08/08/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)


08/08/2014

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Good evening. Now it's time for the news where

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There's been an angry reaction in the region to the news that

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a breast cancer drug, trialled at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital,

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won't be routinely available on the NHS.

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The drug, Kadcyla, has offered extra months

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But it's been decided that it will cost the health service too much.

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One woman who's benefited from the drug says

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Our Political Editor, Richard Moss, reports.

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It looks insignificant but each dose of Kadcyla can be

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precious for patients with advanced breast cancer.

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Newcastle health care worker Michelle Robson's life has been

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transformed since she started taking it six months ago.

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The other drugs I've been on make you feel absolutely horrendous.

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This one, I can leave work, I go get it, I go back to work

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Kadcyla is such a huge advance because it delivers

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toxins straight into the cancer cell, meaning they don't spread

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around the body and don't produce the debilitating side`effects

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But a year's treatment costs ?90,000.

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Those in charge of NHS medicines say that is too expensive

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The NHS has to recognise it has to provide for all diseases

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and conditions and so it has to balance the benefits

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that a new treatment brings with what the NHS is expected to pay.

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For Michelle and her consultant, though,

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I do not think you can put a price on the next Christmas or the next

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Those are the memories that those kids will carry with them

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It's about people's lives and their value in society.

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These suits sit behind a desk and make these decisions without getting

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out there and asking patients, seeing the difference that it makes.

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Could they sit and say to my family, "Sorry, we can't afford this."

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For now, doctors will still be able to apply to a special fund

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But as that pot of money runs out in 2016, there is now

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a huge question mark over a treatment that is not yet

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curing cancers but is giving patients an extra six extra months

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of quality life they didn't think they'd get.

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Three men, arrested in Borneo over the killing

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of two Newcastle University medical students, have tested positive

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Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who were both 22, were stabbed

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in the city of Kuching. Mark Denten reports.

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Paying tribute today to two colleagues.

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Medical staff at Sarawack General Hospital mourning

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the loss of two young men, Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who came

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to Malaysia to save lives, only to have theirs cut tragically short.

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They were heading back to their hostel here when they were attacked.

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Malaysian police have arrested four men and say they've admitted

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their crime. In a preliminary report seen by the BBC,

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police say three of the suspects have tested positive for

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the drug crystal meth, known locally as syabu and reportedly available

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Meanwhile, Newcastle University staff are

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They are part of our Newcastle family and the wider family

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I have to say the grief and sadness is shared not only

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by all the medical staff that they have come in touch with

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and the hospitals, but also the general population of Kuching.

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Local people coming to light candles, put flowers,

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and wreaths from just about every organisation of substance here.

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Everybody in this society is stunned and shocked.

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Tributes have also been paid by British tourists in the area.

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We just wanted to pay respects for the loss of these two lives, really.

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The guys were in the same bar as us earlier on in the evening.

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Everyone seemed to be having a good time, you know.

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Just everyone having a drink, like you do.

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A post mortem examination has been carried out on the bodies

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Five other Newcastle University students,

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who were working with them, are expected back in the UK tomorrow.

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Martin Callanan, the former Conservative MEP for the

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The former leader of the Conservatives

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in the European Parliament lost his seat at the Euro elections in May.

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He's among 22 working peers announced by Downing Street.

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The father of a seven`year`old girl who was born with a rare

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eye condition is taking part in a 100`mile charity

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bike ride this weekend to raise money for research which might,

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Ella Chapple, from Morpeth in Northumberland,

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was born with aniridia, a condition which has left her blind.

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Her dad hopes to raise ?12,000 at the Ride London event,

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towards research at the Moorfields Eye Hospital.

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Her parents say stem cell transplantation could eventually

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Fingers crossed, what we are funding eventually will help Ella, and

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until that point we will just keep her eyes as healthy as we can, and

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hope in the future, at some point, she will have some sight restored.

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Now, he was almost drowned, lived rough for 15 years on

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Seaham Docks and lost an eye in a fight with his brother.

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But now, 20`year`old Nelson, has been named National Cat of the Year

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His incredible life story convinced the charity to choose him

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as their Cat of the Year, at a ceremony in London last night.

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His owners, Andrea and Dave are thrilled to have

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found him and it looks as though Nelson's pretty content too.

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I thought his story was a good one, otherwise I wouldn't have done it.

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I thought he had a chance of winning a category, which was

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When I saw the other finalists, they were lovely stories, as well,

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but I thought he's probably in with a chance of winning that category.

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Then all the winners in the individual categories were put

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in towards the National Cat award, which he then went on to win.

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Well, that's all from me this Friday night.

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Now let's have a look at the weekend's weather with Hannah.

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We've had heavy rain this evening, Hannah. Any better tomorrow?

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We have had some very intense than the storms through this evening but

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they are clearing away and the forecast for Saturday is much

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brighter. Mostly dry across the region with good spells of sunshine.

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Lots of sun to come tomorrow morning and one or two isolated light

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gassing showers to lunch time and into the early afternoon. By

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tea`time most part is fine and dry with temperatures reaching 20

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Celsius. A change in the weather by Sunday. What is left of hurricane

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Bertha swells across the UK, bringing heavy, possibly thundery

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showers and a Met Office warning for anything up to two inches of

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rainfall with some strong wind along the north`east coast. Monday sees

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the weather stay very breezy indeed and still with further showers to

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come although slowly starting to get drier, particularly further south.

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In a moment it is time for the National forecast but he is a

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reminder of Saturdays forecast. Good evening. We saw some torrential

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thunderstorms earlier today. Tomorrow looks like a better day for

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most places. It will go downhill into Sunday. This is heading our

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way. This is a couple of day's worth of satellite imagery. This is what

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was the hurricane. Moving from North America, heading towards the United

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Kingdom, pushed along by the jet stream. Heading towards the United

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Kingdom for Sunday. A lot of thunderstorms today. The worst was

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this

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