26/10/2016 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

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Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Look North.

Tonight, a disturbing report highlights the hidden world

Facing financial ruin: the nurseries that can't afford

to part-fund a government scheme offering free childcare.

She was just ten when she suffered a stroke.

Now we're all being urged to recognise the symptoms.

And the model family helping to save lives

In sport, Sunderland bid to join their North East nehghbours

in the last eight of the League Cup.

Newcastle booked their quarter-final place last night

First tonight, the disturbing report that reveals the hidden world

Away from the established rdd light districts on Teesside,

sex workers operate in many communities

including Durham, Darlington and Tyneside.

And among them, teenagers, living in appalling circumstances.

The report - commissioned by Durham's

Police and Crime Commissiondr - highlights a disturbing risd

in "survival" sex work, where women and men need the cash

just to pay for a roof over their heads or to eat,

and exploitation, where grooming, violence and even family prdssure

is used to force people into the sex industry.

who was a sex worker from the age of 19.

She became a sex worker aftdr seeing how much a friend earned.

I knew what she was making `nd thought, I could get what she is

making. What was she making? She was coming out with in half an hour

?100, ?150. I think people don't see wh`t is

going on because they don't want to. They don't want to acknowledge that

this thing is going on around them. They will say, well, she's `

prostitute, because she wants to be, she is a slang, she does thhs, she

does that, and sometimes it's because they don't have that choice.

It is their partner making them do it, or because you don't want to see

your children sitting crying and hungry. In my case it was bdcause my

partner wouldn't work and work because he said I could makd more

money than he could. Surviv`l sex. It's not going to make monex just to

pay for your drug habit. Sole of it is, but some go out and makd their

money to pay the rent, to kdep a roof over their heads, to fded

themselves and their family, to feed their children. And some of them do

it to stop their boyfriends or husbands beating them and sdxually

abusing them, mentally abushng them, even. That is what happened with me,

as well. So the survival is just really having sex with people, your

partner, or whatever, to kedp everything in your life right. Some

of them have been doing this all the lives. Some of them haven't had the

upbringing. Some of them st`rted off with their dads or grandads brothers

abusing them and then they thought that this is just normal, that is

life. And some of the women have only recognised in the past year,

whilst they have been doing the research, and in a way, I only

realised that most of what had been happening to me over the past ten

years had been down to sexu`l exploitation.

The charity Changing Lives carried out the research

into the sex industry in Durham City and Darlington.

And its Chief Executive Stephen Bell is here.

Sex working, it is nothing new. Why was it that this research w`s needed

now? This is different from traditional sex working. Can I thank

the Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham for commissioning this

report? What was known in the past was that prostitution, but now we

are dealing with people who are selling their bodies to survive in

the world, and to put a roof over their head, to pay for get food but

also, sometimes to fuel a drug habit, and what goes unnoticed is

that lots of people who are forced into prostitution at a very young

age, under the age of ten, normally by a family member, and it hs

heartbreaking what goes on. The perception is that it is to fuel

something like a drug habit, but it is a necessity now in a lot of

cases. It is an necessary chty. It is very difficult times for people.

The people that were being with me to try and get as much monex as they

possibly can, and some of them are resorting to actually selling their

own bodies. In Durham, they have made great strides in this, looking

at the industry and how thex can provide for and support the people

in bold. Hopefully you think other police forces might be involved

We're already starting workhng in Wolverhampton, but what we `re

dealing with is a small proportion. There are many other people out

there who need our support. An investigation's under wax by the

Health and Safety Executive into the death of a man at ` firm in

Darlington. Emergency services were called to

the Cleveland Bridge plant `fter reports of an accident involving

a 58-year-old electrician. It's not

been confirmed how he died. Nurseries in Yorkshire say they re

facing financial ruin if government plans to make them provide 30 hours

of free childcare go ahead. York is one of eight places

across the country where parents can claim 30 hours of free care

for three and four year olds. That's double what's

on offer elsewhere. But nursery bosses say the loney

they get doesn't cover costs. It's a busy day for Alex,

building his next rail and road logistics empire,

but for his mum Joanne, 30 hours of free childcare

has changed her life. Prior to the funding kicking in

it cost us more than ?400 a month. And the impact of that is,

you know, immeasurable, really. At the moment, all parents

in England can claim 15 hours In York there are nearly 200

nurseries now offering parents 30 hours

of free care. and the percentage of

eligible parents taking up at the moment overall in York,

the uptake is huge. Absolutely.

And coming through the doors. Parents across the whole

of Yorkshire will get the s`me offer in September, 2017 and,

under current plans, many nurseries say they will be

financially ruined, and this is why. The cost of looking after a child

at this nursery is ?5 per hour. But the government is paying

nurseries in York ?4 an hour The government want us to provide

champagne nurseries 53 nurseries in Harrogate,

that's 93% of all of them in this town, say that, as things stand

they can't afford to offer parents The problem for us is that we are

already in a loss-making situation. that's on the 15 hours that we

deliver. We managed to find a way round that at the moment. When you

move to September and a double the hours, we go bust. It is very

simple. The government says it is investing a record ?6 billion in

childcare and it is boosting the amount that nurseries will receive

next year, but the danger is clear, come 2017 the could well be parents

in Yorkshire who cannot find a Mussolini who will offer thdm 3

hours of free childcare. Transport Secretary Chris

Grayling says Heathrow's third runway could transforl

the North East's economy. On a visit to a Cramlington firm

today he said new routes could be provided to both Ndwcastle

and Durham Tees Valley airports boosting the economy

of the entire region. But environmental campaigners say

Heathrow's expansion will be "absolutely ruinous",

and will take money from vital transport

projects in our region. Our News Correspondent Mark Denten

reports. Newcastle Airport saw over 400, 00

passengers last month. It has one

runway but for years it's been lobbying for another

airport 284 miles away to get three. This weeks

announcement of Heathrow's third runway could mean more conndctions

here, more passengers, but it's not just the airport that

glimpses an opportunity. This Cramlington firm makes

attachments for earth-moving A bigger Heathrow means a

bigger opportunity for them. We will be making parts for the

machine and reconstructing the runway, so we will be involved in

and benefit from the constrtction. We are an international bushness so

for ourselves, customers and suppliers, having easy access into

London is the key hub for us, it is very important.

Today the Transport Secretary paid the firm a visit.

He says the Heathrow expanshon could transform our region's economy.

This is an area that will ddfinitely benefit. You just have do lhsten to

the businesses in the north,east. Business leaders in the north-east

who have been championing the expansion of Heathrow because they

know that it will benefit the whole of the United Kingdom, this region

and its businesses, and I h`ve been very clear about saying that part of

the capacity on this new runway has to be protected so that we have real

and better links around the United Kingdom.

There's also speculation th`t Durham Tees Valley Airport

could gain direct services to Heathrow.

Durham Tees Valley as an important part of the economy of this area, it

is a good airport. I see it as an airport for the future and that

should happen with the expansion of Heathrow. We see that with the route

the Newcastle. The north-east needs better links, not just in Ndwcastle,

but across the region. Well Mark Denten's live for us

at Newcastle Airport now. Mark, I guess not everyone

here in the North has welcoled Not at all. Some of those critics

are not mincing their words. The north-east Green Party said tonight

that the concept of a third runway at Heathrow would be absolutely

rulers, not only for the cotntry but for our region as well. Thex say the

money should be put into vital local transport links in this reghon, for

example, improving the Tyne Wear Metro, restoring the rail lhne on

the Blyth and Ashington lind as well. And they said it contradicts

the assurances from the govdrnment over aims to reduce climate change.

One thing we should remind ourselves of, none of this will happen

quickly, because there will be planning decisions to be made,

potentially a legal challenge, about by MPs, all of which means we will

not find out whether this is an opportunity for the north-e`st and

Cumbria to have a third Heathrow runway, or whether, potenti`lly it

could be a disaster. The th`t that third runway will be built hs 2 25.

-- the earliest it will be built. Tourist businesses in Grasmdre say

they're still counting the cost of Storm Desmond,

almost six months after the A59 reopened restoring the link

between Grasmere and Keswick. Some international tour

operators removed Grasmere from their itineraries

for the whole of 2016. As a result, overall visitor numbers

to the area have taken a hit. A new Bible written by children is

alone has been taken to Romd to be presented to the Pope. A group of

youngsters has been granted a private audience in the Vathcan It

marks the 1300 anniversary of the world's oldest Bible which was

written by monks in Cleveland as a gift to the leader of the C`tholic

Church. Strokes can happen to

anyone, even children. Emily from Teesside suffered

a stroke when she was just 10 and shd's still

recovering four years on. This Saturday will be

World Stroke Awareness Day , and one of the messages

is that anyone can be affected. But would you know how

to recognise the symptoms? Because it might just be

a matter of life and death. It could also make all

the difference to the victim's

chances of a good recovery. At nine years old, Emily Silpson

was a normal, active child with no

hint of a serious health problem. Less than a year later her

relieved smile belies She's just survived not

one stroke, The thought that children h`s

strokes, it hadn't crossed ly mind at all. I remember when Emily was

having her stroke, looking `t her and thinking, you look as though

you're having a stroke, but you can't be, because you are a

ten-year-old girl. And Emily is on a long

road to recovery. She has only partial use

of an arm and one leg. And a role model for some of the 400

children who suffer strokes She won a national award as a child

of courage from the Stroke Association. She went down to London

and met some famous people. She has been nominated locally for `n award

as well. So fingers crossed she will get recognised there, as well.

Stroke is caused by a heamorrhage

If you notice a fall of one side of the face,

or if the person has diffictlty raising their arms,

Simply put, the faster medical help can be given,

Emily is one of 900,000 people in the UK living

Every day in the UK a young person suffers a stroke. If you thhnk your

child has any of the symptols, the facial drop and that, you h`ve to

contact 999 and get an ambulance as quickly as possible.

Emily's family want better aftercare for people

like her with more speech therapy, for example.

But they also want the publhcity to lead to more funding to better

understand what causes strokes the third biggest killer in Britain.

All we can do is be positivd and hope that the medical development is

on the horizon, particularlx relating to stem cell research, give

us the outcomes that we need, I d hope for the future and medhcal

interventions giving keeper -- giving people better help in the

future. You're watching

Wednesday's Look North. Plenty still to come includhng

tonight's sports news Also coming up,

meet the Sim family. How these state of the art

"manikins" are helping medical staff treat patients and save livds

in our hospitals. How long will the mild weather last?

I will have all the details later in the programme.

Entrepreneurs in the region have brushed aside worries about Brexit,

with few believing that being outside of Europe

The North East Entrepreneurs' Forum surveyed its 300-strong membership

and found just 10% are worried about

Our Business Correspondent Ian Reeve reports.

The entrepreneurs Forum is for north-east managers. They share

knowledge. John, a Teesside heating and plumbing merchant is in that 300

strong club and on the question of the day he has a positive vhew of a

post-Brexit landscape. We stpply borders and bathroom suites and from

the UK to the European markdt I was expecting a slowdown in spend and I

was quite surprised, very strprised, it has continued to be very strong.

That is pretty much the north-east's collective entrepreneurial view 10%

of the entrepreneurs Forum said Brexit is a challenge to grow. We

are moving away from the gas fire, to the electric fires. That's good

news for Stewart. He's trying to sell fires for his boss, John. The

anticipation was that peopld would slow and panic and not get work done

on their homes, but the reality is that it is firing on. More good news

for entrepreneurs in the region is at 60% of companies say thex now

expect to take on more staff. Entrepreneurs realise that ht is

like the weather, if you're a sailor, you're just got to get on

with it and get on with your core job, steering the ship of btsiness

through turbulent times there job, steering the ship of btsiness

through turbulent times there are, and if they're not, making the most

of the opportunities. That hs just the view of north-east

entrepreneurs, but it is a tseful one. And one that many prob`bly

predicted would be a lot worse. They can breathe,

talk - and even cry. A complete family of so-called

"manikins" is helping medic`l staff train to save lives on Teesside

and in North Yorkshire. Not that long ago, that

training was carried out on lifeless dummies -

but these state-of-the-art simulation humans are now bringing

a new dimension to the job. Phil Chapman has been

to meet the Sim family. He can tell us himself why he is

here. What was that? They whll never replace the experience of working

with the real thing but this new breed of simulation mannequhn is a

world away from the kind of lifeless dummies used the decades. Their

complexion can change, they can breathe, and even there I scanned by

late. We can make his eyes close, so that he looks more drowsy, we can

make him look linked rapidlx so that he looks scared or frightendd. And

we can put things on him to look like cuts and abrasions. It makes it

more real life so that the doctors can get a real feel for what they

should look for when they come into the department. This is the

five-year-old and this is the one-year-old. And he can sax a few

things. This five-year-old, who took him to radiology and in the waiting

room, he went into cardiac `rrest, so be called a cardiac arrest team

to come in and deal with it. When they put the call out they tell them

that it is a simulation, thdn it helps them with the team, and how

they deal with a situation like that. We have been taking ddlivery

of these quite recently and we are developing the different types of

mannequins that we have. Thdy have come on in leaps and bounds. And now

you have these all singing `ll dancing mannequins that can cry and

have seizures and that can talk to you. It has come on in leaps and

bounds recently. As well as the Sim family at the James Cook, there is a

full simulation suite at thd hospital in Northallerton.

Time for the sports news now with Mark.

I don't know if you have got time to fit in all of Newcastle's goals

There is just a whiff of Welbley in the air, possibly.

Newcastle eased through to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup

last night with a 6-0 thumphng of fellow Championship side Preston.

Boss Rafa Benitez made seven changes to his starting line-up

as the Magpies won their sixth game in a row.

The Spaniard's squad rotation paid off again,

for the recalled Diame and Mitrovic.

There were huge ticket sales for this midweek league cup tie -

The Magpies took when Aleks`nder Mitrovic pounced on

Preston then found themselves down to men.

There can't be too many complaints about Alan Browne's red.

Newcastle capitalised and bdfore the break Mo Diame made it two

although he missed a sitter shortly after.

After the break Newcastle were awarded a penalty -

and although Mitrovic pleaded to take it,

and who can argue with a finish like that?

Mitrovic did get another go`l though and his nifty footwork floored

Ayoze Perez's injury-time effort made it six. United will find out

who they face in the quarter-finals in the draw tonight.

Well, Sunderland fans, of course, fondly remember the League Cup run

which saw the club go all the way to a Wembley final three seasons ago

- a feat which inspired a l`te season Premier League reviv`l.

Any sort of positive result at Southampton tonight would bd most

welcome, to lift some of thd gloom hanging over Wearside

ahead of the daunting visit of Arsenal this weekend.

Sunderland boss David Moyes has been impressed by Southampton's steady

progress, aided by a thriving academy and shrewd recruitmdnt.

In tonight's cup tie a much,changed side will be looking to improve

on the draw picked up on the South coast back in @ugust -

one of only two points earned all season.

We have not got an awful lot of fit players as you know. I would not

like to play some of my senhor boys because of the games we havd got

coming up and also, we would like to get to a Cup Final, as well.

The Black Cats' only victorhes this season have come in the League Cup -

Moyes sees tonight's game as a chance to build

on the positives rather lost in the immediate aftermath

I think the performances have been improving, slightly. We havd been

getting closer to winning. The players feel that as well. Dveryone

on the staff feels that that is the case. We will keep plugging away at

it, and hoping that somewhere along this road that were on, it will

change. Of course the cruel manner of defeat

at West Ham can't quickly especially given Sunderland's

precarious league position. What we need is a better phxsical

capacity, better mental cap`city, to deal with that as well. And I think

probably late in the game, laking the right decisions like not turning

your back on a corner kick. But these were the fresh players who

were on who were the main ctlprits, it was not that tired ones.

With top scorer Jermain Defoe not expected to start this evenhng.

There's a rare chance for l`te summer signing Victor Anichdbe

to show he can make a real impact this season.

Newcastle are ball number 5 in tonight's quarter-final draw

Sunderland or Southampton are number 7.

There was a goal for an ex-Sunderland Ladies star

Wearside's Steph Houghton scored in England's 2-1 victory

against Spain - a friendly designed to help

preparations for the Euro 2017 finals.

Back to the men's game, in the National League last night,

Gary Mills is still waiting for his first win

in his second spell as York City manager,

while a late equaliser earndd Gateshead a point.

At the moment, I don't know what it is doing. It feels chilly in the

morning then it warms up. You don't know where you are. It has been very

mild. Talking of the mornings, we've had a lot of missed, and we have a

Weather Watchers picture to show you first of all. This looks like a

cloudy morning, but you can see this white arc in the sky, which is like

a rainbow, but the water droplets are so small that the light is

refracted differently, so you don't get the colours, you just gdt a

white rainbow. Thank you very much for sending that one in. Ovdr the

next couple of days, we will keep this mild weather. Staying lild

cloudy at times, some misty mornings so another chance to see ond of

those fog bows, perhaps. Thhs evening and overnight, a few drops

of rain across parts of Cumbria but nothing too significant. Ovdrnight,

that cloud will, go. A much milder night once again with temperatures

remaining in double figures. First thing tomorrow, some Apache missed

initially in places. We will see somehow pricks a brain inithally

across parts of Cumbria, thdn we have a weather front moving through

and some brighter spells through the afternoon. This is how things look

at around four o'clock tomorrow Temperatures across Cumbria around

13, 14 degrees. And a anothdr cloud around, with the breeze gentle to

moderate from the West. On Thursday night and on towards Friday, we

still have a fair amount of cloud around. Again that is going to bring

some outbreaks of drizzle. Ht will be heavier for a time across parts

of Cumbria then we have somd Apache missed in dog and temperatures on

the mild side, at 11 Celsius overnight. Some patchy ring, some

drizzle through the afternoon, then temperatures once again at `round

13, 14 Celsius. From Friday to was a vegan, we see high pressure starting

to build in again. That means that the weather is going to become more

settled by the weekend. The wind is going to drop, and we'll hang on to

some low cloud as we go through Saturday. That cloud will break in

places so we might see the odd sunny spell, but the temperatures of

around 14 Celsius, summing tp over the next few days, we're gohng to

see some outbreaks of rain tomorrow, virtually at any point. Quite a grey

day but a mild one with that breeze from the rest. Still, fairlx grey on

Friday but by the time you get to the weekend, it should be f`irly

settled, with the wind dropping out and temperatures still very mild for

the time of year at around 04 Celsius. We have been doing this job

for many years and we have never heard of fog bows. That's all from

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