17/01/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

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The search for missing chef Claudia Lawrence is scaled down

At the end of the day, the biggest problem is Claudia is not hear and

nobody knows anything about Weir shares, what she's doing, whether

she is alive or dead, of these things. -- way she is.

Two men are arrested after a shotgun is fired

The owners of a family butchers at the centre of an E-coli

outbreak deny breaching food safety regulations.

We meet the North East documentary maker celebrating the life

of the last man on the moon Gene Cernan - who's died aged 82.

And why business is booming for the barber on the bus

In sport, we'll look ahead to Sunderland's FA

And there's a hero's welcome for Teesside's

newest world champion - darts ace Glen "Duzza" Durrant -

back at work, with his championship trophy.

First tonight, the search for the missing York

chef Claudia Lawrence is to be scaled back.

The announcement's been made following a three year review

of the investigation into her disappearance

Her father Peter says he's hugely disappointed and depressed

Mr Lawrence praised the police but said new information

from the public was needed if his daughter is to be found.

Phil Chapman's outside Claudia's home in York now for us.

Good evening. The last sighting of Claudia was in March 2009 when she

walked back home here to her small terraced house near the centre of

York after their shift at work at the University of York. She went

inside and spoke briefly to her mother on the telephone. That was

the last that anyone heard of her. The whole family today is deeply

disappointed, her father said he is deeply depressed at the announcement

by the police that the review is to be scaled down. He spoke this

afternoon on behalf of of Claudia's father.

At the end of the day the biggest problem

is Claudia is not hear and

nobody knows where she is, what's she doing, whether

Despite the best effort of the police, it feels

have lots of information but they still

need that other bit of information which is going to bring

The police have been explaining their decision to scale down the

investigation, what did they say? They said they exhausted every

single line of inquiry over the nine years and over the last three years

of this police review. There are also deeply frustrated and

sympathise with the Lawrence family. They believe somebody out there

knows exactly what happened to Claudia on that evening or night

when she did not come to work following day. Somebody knows

exactly what happened to Claudia according to the police but they

have failed come forward. This has been an investigation

of great magnitude, of massive lines of inquiry from CCTV

to looking at Claudia's financial affairs, telephone records,

new witnesses who came forward. We have applied new

forensic techniques. Numerous house searches,

ground searches. We have thrown everything at this

investigation which we possibly can. The key challenge we have had

is we have never been able to identify that

primarily crime scene. That was the biggest

challenge to the police, we have never been able

to achieve that breakthrough. Where do things go from year? That

is one final line of inquiry the police told me about, it is a DNA

profile which will take a further six weeks to investigate and then

the investigation will enter what is called a reactive phase when they

will just wait for information to come in rather than be proactive as

they have been. The assistant cheek and told to me they will never close

this case and he believes there is always the possibility they will

crack this case. -- the assistant chief constable. Thank you.

The police say staff at a Sunderland post office had a terrifying

experience when a shotgun was fired during an attempted armed robbery.

It happened at the Ford Post Office on Hylton Road.

Here's our News Correspondent Mark Denten.

Hylton Road, Sunderland, last night and police

hunting for two men, one who fired a

shotgun and tried to rob the post office.

About ten to five yesterday afternoon, two men walked into the

post office and one was carrying a shotgun.

They demanded the staff behind a security screen hand over

They refused and one of the men fired a shotgun.

The staff were inside the premises behind the

Can I take the opportunity to thank the staff for how bravely they

They remained calm and contacted the police immediately

which allowed us to attend the scene as quickly as we could.

We have the two in custody now and recovered the

Early this morning, two men one aged 31 and one

aged 45 were arrested on suspicion of robbery.

Police say the use of a gun in the area is very rare.

I would like to point out that offences of this nature are

extremely rare and we have to go back many years when we had a

live firearm exchange in something of this nature in Sunderland.

No one was hurt in the incident and police are still

The owners of a family butchers at the centre of an E-coli outbreak

have denied breaching food safety rules.

Janet Bell and Trevor Robinson appeared at Teesside

Stuart Whincup was in court and sent us this report.

15 people became infected with E.Coli back in July 2015.

Of those people, ten needed hospital treatment and seven suffered

Today at Teesside Magistrate Court, the

owners of the butchers in Billingham, Janet Bell

and Trevor Robinson, appeared in court.

They face charges of selling various items, including

cooked ham, pork, turkey and egg quiche which was unsafe for human

consumption by reason of contamination with pathogenic

Both pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The case was transferred to Teesside Crown Court

The court heard this was a detailed case and will hear detailed evidence

from many people including experts. where the pair will next

appear on February 14. An inquest's heard how a prisoner

who demanded to be sent to a psychiatric hospital was found

hanging in her cell. 47-year old Maggie Atkinson,

from Northallerton, died nine days after being discovered unconscious

at Low Newton prison An inquest at Crook was told she had

previously placed ligatures around her neck but wasn't

considered to be intending The court heard she was held

on remand for assault - her first time inside -

and had seen prison psychiatrists They're designed to modernise

the region's NHS - and make huge financial savings

in the process. But so-called Sustainability

and Transformation Plans are proving controversial -

with some fearing they'll lead to the downgrading

of local hospitals. Now a survey of doctors

in the North East seen exclusively by Look North suggests many feel

they haven't been consulted about the process of

drawing up the proposals. Our political correspondent

Luke Walton joins me. Each area of England has to come up

with a sustainability and transformation plan -

to make better use of NHS resources and better coordinate services

to improve care across this region. There are three plans being drawn up

- and the first drafts because they also have to bridge

a big financial gap in the NHS - more than a billion pounds

a year in our region. A North East leader says it's

crucial his colleagues We're hearing about the problems in

National Health service, the problems in accident and emergency

almost everyday. We have to look at the long-term solution and this plan

is part of that with the delivery of five years but we have to get the

funding rights and the clinicians involved. We have to do this with

the doctors who work in the National Health service.

We've had exclusive access to a survey of GPs

And a pretty stark message came back.

Around three quarters said they hadn't been told

enough about the plans to understand their impact.

With roughly two out of three calling the NHS exercise "top down".

Around six out of ten felt they'd not been consulted

What's been the response to that criticism?

NHS England makes the point that local GPs

commissioning groups or CCGs which are helping to draw up

It also talks of engaging the public and NHS staff to finalise

The Newcastle Gateshead CCG also insists doctors still have

plenty of opportunity to have their say.

consultations, written submissions, discussions with their colleagues

and others, clinicians are able to contribute very clearly to the

is this further evidence of tensions within the service?

There has certainly been a lot of headlines about pressures on

hospitals and general practice. These plans are about alleviating

the pressure managers would say that the problem is if they cannot win

round family doctors, what hope we have winning round the public? Thank

you. A fourth man's been unsuccessful

in his bid to sue the catholic church, over alleged historical

abuse at a Yorkshire of Middlesbrough and the day

La Salle order over allegations of decades of abuse

at the St William's children's Of the five test cases

for compensation only one has been successful -

receiving a ?14,000 payout. The final decision on the future

of Darlington's historic Crown Street Library is expected

to be made this evening. Campaigners have vowed

to continue their fight against the planned closure

of the library which the council wants to move into the nearby

Dolphin Centre as part The Council says the number

of library visitors is falling dramatically, while it needs

to save millions of pounds. In May the first Tees Valley Mayor

will be elected, and handed new money and powers form

Westminister. He or she will preside over an area

covering Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton,

Middlesbrough and Redcar. But just how can one person bring

all those areas together? David Macmillan's been

trying to find out. The Tees Valley is home to 670,000

people across five council areas, stretching from the North Sea

to North Yorkshire - the new mayor's challenge

is to deliver prosperity across this Some parties already

believe they've found Yarm councillor Ben Houchen

is the Conservative candidate. There is a Canon -- commented that

it comes to business and transport infrastructure. Coming from the

area, I have a good understanding how that all fits together.

and Cleveland Council leader Sue Jeffrey is Labour's candidate.

She says the closure of SSI UK showed how interlinked the regions

It affected all five local authority areas so it is not about fighting

each other but working together, being pragmatic and working to

deliver the goals we have for the Tees Valley Youth Choir twos around

growing jobs and the economy. is the parties prospective

mayoral candidate. He has ambitious

plans for transport. We're looking at the possibility of

bringing back the Tees Valley Metro system which was shelved a few years

ago. It will cost a lot of money and we will have to find that money.

of the North Party is also focused on helping people get around

We need to have an ambitious transport scheme for the future

which spread prosperity across the whole area.

David Macmillan, BBC Look North, Teesside.

And you can find out more on BBC Sunday Politics with Richard Moss,

You're watching Tuesday's Look North.

Jeff Brown joins us with tonight's sports news shortly.

Cutting it in countryside - the barber sweeping the floor

Drizzly weather might make your hairdo Thursday but there is more to

come short -- join me for the region's forecasts shortly.

A North-East film-maker's been speaking about his hero,

the astronaut Gene Cernan, who's died aged 82.

Commander Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon,

and director Mark Craig, from Croft near Darlington,

formed a deep bond with him during the making of a film

which documented his life and achievements.

He's been speaking to our reporter Damian O'Neil.

I really wanted to reach out, put it in my hand and stick it in my space

suit and bring it home and show it to everybody.

The first time I met Gene in London in 2007,

e-mailed him to discuss the possibility of making a film.

I was given a very narrow slot with him

over breakfast for about one hour to discuss possibilities.

What was it like for him being the last man

on the Moon as opposed to being the first man?

I think at the time, all of them would've loved

there's no question about that, they were very competitive and

For all those men who walked on the moon, it does

not matter if you were the third, seventh or 12th, it was a mind

blowing experience so he was very happy to be walking on the moon at

When you first meet one of those mythological, Silver suited

astronauts, especially one of the 12 that

walked on the moon, it is an

awesome experience but as a film-maker,

You need to look at him with a much more objective eye so certainly I

had to ask rather more difficult personal questions, like about how

the fact that so many of his friends were killed and how he overcame

How he struggled with balancing a home life and tunnel

vision focus of reaching this incredible goal that JFK had set out

So yes, he would be the first to admit that he got

It's not even 24 hours since I heard the news.

Gene was one of those guys who just seem to be

There was probably a period of his life

when he thought he was indestructible and invincible as

I know he was loved by people all the world over, from fans of

space to people who just met him and had some time with them.

I'm hugely privileged to have spent the amount

of time I did with him, sharing so many of his

adventures in space and

also just his personal life on Earth today.

I will treasure those until my time comes.

Now, a Northumberland hairdresser is taking her business out

to the villages around Hexham in her Barber Bus.

Susan Wray says her business is booming because her male clients

don't have to go to town - or visit a women's salon!

We sent Sharon BARBOUR out to meet her -

Parked up and open for business in Northumberland.

It is not long before customers start to arrive at

Susan Wray used to work at a barbershop

in Hexham and many clients were making long journeys from the

So many people come from rural villages and some struggled so

I thought why not go out to them and set up

I do run a four weekly so I go different places every day.

I come from home, walk along here and it's here.

What would you have to do if you didn't have the

Dead handy to have it out in the sticks.

Saw a white van parked in the square which had my name on it which is

She said what do you want, I said a haircut!

It is nice to have a barber cut your hair instead of a lady

It has been a busy and hairy morning but now it is time to clean up

before the lady in the van sets off once again to tidy

the heads of the men at her next village location.

The Monday blues, you might have heard that. She gave my little boy

his first haircut and a sweetie. Great story.

Now he might have become a World Champion at the weekend

but this morning it was back to the day job for darts

supremo Glen Durrant from Middlesbrough who lifted

the BDO World Championship trophy on Sunday night.

And - as you might expect - the 46-year-old returned

to a hero's welcome, as Dawn Thewlis reports.

It was a return to work like no other -

crowds of tenants and colleagues at the Grangetown Housing office

where Glen has worked for thirty years lined the road to pay tribute

to their very own World Champion - who was quite overwhelmed!

I thought I had reached the pinnacle, I thought I had reached my

highest moment when I reach that winning double, turning round the

road to city stuff I had worked with for 30 years all outside was a

pretty special moments. I don't think anything will top that.

attention since his victory Glen or Duzza as he's known has decided

to put darts on the back burner and concentrate on work

It is what I want. I need normality back in my life and I need it

quickly. I am going to take a little break from darts. I don't know how

long, my body and my mind will tend me went to get back to the dart

board. I want to focus on work and I was looking for some normality today

but I do not think I am going to get that.

As the party continued inside the speculation

mounted over Glen's possible participation in the PDC where darts

superstars play but right now that's the furthest thing

That is definitely not going to happen. If I were to go to the PDC,

I have to go to the qualifying school that I am not ready to look

at the dart board for a long time now. I want to enjoy the moment and

have people shared this trophy with me for now.

Boro fans during half time at the Riverside on Saturday.

On to football, and Sunderland are in FA Cup action tonight.

They take on Burnley in a third round replay at Turf Moor -

where they were beaten 4-1 in the Premier League just

But even that - and their recent form -

won't stop around 1400 fans making the trip to Lancashire.

We've seen this sort of thing before - Sunderland's defence falling apart

with alarming ease - and hundreds of fans

deciding they'd had enough, with the game effectively

But the diehards were back at the Stadium of Light this

afternoon, to catch the bus for the two and a half

Keane or potentially certifiable, one of the two. You never know.

Of course, the youngsters HAVEN'T been given much

of a go in recent weeks - despite the club's long injury list.

In the weekend shocker against Stoke, manager David Moyes

And was a shambles. He has young lads on the bench who are brilliant,

bring them on, give them a chance. Was 13 do you hope you will play?

Hopefully a strong team that will win. How can we play well against

Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and when we play the

mediocre team we cannot play football. I just want to say before

I pop my clocks are good season. It is not his fault. We haven't got the

money, we haven't got the players, they are all injured. He cannot help

it, it is not his fault. Yes. A bit greedy for many. The BBC

weather watchers have been out and about with their cameras. You

concede a fog, a little better on the coast. Over the Pennines, cloud

up above and cloud sinking into the valleys as well. That's because of

the high-pressure holding everything tight, nothing has a chance to

escape. The low cloud is being held down and it will remain for the next

few days. Nothing changing quickly, a lot closer in tonight and a lot of

low cloud so poor visibility, especially over high ground. The odd

spot of drizzly rain. The temperatures remain male twitchers

the upside of the situation. Temperature is now lower than six

Celsius. It is agree and misty start for many of us tomorrow. We will

start to say a few Greeks appearing in Northumberland, stretching to the

Pennines. -- a few breaks. They will be short-lived. We should seek

temperatures like today. Around 10 Celsius. Winds remain light from the

south for Southwest tomorrow. High-pressure firmly in charge of

the weather and it is going nowhere fast. This weather front is stuck

underneath, helping to keep the cloud. High-pressure maintains its

grip on the things towards the end of the week and the first part of

the weekend. I don't say anything changes -- anything changing as we

head to the next few days. Largely dry tomorrow, a few bright patches

towards the end of the afternoon. Temperatures as shade cooler. Eight

or nine Celsius you are high. A similar picture on Friday, if

anything turning cooler towards the weekend. An increasing risk of a

touch of frost as we head into the weekend. It remains largely dry as

we head to Saturday, Sunday met C one or two showers. That's how it

looks for the next few days. We will keep you up-to-date on your local

BBC Radio stations and on the BBC weather at. If you would like to

become a weather watcher, you can find out how to do that online.

Preferably with no silly names! That's it from us this evening.

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