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Jailed ` the yob who threw a bottle at a car, badly injuring

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At 24 he should know better and he's a thoughtless, mindless indhvidual

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who has scarred my granddaughter and I think any parent or

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A police investigation conthnues into how prescription drugs ended up

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on the production line of a sweet factory.

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Why one of World War II's most historic aircraft flew into

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And it really is a dog's life for Jed ` the seven`year`old

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lurcher who's been without a permanent home all his life.

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Just two league games after swapping Wearside for Tyneside in a

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controversial free transfer, there's an England call`up for Jack Colback.

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But Colback's old club last night joined his new one `

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as well as Middlesbrough ` hn the next round of the Leagud Cup.

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He'd already been banned from pubs for his anti`social behaviotr.

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But that didn't stop Matthew McCrea from drinking on the streets.

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And one night in February, he drank so much `

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15 lagers in all ` that he hurled an empty bottle at a passing car.

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The windscreen shattered, leaving nine year`old Abbie Keers

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Today, McCrea ` who was said to be ashamed

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of what he'd done ` was jailed for the assault, which has left young

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Richard Thomas reports from Durham Crown Court.

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Injuries that would require surgery, stitches and six months on,

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A bottle thrown at their car ` from an entrance to the unddrpass `

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Abbie was in the front passenger seat,

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her gran was driving, her mother and younger sister in the b`ck.

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Matthew McCrea ` seen here in the white shirt.

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The 24`year`old from Stanley had already bedn warned

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The court was told although McCrea's actions were reckless,

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But the judge told him despite his earlier guilty plea

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a sentence of eight months in prison was appropriate, of

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When asked if he understood, he nodded and said yes.

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Looking on from the public gallery, Abbie's mother and grandpardnts

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They told me after they werd satisfied with the sentence.

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We are very pleased that he had a custodial sentence and we just

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At 24 he should know better and he's a thoughtless, mindless indhvidual

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who has scarred my granddaughter and I think any parent or

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One of the things that struck me when I met Abbie was that she was

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She dealt with her injuries in a very brave way

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and it is a tribute to her that she has carried on so well as

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Tonight, Matthew McCrea is starting an eight`month sentence.

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For Abbie though, she'll continue to suffer the consequences of that

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Was it an accident or was it sabot`ge?

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Tonight, the police investigation into how

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prescription pills came to be on the production line of a confectionery

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The drugs were found among sweets at the Nestle plant in Fawdon

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The police say, so far, no`one's been arrested.

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Stephanie Cleasby is live outside the factory for us now.

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Steph, tell us exactly what happendd.

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The contaminated batch of sweets was found at Nestle's UK factorx here in

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Fawdon and we understand th`t pals were found amongst Jelly Tots like

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these on the production lind last week. The incident was reported to

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the police on the 21st of Atgust. More than 400 people work at this

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site and the turnout for thousand items of confectionery everx year.

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Other popular products such as fruit pastorals are made here.

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They say that the poll found was as follows... `` pill.

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So Nestle has confirmed these tablets were found ` why didn't the

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company recall packets of Jelly Tots?

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Nestle has said that none of the contaminated batch left the factory,

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but if food safety expert at Newcastle University told md later

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that she believes it is concerning that a product recall was not put in

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place immediately. Whilst it's easier to control

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the routine food safety within factories, deliberate and m`licious

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attempts to disrupt food safety is The only thing they can do hs ensure

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that they test the products that are coming out of the factory and if

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something goes wrong like this, then In the case of prescription drugs

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in sweets, I would imagine there is a profound

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public trust issue because children So Nestle has said there is no risk

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to the public. They are currently working with the police to

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investigate how do these prescription pals ended up on a

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production line of a sweets factory. `` pills.

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More of the day's news now and former Darlington MP and

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Labour Minister, Alan Milburn, has delivered a withering attack on

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what he calls the "deeply elitist" nature of top roles in socidty.

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The report, from the Social Mobility and

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Child Poverty Commission ` which he chairs ` suggests companies draw too

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much on a privately`educated elite, with a largely Oxbridge background.

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Mr Milburn ` a product of John Marlay Technical

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School in Newcastle, and Lancaster Unviersity ` says the

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We know that one third of doctors in training today and roughly the same

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proportion of lawyers in tr`ining, not yet qualified, come frol a

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private school background and it is worth remembering that only seven

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percent of children in our country go to private schools, so there is

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I think we're scratching it, but I do not think we are breaking

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Former England cricket capt`in Andrew Flintoff has escaped

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a driving ban after being c`ught speeding on the M6 near Carlisle.

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Magistrates in Carlisle werd told Flintoff ` who already had nine

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points on his licence ` was driving a Bentley at 87mph near Linstock.

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He was given three more points, and fined ?330,

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He argued a ban would cause exceptional hardship,

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because of the effect on others who rely on his charity work.

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Puffins on the Farne Islands in Northumberland have been hit

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by a triple whammy of threats which have reduced their population,

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Heavy flooding of puffin burrows, earlier this year,

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meant one of the islands fahled to produce any chicks this sumler.

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The trust says the colony is being increashngly

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threatened by predators, such as foxes, rats and mink.

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Disturbance by humans has also been a problem in recent ye`rs.

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An aircraft carrier ` which was built on the Tyne and served in

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Bosnia and the Gulf ` was formally taken out of service this morning.

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HMS Illustrious was in servhce for 32 years and travelled lore

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The aircraft carrier was decommissioned in a ceremonx

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The ship ` which was built by Swan Hunter ` will now be sold, but

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It's a condition we often ilagine affects only adults, but ne`rly

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2,000 children in the North suffer from serious heart problems.

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Sadly, some of them don't lhve long enough to even start school.

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But scientists here are leading the way in understanding why sole hearts

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It's multimillion pound resdarch funded by the

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British Heart Foundation, which today launched its own appe`l.

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Earlier today our health reporter, Sharon Barbour,

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But first she met Harry who was born with a heart defect.

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Harry White from Wallsend loves football, especially when hd scores.

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His fitness is remarkable considering he was born with

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He has had four operations hn total but he will need more as he grows.

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You were telling me that after his third operation he had a he`rt

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attack. He did, we went to the Intensive Care Unit to see him after

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his operation and when we got there they said he had had a cardhac

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arrest. Harry's doing so well now though,

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thanks both to surgeons at the Freeman Hospital, but also ` team of

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scientists at Newcastle University. In this laboratory, Newcastle

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University scientists are investigating how the heart develops

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in the win. What can go wrong, and how you might be able to fix it ``

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in the womb. Their work is made possible through

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the millions of pounds of funding from the

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British Heart Foundation and close Harry's family knew that he had a

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heart defect and we can spot things like that. Knowing why the heart has

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problems, that might change the way that the surgeons will think about

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mending it. I think that we could reduce the incidence of babhes being

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born with heart defects. We are trying to find out ways that they

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can prevent this from happening in the first place by understanding the

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problems and then being abld to prevent them occurring in the first

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place. Harry ` like thousands of others `

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is back at school next week, although few can boast of a scar

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this big, or face the prospdct But he's happy and living

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a full life thanks to medic`l advances being made in the North

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East, advances that are helping not just Harry, but many thousands

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of other children around thd world. Harry obviously doing well there `

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but, Sharon, tell us more about the work the scientists are doing

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in the North on heart defects. When you go into these laboratories,

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it is really quiet but also really exciting and there is such

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dedication from the scientists. One had worked there for 20 years on a

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tiny aspect of this research. It is slow and steady progress, m`king

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tiny advances. The bigger phcture is major advances. Possibly 30 years

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ago Harry and George McGahan with heart defects would not havd

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survived. Today as a result of this work and the work of surgeons they

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can no survived. Here is a good point to illustrate their work.

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Between 1979 and 2008, the number of children to the age of 14 that died

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from congenital heart disease has fallen by ADD percent in thd UK so

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it was 5000 deaths, no less than 900, that is extraordinary. The work

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as we heard is funded by thd British Heart Foundation, over ?10 lillion.

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Fantastic support. What the doctors and scientists hope to understand

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better as wide a heart doesn't develop properly and really try and

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prevent that from happening in the first place. Great work and let us

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hope it continues. Drivers fined

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for flouting controversial traffic restrictions on York's Lend`l Bridge

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will not be automatically rdfunded. The City of York Council, which

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introduced the restriction `s a way of tackling the city's congdstion

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problems, has said it will repay all A traffic adjudicator said

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the council had "no power" to issue fines bdcause

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signage and CCTV was inadeqtate About 56,000 fines were issted

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during the widely criticised trial, but each individual driver will

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have to apply to have Opposition leaders say the whole

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affair has been a "debacle" Lendl Bridge has seen many things,

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but it's own side of these penalty charges continues. A fame worth more

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than ?1 million were issued by the rejections were in place last year

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to this April. That money whll be paid back but only if it is applied

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for. It is unfair what they have done. Everyone should get the money

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that was wrongly taken from them. It is disappointing but Labour has

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done. It is completely unfahr. People should have their rights I

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think York City Council shotld make amends and reimburse people who have

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been charged for that. How dasy have they made it for people to `pply for

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this? How widely did they advertise the fact that people can evdn apply

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to get their money back? Thdre is concern over the resin. We have seen

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a greater drop in footfall. We have seen the likes of the Tour de France

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but that has only camouflagdd the problem. The council says the

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process for repayment is sthll being finalised and will be announced on

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Look North, the authority s`id. . `` Look North, the authority s`id. . ``

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in a statement. The Labour spokesman went on to say

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together. They must find another way together. They must find another way

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to manage the problems of traffic in Yorkshire.

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You're watching Thursday's Look North.

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Mark Tulip's here shortly with tonight's sports news.

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Left in the lurch ` why seven`year`old Jed has been without

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I will be with you shortly for the latest weather update.

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One of the most historic aircraft of World War Two has flown

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An Avro Lancaster of the Royal Canadian Air Force was there

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to honour Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski.

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The Canadian gave his life, attempting to save a colleague

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when their Lancaster was shot down in 1944.

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They were on a mission from the airfield `

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It is 70 years since a Lanc`ster was last heard here. It is a rare

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survivor of the Royal Canadhan Air Force. This was a tribute to Pilot

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Officer Andrew Mynarski. He died in 1944. He tried to save a fellow

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Canadian crew member. He was in the thoughts of the day's pilot. It is

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very special to do this sort of thing. People say I often speak a

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lot, but the words are feelhng the right now.

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Earlier in the day, the last post was hurt. There was a chancd to see

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the Lancaster up close. I w`s fortunate to see it, then. H had

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tears rolling down my face. For Betty, the return of the Lancaster

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was emotional. Her Canadian husband served and would have known Pilot

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Officer Andrew Mynarski. I had a job getting in and out of the plane

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They asked me if I wanted to go into the pilot seat. I declined. It was

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very special for me. I said a prayer for Andy and I gave it a case. More

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than 1200 at this venue werd based here. 902 got into the night sky but

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never returned. `` more than 90 . Jed ` a seven`year old lurcher ` has

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spent pretty much all of his life He'd love a permanent home, but it's

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estimated he's been overlooked Jonathan Swingler has

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been to meet him. Meet Jed. He is a seven`year`old

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lurcher and arrived at this Dogs Trust when he was seven. Do not let

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this muscle put you off, thdy are only concerned that he will chase

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rabbits. He spends most of his days in the office with myself. H have a

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real soft spot for him. He hs my favourite. He spends his daxs in my

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office. He runs about on thd field and then just sweets in the

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afternoon. The Dogs Trust estimate he has been overlooked by 14,00

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potential owners. The reason is these young upstarts. This hs what

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most people go for. Jed while never try to hide your microphone. 14 of

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the dogs are not puppies. Wd are looking for people to take on the

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older dogs. Some people prefer dogs that are past the stage of chewing.

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So what were people after then a new bit today? It has to be a young dog

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so that we can train at. If we can give a dog a good home, I think that

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says a lot better than going to puppies and things like that. 1 ,000

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people who could have given Jed a permanent home have walked on by.

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You may not be able to teach this dog new tricks, but he does have a

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nice temperament. Dogs like Jed often struggle to find a new home.

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He was the boyhood Newcastld fan who came through the ranks

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He helped the Black Cats colplete their extraordinary escape

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from relegation in May before a controversial free transfdr to

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the Magpies this summer aftdr his contract on Wearside had expired.

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Now Jack Colback has been called up by England.

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Some think the decision to lure Jack Colback to Newcastle was ond of the

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best transfers of the summer. With the friendly against Norway next

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month and a qualifier against Switzerland, he has been called into

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the England squad. This does not surprise his manager. He is

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fantastic. This column has come sooner than I thought, however. But

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he has been very good pre`sdason. The timing is good for him, he is

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ready. He was likened by Al`n Pardew as World Cup winner Alan Ball. He is

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our player but he previouslx played for Sunderland. They have to take

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the credit for this. It is hmportant for north`east football that players

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from Sunderland and Newcastle are recognised. He is an import`nt

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player in that respect. Jack Colback's new club havd been

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drawn against Crystal Palacd on the third round of the League Ctp next

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month. Middlesbrough, who've signed young

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Spurs defender Ryan Fredericks on a season`long loan,

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have a tough trip to Liverpool and The Black Cats earned their place in

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last night's draw with a 3`0 victory But it wasn't quite as strahght

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forward as the scoreline suggests. Head coach Gus Poyet has bedn struck

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by how much the League Cup final trip to Wembley meant to Sunderland

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fans, nearly two thousand of whom made the midweek trip to England's

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second city to see if the club could a controversial t`shirt, was suited

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and booted for the second round tie. Sunderland were poor in the

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first half with the hosts f`shioning the better chances

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and you always sensed the fhrst goal came with just thirteen

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minutes left. Birmingham fans thought ` probably

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wrongly ` that they should have had a throw`in but the Black Cats broke

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up the field and the ball eventually ended up with Adam Johnson who laid

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the ball off to summer signhng Jordi Gomez who produced one

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of his long`range specials.Clayton Donaldson tried HIS best to get

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his side back in it ` but despite the acrobatics xou

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sensed the tide had turned `nd two goals in a minute late on broke

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the Championship club's reshstance. Jozy Altidore doesn't score many

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club goals but he deserved one here, although it was Johnson who

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finished the move off. And then further signs

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of the growing understanding between Emanuele Giaccherinh and

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Connor Wickham, which emergdd during 3`0 possibly

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a deceptive scoreline but Premier The 3`0 probable route a bigger win

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in the 3`0 probable route a bigger win in the end than it actu`lly was.

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In the end we finished very strongly, so I am very pleased.

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To cricket, Yorkshire and Dtrham have been locked in a thrilling tie

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today. It was the quarterfinal of the Royal London won the cup. After

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the Durham had only muster the 37 from the maximum 50 overs, lost

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people were expecting the poster when constantly, especially with

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Gary Ballance and Alex Lees together at the crease. But from a 342, the

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tykes collapsed and fell well short of their 238 run target, losing 31

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runs. The Durham with a gre`t comeback and a century from Mark

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Stoneman proving crucial in the end. Tomorrow there will be an attumnal

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feel to the weather. Not thhs evening, above. This evening we have

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clear skies for the beginning of the night with more cloud and r`in to

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the West. As we head through the night, the cloud moves in from the

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West and during the early hours of tomorrow morning the line wdll come

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with it. Heavy bursts for the tail end of the night and it adds up to

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another mile tonight. Temperatures into double figures. It is ` cloudy

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start tomorrow morning and there will be showers around. Somd on the

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heavy side. We cannot rule out the odd rumble of thunder. The odd

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bright spell as well, but not too many. The showers will not die or be

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completely. Always the risk of rain, especially in the West. Temperatures

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remain reasonably mild. A brisk wind tomorrow. Highs of 19 Celsits in the

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East. A low pressure in charge tomorrow. That moves away as we head

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into the weekend. High pressure builds through Saturday and into

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Sunday. This next weather front will come in on Saturday night in the

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Sunday saw things look quieter for next week. Most places should have

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fairly dry and bright weathdr on Saturday. One or two showers in the

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West, but those will be the exception. Most places trying with

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temperatures in the high tedns. On Sunday it will begin try and bright

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but the cloud will head in from the West later in the day. Next week,

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high`pressure returns so we should see plenty of fine and dry weather

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with the temperatures getting higher and again. Please send in your

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weather pictures. We would love to see them. Before we go, it would cut

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made headlines. There has bden able for the Conservative Party `s MP

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Douglas Carswell deflects to do cat. And then Look North, the yob who

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threw a bottle at a car, badly injuring a nine`year`old girl is

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jailed for eight months. John us again tomorrow. Goodbye.

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Go away if you don't me to speak to you like that!

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Most schools exclude disruptive pupils.

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I ain't putting up with this any more.

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But one school takes them in and promises five GCSEs.

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