24/10/2016 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Hello and welcome to Monday's Look North.

More than six years in jail for the driver who killed hhs friend

when he got behind the wheel of a car, despite already

The driving was probably thd worst you could imagine. He was over the

limit not only with drugs, but with alcohol. He was driving dangerously.

It was a very, very busy night in Newcastle.

Also tonight, pylons are to be removed from some parts

of the Lake District, with power cables being burhed

Could an idea, developed by a north-east doctor,

tackle diabetes and save the NHS billions a year?

One council is named and sh`med for not commemorating its hdritage.

In sport, there should be something similar

for Carlisle United - they're on a record-breaking

And it's a cricketer raised in Cumbria and playing

for Durham who's England's hero out in Bangladesh.

He was banned from driving only to get behind the wheel of ` car

after a night of drinking and taking drugs.

Then 20-year-old Tyrone Quinn drove his friends through a city

centre at speed before losing control and killing his 17-xear old

Today, Quinn sobbed in the dock as the victim's mother

told the court he has devastated their lives.

Caught on CCTV, the BMW speeds through Newcastle.

The driver, Tyrone Quinn, had had a night on the drink,

he'd taken cocaine and he w`s already a banned driver.

Soon, he would crash, killing promising young basketball

Today, a court heard of the moments before the tragedy.

At this point, the city was still busy with

Witnesses described hearing the BMW's wheels screeching.

Another said he had seen it rocking from side to side.

And another said he had nevdr seen driving as reckless as he s`w

The driving was probably thd worst you could possibly imagine.

Not only with drugs, but with alcohol.

This is a tragic event for James and his family.

And he hasn't helped himself at all during this case.

Quinn sat with his head bowdd as the court was addressed

"Why would you drive a car when you are under the infltence

"of drink and drugs?" she asked.

She spoke of the "sadness, anger and disbelief"

There is "a sense of emptindss without his presence," she said

Quinn was jailed for six ye`rs and nine months.

The judge told him, "You will have to live in the knowledge th`t

And Peter, Tyrone Quinn was well known to the police?

I think what the big -- aggravates this is his history of being banned

from driving but then ignorhng the ban. He had only come out of prison

six days before the clash for attacking a pensioner. We wdre told

in court today that he suffdrs from post-traumatic stress disorder over

the crash that killed his friend. Others are, whatever remorsd he is

now suffering is nothing to what the victim's family are going through.

In court today, we have frol the victim's mother. She told the judge,

I want my son back but that is not going to happen.

After months of debate, the National Grid has announced

proposals to bury power cables underneath the Lake District

National Park instead of building large pylons.

The 100-mile route of power lines will connect the proposed

new nuclear power station in West Cumbria

The ?3 billion plans could `lso see the removal of existing pylons

in parts of the national park but bigger ones would be buhlt

outside the park boundary, as Megan Paterson explains.

They serve a crucial function but their presence in this landscape

Campaigners have fought passionately to ensure that new 50m-high

pylons are not built within the

They are just too high, too wide and too much of an impact

And now it seems they've had some success.

Plans released today by the National Grid show

from a substation near Heysham it's proposed an underground tunnel

will cary power lines beneath Morecambe Bay,

with overhead lines being used through the Duddon Estuary before

the cables are buried as thdy pass through the

The lines will then return to pylons as they pass through

And this is where those linds would end up - Harker subst`tion

It is humming away quietly in the background today.

According to National Grid, this project is about balancing

impact on the landscape with inevitable cost

Spending here is driven by the need to connect a new nuclear power

station at Moorside, near Sellafield,

Everything National Grid dods goes back to people on their bills,

so they will be picking up the tab for this.

That is why we think we havd struck the right balance between the cost,

We are starting our consultation on Friday.

It is going for ten weeks and we really want people

to tell us what they think about the route we have chosen.

Today's proposals would see the removal of some old style

pylons, making the western ddge of the Lake District

National Park pylon-free for the first time in 50 ye`rs.

But fewer, bigger pylons like these ones at the National Grid training

centre could soon be built outside the park boundary.

Consultation on these plans will run until the beginning of Janu`ry

and application for planning will then follow.

But work on the route is not expected until 2019.

Megan Paterson, BBC Look North, Carlisle.

Teaching assistants in County Durham have begun a week-long vigil outside

County Hall in their continting dispute over major

changes to the terms and conditions of employment.

They say new term-time only contracts will mean a pay ctt

The council maintains it's pushing the new contracts through to bring

the teaching assistants in line with equal pay legislation.

St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, which attracts thousands

of visitors every year, is to undergo a ?2 million lakeover.

The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1984, but the refurbishmdnt

will include upgrades to the existing facilities

and the addition of a lift, an exhibition area and a vidwing

It's part of a much larger scheme to rejuvenate the whole

In the last 20 years, the number of people

in the north-east and Cumbrha with diabetes has more than doubled.

Experts have always believed that people

with the most common form - type two - have it for life.

But a world-renowned professor from Newcastle saxs

he thinks he's found a way of reversing the disease.

If he's right, his methods could save the NHS billions of potnds

He thinks his diabetes might kill him.

I'm concerned about having ` stroke, heart attack, kidney failurd

and different types of things that can happen and it is frightdning

Ed is one of more than 200,000 people in the North East

That is more than 7% of the adult population.

In more than a decade, it is expected to rise

Roy Taylor, professor of medicine at Newcastle University,

Our hypothesis was that typd two diabetes was typified by too

If we got rid of that, things may return to normal.

In a study, Professor Taylor asked volunteers with type two di`betes

to go on a very low calorie diet designed to remove fat from key

If we look at this organ, that is the liver.

The level of fat is in fact 36%, extremely high.

After eight weeks of this dhet, look at this, 2% liver fat.

The most exciting change is the liver function.

Type two diabetes after one week, a bit of a response.

Four weeks, eight weeks, it had gone back to normal.

The function has been restored and that is a magic thing.

If he is right, Professor T`ylor will help thousands of diabdtes

patients free themselves of the condition and save the NHS

In line with Professor Taylor's model, Ed is restricting hilself

to 800 calories a day for ehght weeks in the hope that he, too,

I feel I've got to because `t my age, it is a case of if I don't do

I've got to think, I've got a lovely granddaughter

Professor Taylor is undertaking a major new study costing ?2 million

If the results are positive, he believes this diet will puickly

become part of routine treatment and our understanding of how

to best fight the disease will have changed forever.

And you can see more about professor Roy Taylor's work on revershng type

two diabetes on Inside Out tonight on BBC One at 7.30.

Now, there are plenty of protests when an opencast coal mine

But to make it more palatable, communities often receive fhnancial

compensation for having thel on their doorstep.

Now the Government is plannhng to take that idea even further

Our political editor Richard Moss has been looking at the argtments.

High in the Durham Dales, these turbines have been

Generating power - and clocking up cash

The village community centre's kitchen is

the latest to be kitted out with cash from a fund set up

In the last year alone, ?200,000 from such

community benefit funds havd been doled out in County Durham.

It is really important that local communities who have in thehr

environment, in this case, renewable energy sources contributing to the

national need for renewable energy, they receive some benefit for that.

Because these benefit funds are awarded by a community panel that

makes the decision, it is a great way for the local community to take

charge of that situation. But can cash really

overcome controversy? Protesters hoping to halt plans

to extract shale gas And now fracking - as some call it -

is close to beginning. Behind those green gates is the site

that cause so much fuss well the shale gas will be extracted.

Opportunity here could shard in this, the shale wealth fund.

Proceeds from shale gas extraction could be put into the community

But in nearby Kirby Misperton, opposition seems undimmed.

There may though be more temptation on the way.

The government doesn't just want to give communities this check, it is

considering giving them this one. Consulting on whether indivhdual

households get up to ?20,000 from the proceeds of fracking. And there

could be some big money. Thd fund will get 20% of the tax rettrns from

shale gas. ?20,000 to accept fracking at your home. Deal or no

Deal? No deal. You can keep it. It is a bribe to get people on site.

You could get ?20,000, great, but your house price will fall.

Secondly, it is very poor compensation for the risks that

people will face from these wells. The health and well-being

implications of fracking. It is unknown as an industry in this

country. Not everyone feels disaster. Lorraine bronzes holiday

complex. She sees no problels with benefiting from an industry she

welcomes. If you have the inconvenience of trucks going past

for a temporary amount of thme, why shouldn't they benefit? It hs a good

idea. And imagine the trader that all this activity will bring for all

the different businesses in this area. The government consultation on

how the fund will work ends this week. So far, plenty of people here

still be persuaded that the community will be better off.

Plenty more to come in Monday's Look North.

Jeff will be joined by Stevd Harper for tonight's Team talk, plts..

Why a love of concrete pill`rs has become a way of life for ond

And chilly mornings this wedk but things will be coming milder by the

middle part of the week. John me later in the programme for the full

forecast. Who or what should

get a blue plaque? Well, after being named one

of the worst local authorithes in the country for marking

its heritage, South Tynesidd Council It's proposing to erect mord blue

plaques commemorating its ilportant You know you're in a historhcal

place when you see one of these but it seems South Tyneside doesn't

have enough of them after bding named in the bottom ten loc`l

authorities in the think tank tank the Royal Society

of the Arts' heritage index. We were very disappointed whth the

rating last year. So much so, that we invited them yet to see places of

historical interest. Of course, they decline. But what they did say to us

is that they would be more than happy to support the council

erecting future blue plaques and that would help improve our national

rating. It is a great way of bringing heritage to life. Someone

lived here, worked here. Blte plaques around easy way of drawing

attention to the history of the place. -- are an easy way.

There are currently 21 blue plaques in South Tyneside and the stggestion

is to install three more in 201 then at least one a year after that

Steve Cram did lots of things for charity. Joe McElderry had such an

impact on South Tyneside. Rhdley Scott, because the exhibition is on

at the moment. Erecting a plaque costs

about a thousand pounds. Would it be money well spent? If we

can encourage people to see where some historical figures werd born

and raised, that would be money well spent. The council will dechde

whether to go ahead with thd plaque scheme on Thursday.

Now, a concrete pillar is often a welcome sight for walkers

They're called trig points and were put up by Ordnance Survey

There are more than 450 across Yorkshire, and for pdople

like Dave Woffenden, visiting them's

In fact, Dave has managed to "bag" them all.

They have been a familiar feature of our rural

Small pyramids, or obelisks, built in line of sight triangles

Dave Woffenden, from Harrogate, as always

At the age of 71, he has now visited every triangulation

And without all this triangtlation that they did over the years,

we just wouldn't have the bdst maps in the world that we have.

The grid reference, the date they added it,

and I just jot it down in my notebook.

It gets me walking in different places, to see different vidws

There are more than 450 trig points across the Broad Acres.

33 on land owned by Yorkshire Water, who are now encouraging people

to explore and take photos of themselves by the trig points.

As it is the 80th anniversary since the first trig pillar was btilt

we are simply asking below to post a photo of them posing

So it's just about celebrathng trig pillars and celebrating

being in the great outdoors in Yorkshire as well.

Trig points might have given way to GPS in the digital world,

but these curious creations will always serve as a reminder

of their role in mapping modern Britain.

What is the next challenge `fter that? Now it is time for Te`m Talk.

It's been a record-breaking weekend for Carlisle United.

Newcastle have extended thehr lead at the top of the Championship.

But the surprise result must surely be Middlesbrough's draw

at Arsenal, who have been beating everyone lately.

They have won six matches in a row. They have been in form and ht was

even a manager's birthday. Yes, Arsene Wenger

was 67 on Saturday. Not much to celebrate,

though, because Boro Maybe they had a secret plan?

It clearly involved this man, Traore. He forced a good save from

Petr Cech. Negredo scuffs the follow-up. Middlesbrough looked good

on the break. Yes. Good play from Traore. Ramirez

has to score there. They had quality chances this week and he was a real

threat. And he has pace to burn We saw glimpse of this against on.

Negredo holds his run well `nd should score.

The goalkeeper pulled off a good number of saves? Yes, he dods well

to get it render pose. When he was beaten, it was offside.

Middlesbrough delighted with the point. -- does well to get ht round

the post. I think we haven't got quitd

what we deserve sometimes. We got a point today,

probably could've nicked it, I think, if we're being

supercritical on ourselves. But we are absolutely

delighted with the point. We stop the rot and now we will take

that fire and mentality Everyone wrote us off beford

the game and that shows People wrote us off last se`son

and we got promoted and we will do That point didn't lift

Boro any further away from the relegation zone,

but put more daylight between them and Sunderland,

who were across in East London losing to a 94th-minute goal

which looked offside. But that doesn't excuse somd

dreadful defending once agahn. Half the players have their backs to

the ball. Jordan Pickford trying to get them organise. But West Ham have

organise the two against ond. Good turn the year and he strikes it

through. It is a killer blow. Was it offside?

Unfortunately for Sunderland, from the wide angle, it is the ntmber

eight in an offside position. David Moyes others are not happy.

Some say it is the worst st`rt in their history in a top-flight. They

have been throwing gives a radius likes of Crystal Palace. Thdy could

have had a bit of better wh`t they did in the game. But they could have

taken that chance. If that was Jermaine Defoe, it they could have

been 1-0 up. Gareth Bale had a similar start when

he was at Spurs in terms of losses, but that is the way it is.

I think it was bad luck this weekend.

I don't always look for the luck reason, but I heard someone saying

if it was 85 minutes, we would have had nine

I wish we were, if that was the case!

But we probably have not had the ball long enough

and by the end of the game, it wears you down.

Your fitness levels can go and your concentration can go.

And I would say that is probably what it was more down

On to the Championship, and at this rate Newcastle will be

swapping places with Sunderland in the Premier League next Lay.

It's ten league wins now from their last 12 matches.

Yes, a comfortable 3-0 win over Ipswich at St James'

and even their manager Mick McCarthy thinks United will win the title.

No wonder Rafa Benitez thinks the whole of Tyneside is buzzing.

It was a first minute goal. Ipswich would have had a game plan to keep

the crowd quiet and get a foothold. When that happens in the first

minute, that goes out the whndow. Ipswich put up a bit of a fhght but

Mick McCarthy said they look ahead of everyone just now, Newcastle

They look well organised and well drilled. They are looking vdry

strong. Good rotation from the manager. Peres came in for the

slightly out of form Diame. This was a great finish. Very diffictlt

skill. Outside of the left foot in the far corner. Very comfortable

afternoon for Newcastle. Five wins in a row. No wonder Newcastle are

happy. I feel that we have to keep doing

the same things and if we c`n But we are happy because evdrybody

is trying to do these things in the training sessions

and replicate it in the gamds, Into League Two now

and Carlisle United's unbeaten It's 14 games without defeat now

since the start of the season - that's a club record,

and it's also helped lift them They do well. Get the ball hnto the

area. Decent save from the goalkeeper. They gave away ` penalty

just before half-time but then got another in the second half. He is

climbing all over him there. Good decision from the referee. The

penalty gives them the win. For in a row. Keep going. Hartlepool cannot

win at home. Last time they won at home was against York City hn April.

They take the lead here but only more, have conceded more. The

goalkeeper will be do is appointed to be beaten at the near post. It is

too easy for Parma here. -- Palmer. He passes it into the corner.

Steve, thank you very much. We look for to seeing you again next week.

Away from football, Durham's Ben Stokes was the hero out

in Bangladesh, as England's cricketers won the first

The home side went into the final day needing just 33 runs to win

but they'd added just 10 before Stokes took both their remahning

wickets in the space of three deliveries.

It was a tricky situation to be in this morning,

But as the game has gone on, every time, when either

team needed a wicket, there seemed to be one.

And it just seemed to be our morning this morning.

In speedway, Newcastle Diamonds face a tough task at Glasgow

tonight in the second leg of the Premier League Knockout Cup.

The first leg on Tyneside l`st night ended in a 45-all draw.

But in basketball there was another milestone for Newcastle Eagles'

Yesterday's win at Plymouth was his 500th as a coach,

in what was his 600th appearance in the BBL Championship -

just 24 hours after a home win against the same opponents.

It is. I still can't say thd name of the manager! Now we have thdir

weather. We're sick of the rain at the moment. They should be stopping.

By tomorrow, it will be largely dry, bright and sunny. A change hn the

weather as we head through the week. Not all of us have seen the rain. In

Cumbria, it was lovely. This picture from our Weather Watchers. This

week, we will see chilly mornings at ten. Generally quite cloudy with

bright spells. By midweek, things will turn much milder. This is the

pressure chart for tomorrow. High-pressure bang in the mhddle.

That influences the weather. Things will be quite settled. Tonight, we

have some showers pushing in on that please. Mostly can find to ` few

areas. Generally try with clear spells and patches of miss them so.

Temperatures dropping to just above freezing. Widespread frost tomorrow.

Mist and fog will take time to live. That will happen by mid-morning and

the afternoon looks bright `nd sunny. Temperatures tomorrow

reaching a high of around 13 Celsius. The winds are quitd light

and variable as we head through Tuesday. Gradually changing

overnight into Wednesday. Its wings tour more westerly direction,

bringing in a fair amount of cloud and some outbreaks of rain hnto

parts of Cumbria. Tuesday nhght into Wendy is much milder. -- Wednesday.

We start Wednesday with quite a bit of cloud across parts of Culbria and

the breeze picking up from the West. That these will blow in further

cloud and outbreaks of rain. Not much of the rain makes it over the

Pennines. Parts of the north-east on Wednesday will be dry with spells of

sunshine. Temperatures on Wddnesday are much milder at around 14 Celsius

as we have that risk westerly breeze. As we go through Wednesday

and on into Thursday, the isobars on the chart are still tightly packed.

We expect a bit of a breeze. The high pressure is building once again

as we head towards the weekdnd. That will settle things down. For

Thursday, things look quite cloudy. We will see some bright spells but

the temperatures in the mid teens hanging onto Friday.

Thank you. I am glad it is ` bit drier. All the kids are off this

week. Perfect timing. It always rains at half term. What a drag

That is it from us tonight. Goodbye.