The last few days I'll be feeling exhausted.

To carry on doing it day after day is really hard.

It was first done by famous Lakeland fell runner, Joss Naylor,

To put the scale of Steve's challenge into some kind of context,

He'll run in seven days 320 miles, climb 36,000 metres.

Every 24 hours, he'll run the equivalent of two marathons

And every day, effectively climb England's highest peak five times.

So this week will add to his huge pile of used traindrs,

but will it put an end to his endurance challenges?

It'll satisfy it for a year or two at least and then we'll see

Steve hopes to finish 11 hotrs quicker than Joss by next Friday

Mark McAlindon, BBC Look North, the Lake District.

Now, it's their most ambitious fundraising event to date, but this

morning, hundreds of runners turned out to support the first evdr

It took place on the Paddy Freeman Field to raise money for thd

Amongst the runners taking part in today's fun,

some who owe their lives to the hospital just across thd road.

It's their chance to say thank you by raising money.

We're running in memory of a little girl who was

the youngest baby to have open heart surgery, only an hour old

Sadly, she passed away a few weeks ago

In 2012, I underwent a life`saving heart transpl`nt.

If it wasn't for CHUF, I wouldn't be here today.

The death of Tiarna Middleton this week, the smallest and youngest baby

to be fitted with a Berlin heart as she waited for a transpl`nt

at the Freeman, has brought the unit?s work into sharp focus.

What today is all about is raising funds, but also

There are a lot more new supporters for us here today which we will stay

in touch with and hopefully raise more funds for the charity.

So a sense of achievement in finishing the run, but also

in knowing their efforts will help other families in the futurd.

And Durham are playing Lanc`shire in the County Championship.

It's day one of the four`dax match at Chester`le`Street.

Lancashire won the toss this morning and elected to field.

At close of play, Durham's first innings score had reached 183 for 8.

Let's get the weather for this evening and tomorrow now,

Through this evening, any rdmaining showers will fizzle out. We will

have clear skies adverts, btt we will get the cloud rolling hn as we

head towards dawn tomorrow. Still try, temperatures down to around 12

degrees. The breeze mostly light from the north`east. Tomorrow, a

fairly cloudy start. Across to Cumbria, for the East, tendhng to

stay cloudy but we could sed it Right me a little. Temperattre is

the same as today, highs of 16 degrees. Highs of 21 or 22 hn the

West. The breeze still fairly gentle. The onshore breeze will

affect coastal areas. It will be largely cloudy with highs of 21

degrees. I'll be back with the late news

at 10:20pm. The weather won't be far of what we

experience of this weekend. Dry weather here and there and fearing

amount of sunshine. The best of sunshine is in the West.

Temperatures getting into the low 20s. Disappointingly cloudy further

east. In between, a few showers North-west Scotland and Wales, the

odd sharp shower disappearing through the night. We could see one

or two light showers across East Anglia and Kent. The breeze has been

keeping temperatures down through the day. It will keep temperatures

around 12-13. Elsewhere, temperatures up more than where they

should be for this time of the year. Varying amounts of sunshine around.

Breezy in the south-east. Thicker cloud pushing into northern parts of

Scotland through the morning and early afternoon. It could be misty

on the coasts, and light bursts of rain and drizzle and temperatures

lower than recently. Mainland Scotland, the