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Good evening. Now it's time for the news where | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
There's been an angry reaction in the region to the news that | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
a breast cancer drug, trialled at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, | :00:16. | :00:17. | |
won't be routinely available on the NHS. | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
The drug, Kadcyla, has offered extra months | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
But it's been decided that it will cost the health service too much. | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
One woman who's benefited from the drug says | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
Our Political Editor, Richard Moss, reports. | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
It looks insignificant but each dose of Kadcyla can be | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
precious for patients with advanced breast cancer. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
Newcastle health care worker Michelle Robson's life has been | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
transformed since she started taking it six months ago. | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
The other drugs I've been on make you feel absolutely horrendous. | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
This one, I can leave work, I go get it, I go back to work | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
Kadcyla is such a huge advance because it delivers | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
toxins straight into the cancer cell, meaning they don't spread | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
around the body and don't produce the debilitating side`effects | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
But a year's treatment costs ?90,000. | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
Those in charge of NHS medicines say that is too expensive | :01:15. | :01:18. | |
The NHS has to recognise it has to provide for all diseases | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
and conditions and so it has to balance the benefits | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
that a new treatment brings with what the NHS is expected to pay. | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
For Michelle and her consultant, though, | :01:35. | :01:35. | |
I do not think you can put a price on the next Christmas or the next | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
Those are the memories that those kids will carry with them | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
It's about people's lives and their value in society. | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
These suits sit behind a desk and make these decisions without getting | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
out there and asking patients, seeing the difference that it makes. | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
Could they sit and say to my family, "Sorry, we can't afford this." | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
For now, doctors will still be able to apply to a special fund | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
But as that pot of money runs out in 2016, there is now | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
a huge question mark over a treatment that is not yet | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
curing cancers but is giving patients an extra six extra months | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
of quality life they didn't think they'd get. | :02:23. | :02:31. | |
Three men, arrested in Borneo over the killing | :02:32. | :02:32. | |
of two Newcastle University medical students, have tested positive | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who were both 22, were stabbed | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
in the city of Kuching. Mark Denten reports. | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
Paying tribute today to two colleagues. | :02:46. | :02:46. | |
Medical staff at Sarawack General Hospital mourning | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
the loss of two young men, Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, who came | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
to Malaysia to save lives, only to have theirs cut tragically short. | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
They were heading back to their hostel here when they were attacked. | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
Malaysian police have arrested four men and say they've admitted | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
their crime. In a preliminary report seen by the BBC, | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
police say three of the suspects have tested positive for | :03:08. | :03:09. | |
the drug crystal meth, known locally as syabu and reportedly available | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
Meanwhile, Newcastle University staff are | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
They are part of our Newcastle family and the wider family | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
I have to say the grief and sadness is shared not only | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
by all the medical staff that they have come in touch with | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
and the hospitals, but also the general population of Kuching. | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
Local people coming to light candles, put flowers, | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
and wreaths from just about every organisation of substance here. | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
Everybody in this society is stunned and shocked. | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
Tributes have also been paid by British tourists in the area. | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
We just wanted to pay respects for the loss of these two lives, really. | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
The guys were in the same bar as us earlier on in the evening. | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
Everyone seemed to be having a good time, you know. | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
Just everyone having a drink, like you do. | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
A post mortem examination has been carried out on the bodies | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
Five other Newcastle University students, | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
who were working with them, are expected back in the UK tomorrow. | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
Martin Callanan, the former Conservative MEP for the | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
The former leader of the Conservatives | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
in the European Parliament lost his seat at the Euro elections in May. | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
He's among 22 working peers announced by Downing Street. | :04:35. | :04:43. | |
The father of a seven`year`old girl who was born with a rare | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
eye condition is taking part in a 100`mile charity | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
bike ride this weekend to raise money for research which might, | :04:49. | :04:50. | |
Ella Chapple, from Morpeth in Northumberland, | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
was born with aniridia, a condition which has left her blind. | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
Her dad hopes to raise ?12,000 at the Ride London event, | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
towards research at the Moorfields Eye Hospital. | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
Her parents say stem cell transplantation could eventually | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
Fingers crossed, what we are funding eventually will help Ella, and | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
until that point we will just keep her eyes as healthy as we can, and | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
hope in the future, at some point, she will have some sight restored. | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
Now, he was almost drowned, lived rough for 15 years on | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
Seaham Docks and lost an eye in a fight with his brother. | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
But now, 20`year`old Nelson, has been named National Cat of the Year | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
His incredible life story convinced the charity to choose him | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
as their Cat of the Year, at a ceremony in London last night. | :05:42. | :05:44. | |
His owners, Andrea and Dave are thrilled to have | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
found him and it looks as though Nelson's pretty content too. | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
I thought his story was a good one, otherwise I wouldn't have done it. | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
I thought he had a chance of winning a category, which was | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
When I saw the other finalists, they were lovely stories, as well, | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
but I thought he's probably in with a chance of winning that category. | :06:06. | :06:08. | |
Then all the winners in the individual categories were put | :06:09. | :06:11. | |
in towards the National Cat award, which he then went on to win. | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
Well, that's all from me this Friday night. | :06:19. | :06:20. | |
Now let's have a look at the weekend's weather with Hannah. | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
We've had heavy rain this evening, Hannah. Any better tomorrow? | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
We have had some very intense than the storms through this evening but | :06:29. | :06:35. | |
they are clearing away and the forecast for Saturday is much | :06:36. | :06:38. | |
brighter. Mostly dry across the region with good spells of sunshine. | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
Lots of sun to come tomorrow morning and one or two isolated light | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
gassing showers to lunch time and into the early afternoon. By | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
tea`time most part is fine and dry with temperatures reaching 20 | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
Celsius. A change in the weather by Sunday. What is left of hurricane | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
Bertha swells across the UK, bringing heavy, possibly thundery | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
showers and a Met Office warning for anything up to two inches of | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
rainfall with some strong wind along the north`east coast. Monday sees | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
the weather stay very breezy indeed and still with further showers to | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
come although slowly starting to get drier, particularly further south. | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
In a moment it is time for the National forecast but he is a | :07:30. | :07:31. | |
reminder of Saturdays forecast. Good evening. We saw some torrential | :07:32. | :07:42. | |
thunderstorms earlier today. Tomorrow looks like a better day for | :07:43. | :07:46. | |
most places. It will go downhill into Sunday. This is heading our | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
way. This is a couple of day's worth of satellite imagery. This is what | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
was the hurricane. Moving from North America, heading towards the United | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
Kingdom, pushed along by the jet stream. Heading towards the United | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
Kingdom for Sunday. A lot of thunderstorms today. The worst was | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
this | :08:08. | :08:08. |