11/08/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

That is all from the BBC News at 6.00pm. So goodbye from

Hello and welcome to Monday's Look North.

He's four years old ` but has dementia.

Pioneering treatment for Jack started today.

Gunning for the grouse shooting industry.

As the season dawns, the protesters who claim protected

birds of prey are being killed on the grouse moors.

Honouring the victims of the Scarborough bombardment.

Their graves are restored ` 100 years on.

And the man and woman in the street, recorded for posterity

And in sport, Sunderland turn down an offer for striker Connor Wickham.

Middlesbrough make a winning start to the Championship

We'll look back at all the action on the first weekend

He's four years old ` and he suffers from dementia.

Jack Baird from Sunderland has Sanfilippino Disease, a condition

that causes progressive dementia in children and affects around one

But today Jack became the first patient to undergo

a pioneering new treatment for this inherited disease.

Playing ball and having a cuddle are just

But this little boy is also providing a rare insight

The day he was born I knew there was something wrong with him. His

stomach was swollen. I just kept taking him to the doctor.

Jack was born with Sanfilippo syndrome.

It's incurable and destroys brain function.

As time goes by, Jack will forget the few precious words he's leant

It is very hard because his communication skills aren't good. We

don't know anyone in this situation. don't know anyone in this situation.

We can't ask questions. San Fillippo affects just

100 children in the UK. Trials here will try to determine

whether a substance called genistein could slow down the build up

of chemicals in the brain Children often don't survive past

their late teens, but we are hoping the treatment will alter the course

of the disease. We hope to be able to try and stabilise the disease.

Jack and his family have travelled from Sunderland because the

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is world renowned for research

It is inevitable we will lose Jack. We know that. We will have him for a

bit longer if it does work, and that is why we wanted to do it, to make

more memories. Jack can help more children in the future.

As part of the trial, Jack is being fitted with a special

Jack's condition is rare but his story is one that has

This trial gives hope for the potential for new treatments.

An upsurge in sheep rustling and farm vehicle theft has pushed

rural crime figures up by 10% in the North East and Cumbria.

The figures are from the insurer, NFU Mutual, which says opportunists

and organised gangs are targeting farms.

John Cundy reports from North Yorkshire.

Some farmers in Yorkshire are said to be

suffering repeat crimes, including the thefts of high`value items.

The most common targets, tools, quad bikes and machinery such

Yorkshire's figures are above the national average,

and NFU Mutual say the most disappointing aspect nationwide is

that rural crime the previous year had dropped by nearly one fifth.

North Yorkshire Police have recently carried out extensive

operations to tackle rural crime with cross`border crackdowns.

Their targets, highly organised gangs and the opportunistic thieves

who cause devastation to farmers, their families and their businesses.

The northbound A19 near Thirsk was closed for almost

an hour this lunchtime, after a prison van burst into flames.

North Yorkshire Police say there were no prisoners being transported

in the van, and the only occupant ` the driver ` escaped unhurt.

However, the heat of the fire was so intense,

it damaged part of the road surface and it was mid afternoon before both

Police say a massive fire which devastated a former Teesside

night club and hotel was started deliberately.

Firefighters spent more than 12 hours tackling the blaze at the Tall

The building was in the process of being demolished to make way

Hartlepool nuclear power station is shutting down for the next couple

of months, while engineers carry out safety checks.

The owner ` EDF ` says it's found cracks

in a boiler at its Heysham site in Lancashire ` which is of a similar

It's closing the North East power station as a precautionary measure.

It's a famous date in the calendar for the shooting fraternity.

August the 12th is the start of the grouse shooting season, when

heather moorlands across the north echo to the sound of the guns.

But the so`called "Glorious 12th" is the "Inglorious

12th" for opponents who claim that illegal killing of birds of prey is

They staged the first "Hen Harrier Day" yesterday, to draw

On this South Yorkshire estate, 1,600 grouse for the glorious 12th.

A business with benefits for this isolated rural community.

It is worth tens of millions of pounds in revenue, both from

overseas visitors coming and people coming from the rest of the country.

It supports something like 350 jobs in the Northern region.

But what effect is grouse shooting having on our birds of prey?

Some gamekeepers have been accused of persecuting birds to protect

In England, hen harriers are now almost extinct,

with campaigners blaming the state on years of deliberate persecution.

In Northumberland at the weekend, protesters held a rally to

They are poisoned, then destroyed, they're shot.

We get reports week after week, and it is time it stopped.

It is very sad that situation, particularly

because the main limiting factor to these birds is illegal persecution.

The arguments between gamekeepers and bird`watchers have lasted

decades, the divisions now seem wider than ever.

So what can be done to improve relations?

Is it possible for these two opposing sides to ever

George, who owns 7000 acres of moorland in

On his estate, conservation efforts are being made to allow both grouse

They would even welcome the controversial hen harrier.

We feel we can accommodate a sustainable number

Can you honestly say that you're not persecuting these birds

But in our area breeding pairs of hen harriers don't exist.

Their decline and future in the spotlight tonight

Who are the real friends of the countryside?

Join the debate on our Facebook page.

Last Monday, we marked the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.

In Scarborough, the events of a century ago are

It follows the German naval bombardment

of the town in December 1914, in which 18 people lost their lives.

Over the past 100 years the graves of the bombardment

victims have been lost, damaged or simply forgotten ` until now.

This community payback team are experts in repairing headstones.

Here in Scarborough's Dean Road Cemetery, they have been working

their way through thousands, but this one is special.

It's the resting place of Harry Frith.

He was 45, a poor widowed father of two, working as a grocer's

delivery man when he was killed by German shells at eight o'clock one

Many of them are buried here, and we have been working with the community

payback teams, who are really involved in putting all these graves

back and making a lasting memorial to Scarborough, and it is so

important in this commemoration of the First World War,

Every victim of that bombardment has a story, and this small band of

The friends of Dean and Manor Road cemetery have found the graves

They have done the research, tackled the brambles

and the nettles, and persuaded the council to raise the headstones.

The ones who do have memorials, the memorials are in need of repair.

Over half of them are in unmarked graves.

There is one from the Bennett family.

There are four people from the Bennett family who died,

Nobody would know they were there, unless we bring that awareness.

This is the grave of two victims who died together, one just a baby.

Bertha McIntyre is thought to be the nanny of 14`month`old John Ryles.

He was crying at the noise of the bombardment.

Bertha brought him upstairs to comfort him,

when a German shell came through the roof and killed them both.

You could pass by this grave and not even notice it.

The team here are now developing an app so that historically important

You can read information about them and even see pictures

Margaret Fletcher always knew her great`aunt died in the Scarborough

bombardment, but this is the first time she has visited the grave.

The little bit of information we found wasn't

We have been wanting to find out for so long that, you know,

Thank you to the friends who spent all

Then cutting down all the brambles and just doing all the hard work.

Ada Crowe died by shell fire the day before her

fiance of eight years returned from service in India to marry her.

She was buried on what would have been her wedding day.

Now, at last, the gravestone he paid for can be restored.

Still to come, Dawn has a round`up of the first weekend

Plus ` We meet the Humans of Newcastle.

A photography project that portrays the men and women in the street `

And I will be here with a full round`up of all the weather details

for the next few days across the North East and Cumbria.

Now, the Teesside town of Billingham was world`famous for two reasons.

The giant ICI chemicals complex and the International Folklore Festival.

Well, this year marks the festival's golden jubilee, and the event in the

town centre is once again hosting performers from all over the world.

Our Business Correspondent, Ian Reeve, is in Billingham now.

50 years ago in 1964, it was officially opened. It was one of the

postwar Newtown and ways have been sought to attract people to. The

folklore festival was was one of them.

The 50th year of Billingham's folklore festival.

It's aim, still the same as back in 1964.

Overseas artists entertain and spread knowledge of

It is good for the area. There are lots of different cultures to show

the children. It is a good advert for the north`east. I must have come

a dozen years. It is excellent for the area. It is a good advert for

the north`east. Over the years,

more than a million visitors have watched dance and music performed

by 15,000 participants. Each group gets only a silver

platter and festival pennant. It is fantastic. Folklore is viewed

differently in other parts of the world. They are very in

ecclesiastical and they keep their traditions going much more than we

do. Why the festival is here

at all is a question often asked, and baffled filmmaker

Michael Canney in the '60s. The festival was originally put

on to promote Billingham's then`new shopping centre, to stop people

visiting Stockton or Middlesbrough. It's evolved into rather more than

that, an event of some prestige. It is an important festival because

it is 50 years old. It is a pleasure and honour for us to be here in this

important festival. Sadly though,

audiences do appear modest. So can an event like this last

for another 50 years? That is a question I put the

festival director and he told me the story of a Mexican lady who sold her

car for the equivalent of ?2000 to fund her Trippier. While that

commitment is here, the future of the festival is assured `` her

trip. Now,

when you're in a busy city centre, do you ever stop to wonder about the

lives of the people walking past? Well, two photographers

from Newcastle wanted to capture the essence of their home city

through the folk who live there. They've created an online database

of hundreds of portraits of total strangers, taken on the street `

together with quotes and short Their Facebook site is called

"Humans of Newcastle" and it taps into a worldwide street photography

movement which started in New York. How did you feel

about being stopped on the street? I think

because my tattoos get attention. When I get one,

I just want another one. Humans of New York started off with

a man called Brandon typing humans of in Facebook, humans of Marrakesh,

humans of Morocco, all major cities. I once went to the Go Go on

Percy Street and I saw The Animals. Now we have been married

for 45 years. It sort of turned into almost

like a social experiment, like a photographic census

of Newcastle upon Tyne. Humans

in Newcastle sounds a good thing because I often wonder what people

are thinking and talking about It would be nice to know what

is going on in people's lives. I was in England in the 1930s

and they were hard times. I decided to go to Australia

and then to Canada. A lot of them say no,

because it is quite an intimate process, but a lot of them are

generally quite happy to help. I've been to a few cities,

not as many as some people but I've noticed a lot

of different nationalities. There are lots of Canadians,

Chinese people. There are lots of Germans

and Lithuanians. Don't worry,

I'm not selling anything. I was born in Canada

and moved here back in 2000. Newcastle is probably

a more diverse place. There are a lot

of different cultures here than I served in Libya when

Colonel Gaddafi was there. I don't like to talk too much

about myself, because there are guys You have to remember

those guys left behind. It is just stories

of everyday people of Newcastle. I think they're just trying to help

us in a way, by opening up a little bit about their personal

lives, or their personal situations It is kind of

like putting our city on the map. What a fascinating thing. You never

know who you're walking past in the street. Time for sports.

Football League action in just a moment.

But what of our Premier League clubs, preparing

The BBC understands that Sunderland have turned down an offer from West

Ham for striker Connor Wickham ` one of the goalscorers in Saturday's win

Newcastle ` meanwhile ` left it late against Real Sociedad yesterday,

Magpies' fans are being invited to watch the players train during

Gates to the East Stand and a special fanzone behind

One ex`Magpie who won't be there is free agent Shola Ameobi,

who's been linked with Turkish club Gaziantepspor.

Well, our Football League clubs only kicked off at the weekend

but tonight League Two Carlisle play their second home match in just

48 hours ` a Capital One Cup tie against one of the Championship's

We only had one winner on Saturday and that was a club also dreaming

of playing in the Premier League next season.

An 18,000 crowd on Teesside for Middlesbrough's opening match `

they'll almost double that in 12 months time

Mind you, the season didn't start well for Boro with defender

Ben Gibson pulling a hamstring in the first 30 seconds.

Chelsea loanee Kenneth Omeruo his replacement.

Danni Ayala headed home Grant Leadbitter's precise corner.

And in the second half the striker, known simply as Kite,

started repaying that ?2.8 million transfer fee.

It was perfect but as a team were perfect since the first whistle,

until the 93rd minute. We have two go again. We are very good.

Promoted Luton Town, back in the Football League after five

years away, hadn't won at Brunton Park since opening day in 2001.

They scored the only goal of the game in the first half ` the

Relegated Carlisle's best spell came after the break.

Summer signing Billy Paynter hit the post before later heading wide.

I knew it would be a difficult start because they are challenging team.

We didn't come to terms with the way they played and we weren't brave

enough there's tar. Second half we were, but can take our chances.

Kavanagh will rue the missed opportunity in front of nearly 7,000

fans, but tonight at Brunton Park a mouth`watering League Cup tie

against Steve McClaren's Derby County ` so nearly a Premier League

club this season but off to a winning start

There was long opening day trip for Hartlepool fans.

Jack Compton nearly gave Pools the lead.

And they were kept in the game thanks to some excellent

saves from Scott Flinders, but he couldn't keep out Chris Whelpdale's

Meanwhile, York City came within a whisker

of emulating Middlesbrough with an opening day win at Tranmere .Keith

Lowe gave the Minstermen a second half lead but James Rowe's

second professional goal ` deep in stoppage time `

All in all, very happy, but we have to learn to manage the game and see

it through. We put a shift in. They created chances, so there are plenty

Gateshead made a flying start to the new Conference campaign ` bouncing

back from the heartache of their Play`Off final defeat at Wembley.

Gateshead took the lead in controversial fashion.

Lewis Guy's header may not look like it went in from this angle but the

referee decided the ball had crossed the line, much to Torquay's disgust.

Goalkeeper Adam Bartlett was in good form making

a great save from the spot but striker Marcus Maddison was the star

of the show scoring twice, including this superb effort from 25 yards.

Torquay grabbed a consolation goal at the end, boss Gary Mills annoyed

not to have kept a clean sheet but pleased with the positive start.

But there was no dream start to the new Scottish League Two season

for Berwick Rangers, Arbroath coming from behind to take all three

In rugby union, Newcastle's Sarah Hunter scored

a crucial try for England to take them through to the semi`finals

Hunter, who skippered the side against Canada in the final group

game, scored England's only try of the match, but the Canadians pushed

them all the way and a late penalty saw the sides finish the game level.

England went through to the semi finals on points difference and the

result meant holders New Zealand went out of the competition.

England now face Ireland, who beat the Black Ferns

Meanwhile, there was disappointment for Newcastle Falcons who, despite

some good play in the Premiership sevens finals at Twickenham Stoop

on Friday, couldn't repeat their success of three years ago, making

an early exit from both the Cup and the Plate competitions.

In rugby league meanwhile, Championship leaders York narrowly

Up in the Championship a good home win for Whitehaven,

but Workington's seven`game winning streak came to a shuddering halt

Time for the weather. Is the hurricane ain't still hanging

around? We are still feeling the effects of that tropical storm.

Heavy rain yesterday and now she is off the coast of Scandinavia but

causing winds. It doesn't feel like summer in many parts today, but here

is a summary. The glorious 12 tomorrow. Thank you very much to

trace either that picture. The headline to go with it, it is breezy

and cool, with frequent showers. A little bit of late sunshine tonight

a fair few showers rattling through on strong westerly winds.

Overnight, clear spells in places, but some heavy showers. 12 Celsius,

and is a cool field tomorrow, particularly because of that brisk

breeze. Showers or longer spells of rain to the borders, elsewhere if

you bright spells but also frequent showers just like today. As we take

a two, there is some sunshine to North Yorkshire, if you downpours as

well. Notice the temperatures, just 17 Celsius the most parts of north

Yorkshire. It will feel cool with rain per much of the day, limited

bright spells. It doesn't feel summary at all. Westwards it is cool

in Cumbria, is still with brisk winds and the risk of a shower. We

have low`pressure quarrelling in around the UK and the tide of those

white lines, the isobars separating areas are pressure. Strong breezes

through Tuesday and Wednesday but by Thursday and Friday at the line

started spread, a slackening of the gradients. The difference in

temperature drives all of our weather, meaning lighter winds,

brighter weather as we head towards the end of this week. What does that

mean in detail? Let's take a lark John `` take a look at Cumbria. The

risk of one or two showers and the temperatures not too high. Also if

you showers here and still those strong breezes, particularly tonight

and Tuesday. That is the forecasts. And thank you for watching. Jerry is

back for the late news, we think. Someone will be there. Goodbye.

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