17/09/2014 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Newcastle United fans' favotrite, Jonas Guttierez.

At school in England but living in Scotland.

The pupils voting in the independence referendum.

Providing Help for Heroes for a year now.

We return to Phoenix House on its first anniversary.

We do have a record`breaker on today's sports desk, thotgh,

because, in cricket, one of Durham's fast bowlers

And we'll have the best of the action from a full Football League

programme, as Boro continue their climb up the Championship t`ble

Newcastle United footballer Jonas Gutierrez has announcdd that

he's receiving treatment for testicular cancer.

Speaking at home in Argentina, the popular midfielder

said he'd had a testicle reloved and was undergoing chemotherapy

Fans and fellow footballers inundated him with goodwill

messages, while cancer charhties said his case could help increase

awareness of a condition with a 96% survival rate if it's treatdd early.

joins me now from outside St James' Park.

Jonas Gutierrez has not been seen here at St James's Park for a while.

He was on loan to Norwich Chty for much of last season, but thd news of

his illness will have come `s a shock to Newcastle United f`ns and

other people in the footballing community around the countrx.

He?s scored ten times for Ndwcastle United`and efforts like this will

Jonas Gutierrez joined Newcastle United in 2008, btt

we now know for the last few months he's faced an off pitch battle.

Diagnosed with testicular c`ncer last year he's only just revealed

TRANSLATION: The truth is that at first I did not understand why they

used the word tumour. Meanwhile, Tom preparing for

his cancer operation has advice If you have got a suspicion that

there is anything wrong at `ll, go straight to the doctor and get it

looked at. Geoffrey Moscrop has had `` Jonas

Gutierrez has two sessions of chemotherapy left. I am surd

everyone will wish him well. In just over 12 hours? time,

the polls will finally open in the Our relationship with our ndighbours

north of the border will ch`nge forever whichever way it gods.

And among those casting thehr votes will be some students from

Berwick Academy because, although the school is south of the border,

some of its pupils commute from Scotland.

Our Political Editor Richard Moss has been to meet them

They all go to the same school, they're all over 16, but whhle some

have a vote tomorrow, some will only be able to wait for the verdict

Because three of these Berwick Academy students

So they get to decide whethdr to say Yes or No to independence.

I am going to be voting Yes, because I think we are not really gdtting

the respect we deserve for the amount we put into the UK. @nd I do

not think it is a union. I'l voting Now because I don't think anything

has been thought through th`t well, especially with borders. I think

Berwick and the Borders are a bit of an anomaly with travel, with what is

going to happen. Do I need to change currency? My family are at

loggerheads about which way to vote. I have been undecided for a while,

however I think I am swaying towards the Yes campaign because I can see

benefits for Scotland. The referendum marks

the first time 16`year`olds have been able to vote

in any UK poll. But of course English teenagers here

don't have a vote even though the decision

will impact on their lives. They're not short of

opinions though. I would vote Now, because I have got

a lot of friends over the border. I just think anyway of segreg`ting us

from them would be a bad idda, because I can already feel there is

a bit of tension may be. I would thought Yes because I feel what is

going down in Westminster and London is very different to the situation

in Scotland. Us together is better than it being separate. There is

more force and numbers, and if we stayed together, we can makd life

for the Scottish people better. Everybody feels frustrated `bout it

because no one knows what is going to happen. Whatever happens we will

be influenced by it. But all students here have had

a vote on one issue. To stimulate debate, the school s

having its own poll on whether Perhaps anything's

possible these days. The vote in the school todax does

not have a profound effect on what happens in Berwick. Unlike

tomorrow's, which could change lives forever. These young people could be

living with the consequences of the vote for many decades to cole.

The polls open at 7am and close at 10pm.

That is a good question! Thdre are 32 councils which will count

individually. The first votds should be declared around 2am, the last

until about 6am. If it is vdry close, we might not get a rdsult

until that last vote, 6am, could be Aberdeen. I can bring you one

result, in that Berwick opinion poll, 72% voted to stay in the

union. At that is no indication of what will happen tomorrow. Heaven

forbid! It is not the end of this, is it, the result? That is when the

fun starts. The Yes side expect negotiations to begin this weekend

if they win the independencd vote. If there is a No vote, therd is a

timetable to add more powers to the Scottish parliament. How dods that

leave England? Politicians this side of the board agreed has to be some

sort of devolution in northdrn England. How it will take shape as

anyone's guess. Still to come, we return to the Help

for Heroes rehabilitation cdntre Tyre maker Pirelli will appdar

at Carlisle Crown Court next month following the death of a man

inside an industrial oven. The body of 48`year`old

George Falder was found An inquest ruled his death was

accidental but now the Health and Safety Executive

has launched a prosecution. Mark McAlindon is in our

Carlisle newsroom now. There was a short hearing, brief

submissions from the legal teams representing both sides in this

case. Pirelli is facing one charged under health and safety leghslation

at work, failing to protect the safety of one of its employdes. The

prosecution outlined why thd charge was being brought, and it s`id there

was, for example, insufficidnt risk assessment of the oven wherd the man

died. There were no instructions not to enter that machine, no mdasures

to prevent unauthorised accdss and no means of stopping working cycle

from inside once it has started That is what the prosecution said.

An opening was entered todax and the case will move to the Crown Court.

Remind us what happened to the man? His death is something of a mystery.

An inquest did real that it was accidental, but he died inshde what

is basically a large pressure, steam pressure of used in the production

of tyres. He may have been retrieving something when the door

was accidentally closed. Th`t may not will be known. Once inshde, he

would have very quickly been overcome by the heat. His body was

found by colleagues working late shift. Has Pirelli had anything to

say? Only a very short statdment saying it's not and condolences

remain with the man's familx. The company has always been comlitted to

maintaining high levels of health and safety for the employees. The

company fully cooperated with the Health and Safety Executive's

investigation throat. The company will appear at the Crown Cotrt early

next month. Thank you. Unemployment in the North

East has seen a small rise. There are now 132,000 peopld

without a job, an increase of 1,000

over the previous quarter. Cumbria has seen

a drop of 195 people claiming Job Seekers Allowance,

to just over 5,300. Well, the latest job figures

came on the first day of a public consultation

about new port facilities for a planned potash mine, ` mine

that could create 1,000 jobs. Our Business Correspondent

Ian Reeve reports. Chance today for Teessiders to look

at the details of what could be the first mine sank in this country for

40 years. It will be in North Yorkshire, but a harbour will be on

the Tees. Kevin hopes the plans go ahead. After 30 years in thd steel

industry, now without a job, this part of the scheme appears to offer

big opportunities. They said there are 300 jobs available for ` project

on the harbour. I am hoping the company itself will be using local

skill sets which will be good for working. In total, the projdct is

promising 1000 jobs. We'll local people like Kevin have the chance to

win them? A material portion of the jobs will come specifically from

this area for those, where the employment will actually be. But we

also have, this is an area where people can travel to work to the

mine. The mine has attracted little opposition. Even though it will be

located in a national park, and the potash moved by an undergrotnd

transport system. The harbotr site on Teessiders less contentious.

Surrounded as it is by industry The prospect of jobs must be alluring.

Even before today's small rhse in unemployment, figures from 2013

showed that there are more than 6500 people without a job where the

harbour development will be. More than 1400 people have claimdd

job`seeker's allowance for lore than 12 months. A planning application

for the mine will be submitted at the end of this month. And one for

the harbour will follow in December. Still to come, we return to the Help

for Heroes rehabilitation cdntre Plus the Teesside Lowry

whose picture of Ayresome P`rk In some places it looks likd autumn,

in others it is still very luch summer. Join me later for the

weather forecast. The charity Help for Heroes

says it's becoming an increasing challenge to fund

a special recovery centre Phoenix House at Catterick Garrison

opened a year ago today and it has already helped thousands of military

personnel and their families. On its first birthday

managers said it was vital Phil Connell is there

for us tonight. Feeling fit? It is a place with so

many inspiring stories. This is the gymnasium here at Phoenix house one

facility that has helped allost 13,000 people doing its first year.

Not just the soldiers, sailors and airmen, but veterans and falily

members as well. Many of whom have been here to mark this spechal first

anniversary. To celebrate its birthday, there was

no shortage of heroes today. Phoenix House is one`year`old, and hnspiring

place that has helped thous`nds of sick and injured servicemen and

women. We have got fully motlded seats... This soldier was injured in

Afghanistan two years ago bx a roadside bomb. Last week, hd was one

of the stars at Prince Harrx's Invictus Games. Returning home with

two gold medals. Having strong characters and positive atthtudes,

the camaraderie we all have and was shown on the Invictus Games, just

highlights that anything is possible and with a positive mind and

support, most things can be achieved. Phoenix Host Is The Only

Facility of its kind in the North of England. It cost ?11 million to

build. Following the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, supporting our

injured military has capturdd the nation's at. But with battldfield

injuries thankfully decreashng, how will centres like this maintain that

public support? Andries the ?2 million needed each year to keep it

open with two `` and raise. Do centres like this have a secure

future? I think so, for othdr reasons as well, not just the

physical injuries but the hhdden wounds, mental anguish that people

go through. The building was opened last year by a former soldidr from

Hartlepool who was seriouslx injured in 2002. Now with support from

Phoenix House and his wife, he is doing things he never thought

possible. 19 months ago I w`s nowhere near the person I al now.

Even talking like this would have been really hard. There are many

inspiring stories here, a special place which, one year on, h`s made a

massive difference to thous`nds of our injured military personnel.

Running Phoenix House must be expensive.

Are they confident that donations will continud

once the Afghan conflict is a distant memory?

As you can see from the gym, this is not a cheap facility to operate It

costs ?2.2 million a year to keep the centre open, and managers admit

it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep those all

important donations coming hn. They need, they say, is as important as

ever, with many of those injured in recent conflicts expected to still

require support for many more years to come.

Thank you. Those men can st`nd down now.

A rediscovered industrial artist described as 'Teesside's Lowry'

has been placed firmly back in the spotlight with a painting dhsplayed

We first featured the remarkable story of Dave Watson when a local

curator spotted his work on a BBC art website and tracked him down.

Dave started painting in thd 19 0s but the artist from Middlesbrough

ended up making his living painting the sides of ships instead.

At the age of 70, he's finally finding recognhtion.

His first journey outside the north`east was worth waiting for for

Dave Watson, seeing his work finally displayed in a national gallery His

other work has captured the spirit of Teeside's pro industrial

heritage, because he experidnced it for himself. Now his sporting scene

is taking pride of place among some of football's most famous ilages. We

cover the whole history of football here, not just the professional game

and the modern game. What D`ve captures is that real atmosphere of

the fans, the previous fans on the terraces, the sense of commtnity,

the sense of these guys probably only minutes ago leaving thd

coalmine, the steel yards, the shipbuilding docs. It is allost like

they have blown their pints at 2:30pm, and there they are on the

terraces waiting for the kick`off. Dave definitely fits the bill ``

fits the bill of the northern artist. The great sorts of `rtists

they have had, Lowry and people like that, and if Dave had lived in the

north`west he would've hanghng out with those guys. Dave was p`rt of

the so`called south bank school He watched colleagues go on to become

well`known names in the art world, well circumstances drew him into a

life on the docks. Now in hhs eighth decade, his journey to becole a

recognised artist seems to be complete. I am feeling proud, more

than anybody else does in this area. Painting itself, I enjoyed doing it,

it was interesting. It never came to me to do a painting of a football

match. I thought, I have done everything else, why don't H do a

football match for a change? It is amazing because it is the fhrst time

I have been out of Southbank, and I am happy to be here. It is great.

Brilliant, I love the way hd picks out the colours. Right, cricket

Great start to this one. It was a record`breaking dax for

Durham and for their Sunderland`born He took 15 wickets

in one day's play, as last year's champions ovdrwhelmed

bottom club Northamptonshird There was no sign of the

carnage to come when Durham came out this morning to finish

their first innings. They were eventually

all out for 392. But Rushworth then took nind of

Northants' 10 first innings wickets. And following

on they didn't do much bettdr! Six more wickets for Rushworth,

giving him 15 in all. No`one's done anything like that

since Gloucester's Tom Godd`rd took So Durham will head down to Lord's

this weekend in top form, as they To cover as the best match figures

for Durham. `` took over. I believe it is the best bowling figures in

English domestic cricket since 000. There are a few records I h`ve come

close to overtaking, so pretty special day.

Certainly was. Lord's this weekend in top form as

they look to end the season by lifting the Royal London Ond`Day

Cup. This would have been the perfect send`off for their

long`serving skipper if he hadn t changed his mind about hanghng up

his boots. This report from Andrew He has had so many high points in

the game, still, still staying fit enough

Working as hard on my fitness as I ever did before, and thankftlly a

few more coming out at bat `s well. I am really enjoying myself. I am

The lead could have been dotbled if not for City keeper David M`rshall.

The downside for head coach Aitor Karanka, what looks to be a serious

knee injury suffered by another Spaniard, defender Damia Arbella.

He was stretchered off just past the hour,

and Boro had to weather a late Cardiff storm.

But the three points took the Teessiders up to eighth.

Carlisle remain stuck at the bottom of League Two though.

Beaten by a single goal at Shrewsbury,

their 14`match run without ` win stretches back to last season.

And to top it off, one`half of their caretaker manager partnership

Paul Thirlwell sent off for a second yellow card.

And the Blues revealed todax that former boss Neil McDonald

had asked for his name to bd withdrawn from the

list of possible replacements after talking it over with his falily

Like Middlesbrough, Hartlepool made an electrifying start,

with on`loan Boro striker Charlie Wyke giving them

Unlike the Boro, Pools then fell apart.

3`1 down by the break, they finished up on the wrong end

Manager Colin Cooper kept hhs players back in the dressing room

after the game for what he called "an open and honest chat "

They're just three places better off than Carlisle.

And there was yet another draw for York City,

Boss Nigel Worthington described some of his players'

The Minstermen are still looking for their first home win of the season.

Well, we might not be topping the Football League is, get me,

controversial! But we are world record breakers at growing leeks.

Geoffrey Moscrop from Northtmberland has grown three pot leeks mdasuring

a total of 572 cubic inches, a new world record.

Yes, he smashed the previous record by 40 cubic inches, apparently.

John Smith World Leek and Onion Show in Blyth.

One man and his leeks. Geoffrey Moscrop spends two hours a day

tending his crop on the Northumberland coast. It cotld be

the mild sea are which helps them grow, but Geoffrey Moscrop says the

secret is not watering them too much. This set has set a new world

record. I have grown them shnce 1982 and you sort of get addicted to it.

Just a hobby, really, and I enjoyed doing it. Everything revolvds around

leeks. Everything. From holhdays to when we go out, when we comd back,

football, it revolves around that. It is like being a widow. Kdeps me

out of mischief. He is now stripping down this year's harvest to make

seeds. With the aim of setthng a new world record next year.

Maybe the weather has helped? There is a real split betwedn east

and West today, you can see that from the afternoon temperattres

Tomorrow is more of the samd, grey and misty start for many of us,

western areas will see things brighten up and warm up. Th`t split

shows very nicely on today's satellite picture. A blanket of grey

across the north`east. Sunnx spells for Cumbria. This evening in through

the night, that cloud in thd East will extend westwards. I thhnk the

computer is overdoing it a bit, but there will be a damp feel in the

East. Temperatures should stay in double figures. Tomorrow morning,

grey and misty again. Western areas will see things brighten up the

most. Good sunny spells devdloping in western parts of Cumbria,

especially. Any brighter spdlls in the north`east will be well inland.

Few and far between. Temper`tures, mid`teens on the north`east coast,

not a grey deal higher in lhne. `` inland. Some places in Cumbria could

hit 22, 20 three degrees. Over the next few days, not a grey ddal of

changes, always cloudy in the East, best changes in the West and that is

where we will see the highest afternoon temperatures.

Thank you, Paul. You blame xour computer? What is that saying about

workmen and tools? See you later on tonight, good night!