27/01/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

In the headlines tonight: No school today.

Teachers strike in protest at the running of their academy.

This upmarket arcade company says it'll pull out,

if new shops are built on the edge of town.

It's Ant and Dec OBE, but who was first in line

And Dome Sweet Dome - work at Spanish City is well

underway on the long-awaited redevelopment.

In sport, Boro and Newcastle hope to avoid a big cup upset -

something the mighty Glasgow Rangers couldn't manage at

To come here and get beat, that has got to be the biggest shock ever in

Scottish football. Teachers at a troubled school

in west Cumbria have It's in protest at the

actions of its sponsor, Staff at the Whitehaven Academy say

the Trust has led the school into special measures,

and is failing the pupils there. But Bright Tribe insists

it IS improving standards. Later we'll be examining the wider

implications of the dispute. But first, Mark McAlindon

has this report. This is the second day

of strike action this week involving three trade unions,

teachers here fulfilling a threat first made before Christmas to use

industrial action to force changes. I think it's a massive decision,

particularly for ATL, this is the first strike

we've ever had locally, we've only had two strikes

in 125 years. We've had local ones in other areas

but this is the first in Cumbria. Staff say the Bright Tribe Trust

has broken its promises to improve the school,

has left buildings to decay and allowed it to drift

into special measures. The teachers here don't

want to go on strike. We recognise that it can be

inconvenient for some people, but we do need to see progress here,

because actually, one day, if we see substantial

improvement in the school, The Bright Tribe Trust told us

they didn't have anyone available for interview but did

provide a statement. It said Bright Tribe is fully

committed to working with all staff and trade unions in order to improve

standards and provide a good level of education for students

at the Whitehaven Academy. Some parents too have joined

in, trying to increase We've collected over

1,000 signatures from for the teachers and what they're

doing, they actually have taken, cos a lot of the parents feel very

strongly about what's been happening the school

and we want to show our Well, I'm joined now

by our political And you've uncovered

new evidence of the strength of local feeling about Whitehaven

Academy. I have obtained a copy of a scathing

letter from the MP to the Bright Tribe Trust. He stood down as MP on

Monday but this is a letter he sent last month and in it, he describes

Bright Tribe Trust as distrusted and heated in the local community. He

says it is in the best interests to pull out of the school. Strong

words. Who will make the final decision? It is a central Government

and not the local council that has the power to intervene in feeling

academies but the processors and straightforward. I've been finding

out more about how academies work. Introduced by Labour, academies have

proliferated under the Conservatives and there are no more than 300

across the region, more than half our secondaries, one in eight

primaries. Academies are independent of council control, but taxpayer

funded. They are run by education charity is known as Academy trusts.

Supporters say their freedom in areas like the curriculum improves

results for pupils, but that's disputed by critics, who say bright

-- Bright Tribe Trust is just a number of trusts facing problems.

The school also has buildings in Stockport, Manchester Essex and

Suffolk. There is the power to put any different sponsor instead but

Bright Tribe Trust have already lined up to take over other schools

in Northumberland and Sunderland saw such a move would be embarrassing.

There's also a shortage of Academy sponsors across the regions of

finding an alternative backer at Whitehaven could proved difficult.

And the Government said tonight it is working with Bright Tribe Trust

to address underperformance at Whitehaven Academy. It added that if

it wasn't satisfied with the improvements, further action will be

taken. And there is another school in trouble in our region.

Newcastle's largest school, Heaton Manor, with more than a hundred

pupils, and Whitehaven Academy has been placed in special measures and

judged inadequate by Ofsted in terms of leading, teaching and behaviour.

The trust insists improvements under way but because it is a local

authority school under Government rules, they say it faces being

forced to become an academy to raise standards but as the Whitehaven

experience shows, becoming an academy doesn't always mean an end

to your troubles. It's created 500 jobs and invested

?35 million in Morpeth. But the property company

which developed the Sanderson Arcade shopping centre could sell up

and leave the town. It objects to a planned

new retail park on the site of the old County Hall,

claiming it'll take shoppers away Our business correspondent

Ian Reeve reports. Morpeth's Sanderson Arcade,

a shopping centre that is created 500 jobs since opening in 2006,

but its property company owner to be -- could be on the verge

of selling up, dismayed on the edge of town,

and Hannah, running a baking business in the arcade,

doesn't like the idea either. If it does go ahead,

it's going to ruin some of the hustle and bustle of Morpeth,

it's got quite a nice reputation as a market town,

it would be a shame to see it go. The retail park would be

here on the current site of Northumberland County Council's

County Hall after it sells the land. A new school would be built

as well as 200 homes. Joan and Ken have many

concerns over the scheme, but claim the county

council won't discuss them. They have refused repeatedly

to come and talk to us. We have a forum where we're supposed

to be talking to the county council We have specifically invited them

again just before Christmas The town has got a fantastic

functioning town centre and for the last 30 years,

up and down the country, towns have been really hit hard

by out-of-town retailing and we just feel that this is a wrong

proposal for Morpeth. Monday is the last day for people

to have their say on the scheme and the county council said it can't

say anything at the planning A spokesman did however add that

in the interests of impartiality, I should stay that Monday

is the last day for public consultation, rather

than the last day for objections. In case people want to make

supportive comments. Well, currently, 1,065

people have objected. The new Ukip leader Paul Nuttall

was in West Cumbria to support his party's candidate in next month's

Copeland by-election. Mr Nuttall, who's a North West MEP,

is himself standing in the Stoke by-election, but he denied that

Copeland was a lower As part of the first

test of my leadership. We are campaigning very

hard in the constituency and we are confident that we'll put

over a good result and will improve The Government's new industrial

strategy is promising investment for our region,

with ?13 million going to Cumbria, 22 million to the Tees Valley

and just under 50 million But will any of the benefits be felt

in other parts of the area, which are struggling to cope

with the loss of traditional, David Macmillan has been

to East Cleveland to investigate. Ironstone mined in the hills

here powered Teesside's In the villages of East Cleveland

there are signs that it was prosperous once,

but not so prosperous now. So can the Government's industrial

strategy really have an impact There's a lot of diverse people

around here with good ideas, We want to see Loftus pickup

because it's a good place with a lot of good people,

hard-working people, but it's like everybody is down,

worried about jobs. Hundreds of jobs have been lost

here at Boulby in recent years, but the pot ash mine remains

a big employer. The boss here believes

the industrial strategy can help them move on,

with a local focus on technology. East Cleveland's got

a long history of strong, industrial support of the country

and with the right funding and the right focus,

we can continue to build When the steelworks closed in nearby

Redcar the lack of a clear strategy on steel was of the reasons blamed

for its collapse. The steel industry survives

in Skinningrove and new owners have But union reps say they

need practical support from the Government,

like using British steel for big We can make the steel,

we can make the product, which they seem to want

to buy from abroad. There's a general consensus that

developing an industrial strategy But some the Government has work

to do to convince some here that it does enough to make

a real difference. And there's more on that

and all the week's political That's this Sunday morning,

here on BBC One, at 11 o'clock. Just two days after the National

Television Awards named them Best TV Presenters for the 16th year

running, Ant and Dec were at Buckingham Palace

this morning to collect For once they appeared separately -

with Dec going first - to receive their OBEs

from the Prince of Wales. The Newcastle pair, who met as young

actors on the children's TV show Byker Grove,

were each given the honour for "services to entertainment

and broadcasting." Still to come, Dawn has

all the weekend sport including Plus: Sister Act -

the two sisters who helped scores of Jewish refugees

by hoodwinking the Nazis. It is going to be cold this weekend.

I'll have the full weather forecast. It's an iconic seaside landmark -

a place where thousands of people But in recent years,

Whitley Bay's Spanish City has hit hard times, and plans to revive it

have fallen by the wayside. Now, though, work's begun

to restore its famous dome and it's hoped this will bring visitors back

to one of our great coastal resorts. These were the days,

long before the holiday crowds disappeared, of course,

and Tyneside's Spanish Now though the builders

are in and the revival starts here. We've taken out the intermediate

supporting steelwork and intermediate flooring

and the building you see now is what it was originally

constructed to be like in 1910 Is it quite intricate in terms

of what you've got to do to restore It is, it's a listed building,

it's very complicated, it needs a lot of time spent

in the planning stage to get everything right

because there's a number of legal You could get married

here in due course as well. Today Whitley Bay residents got

a chance to see the work under way. It's really impressive, it's good

to see back in this condition. We've been watching what they've

been doing, willing them We want to use this,

it's a great idea. You do get a sense of the faded

glory on this building site. The heyday of seaside towns

like Whitley Bay are long gone, but this project is part of not just

restoring this building, but making the whole of this

coastline more attractive in the future, which many people

feel is long overdue. His grandma said to me,

when are you going to do When I was little, I used to come

with my mum and my grandma and it was a fantastic day,

and you go there now and there's nothing,

so I know she will be pleased. The building team as well know this

is a special kind of job. I used to come down here as a child

and to be standing here working Down the years refurbishment

plans here have come This time, Spanish City looks

finally set to face the future. Sunderland have lost

two more players, Dawn. Yes, one temporarily and one

permanently and he's So you'd hope David Moyes has got

a replacement up his sleeve. Sunderland will be without

Papy Djilobodji for the next four games after his appeal against an FA

charge for violent The 28-year-old had denied

the charge following this incident involving

West Brom's Darren Fletcher in Sunderland's 2-0 defeat

on Saturday but was found guilty And goal-scoring defender Patrick

van Aanholt is set to be reunited with former Black Cats boss

Sam Allardyce at Crystal Palace He's had a medical today

after the clubs agreed a deal that It was a major saviour

in our run last season. I think his contribution in terms

of assists and goals was massive. When it came to defending,

he got better with me and listened to what we told him

about whether the weaker side of his game was and he took that

on board and made stronger so we got a very good player with great

energy and I look forward Middlesbrough and Newcastle

are our only teams left in the FA Cup and both will be hoping not

to fall victim to a giant killing After beating Championship side

Sheffield Wednesday in the last round Premier League Middlesbrough

take on League Two Accrington Stanley at the Riverside

with new signings Patrick Bamford And it's a game boss Aitor Karanka

isn't taking lightly. For me, the game is going to be

the same importance, because I know how important this

trophy is in this country and for every single club

here and I will try to win the game. We are better than them

and we can win the game, but if we go to the pitch thinking

we are facing a team which is down the table in the league,

we're making a big mistake. Newcastle United are no strangers

to FA Cup upsets and they haven't not gone beyond the fourth

round of the competition since the 2005-06 season

in which manager Rafa Benitez won He's keen to progress

with careful squad rotation and without jeopardising

the Magpies' promotion campaign. Rafa Benitez still hopes

to strengthen his squad well before But he again wouldn't be drawn

on possible transfer targets, including ex-Magpie Andros Townsend,

who won't be joining any club on loan according

to the Crystal Palace boss Sam They like him but at the moment, no

news. We're happy with the squad but at the same time, we have to try to

find something that can give us balance and improve the team if

possible. Regarding tomorrow's

League One hosts Oxford, who knocked out Championship

strugglers Rotherham in the third round, Benitez,

who could welcome back striker Aleksander Mitrovic from injury,

is understandably wary. A team like this in the middle of

the table, for them, it is a massive game to play against Newcastle

United. The way they will approach the game, I'm quite worried about

that, but at the same time I have confidence in my team and we can

win, but I expect a very tough game. In League Two Carlisle

are still looking for their first win of the new year when they face

play-off chasing Barnet And Dave Jones takes charge

of his first game as new Hartlepool boss away at bottom club Newport

County. Former Newcastle and Sunderland

striker Michael Chopra who played under Jones at Cardiff has been

training with Hartlepool but only to regain his fitness before

returning to play in India. Jones's focus is on building on last

week's win to take his side further We'll be doing everything

in our power to make sure that we move up the table and take

that feeling away, We're trying to get out of it

and we have to start again on Saturday and try and get

the points as we did last Saturday. It was the classic David

versus Goliath cup tie. A team of part-time footballers -

including a builder, joiner, plumber, electrician,

mining engineer, civil servants and a council administrator -

up against one of the best Still the biggest cup upset

in Scottish football history and, 50 years on, players from both sides

got back together in Berwick for a reunion dinner

to mark the anniversary. OLD VOICE-OVER:

Scottish Cup first round. Together again on the same ground

where underdogs Berwick Rangers beat the mighty Glasgow Rangers to send

shockwaves around The only goal scored by the late

Sammy Reid in a first round cup tie which one player on the losing side

failed to finish. The first time I've been back in 50

years and I broke my ankle. I was lying in the hospital

and it was just one bad day. I kept asking the score

and the nurse came in me it was 1-0 for Rangers,

and And she said no, it's not,

it's Berwick Rangers! And I played in the European final

and Cup Winners Final in Nuremberg and we also got beat 1-0

there so 1967 wasn't... Actually, it was a good year,

because my daughter was born that year and that made up

for the disappointment. Jock Wallace said to me

because I was the youngest in the team, stand in the tunnel,

wait for the Rangers players to come in, rub

shoulders with them, You can imagine 13,500 people

impacting your wee ground like that, Given that it was probably as great

as the population of the town European soccer was the top

of the world so obviously Rangers within the top ten in the world

so come to England, the North of England and get defeated

by part-time players from Berwick Rangers,

that's the way it goes! It was in the papers,

everybody was ringing me up, It was just huge in the town,

especially for me And 50 years on, everybody

is still talking about it. Everybody is still talking about it

and everybody comes up to me We spoke about what a year

that was in '67 when Celtic won the European Cup and Scotland beat

the 1967 World Cup team and from what I gather,

the whole of the Berwick Rangers team went down to watch that game

at Wembley and stayed at some dodgy And if you've been

missing your rugby league, Newcastle Thunder host Whitehaven

in a pre-season friendly Now, across the world,

events have been taking place to mark Holocaust Memorial Day,

the anniversary of the liberation And on Wearside, the day's

been remembered with Yes, a special blue plaque has been

unveiled in Sunderland to honour the Cook sisters who were born

in the city. In the run-up to World War Two,

the women helped rescue The cook sisters's a stormy efforts

to help dues from Nasa Germany are still remembered.

-- Nazi Germany. I am very proud of the local heroes and it is good to

remember these two ladies who did tremendous things. their visits to

Germany began in 1937, a dangerous time for Jewish people who lived

there. Under the noses of the Nazis, the sisters are smuggled out

valuable possessions for Jewish families like diamonds and furs. It

allowed them to afford immigration papers and buy their way to freedom.

In 1860 -- 1967 she told Radio 4 that... People die because they had

complicated stories. Our story was we were nervous British spinsters

who didn't trust our family at home as we went -- when we went abroad we

took all our agility. It was a disguise that proved effective, with

their nieces and nephews today travelling to Sunderland to remember

their acts of heroism. It was the right thing to do. These people in

trouble and they did what they could do to help them. The fact that they

were Jewish did not enter into it. a feature film about the story is

being considered. Their courage is today being recognised in their home

city. Time for the weather forecast. It

has been freezing lately. It was another cold day today. Some

temperatures haven't got above freezing today, Durham and Morpeth

were at 0 Celsius. Other parts are around one or two Celsius but it is

company that has fared the best with temperatures around four to six

Celsius and Cumbria sees the first of the milder weather through the

weekend. Things are set to change. It is going to be less cold. It's by

no means a mild weekend but less colder than it has been. They will

be outbreaks of rain at a time, starting through this evening and

then there will be some sunny spells to be had as well, mostly Saturday

afternoon and Sunday morning. This is the map tonight. We start off

with a lot of cloud, some mist and murk Andy weather front will bring

outbreaks of rain through the night and over the hills and higher

ground, we could see a touch of sleet and snow. An early frost by

5am and dentures will be down to one or two Celsius. For Saturday, --

temperatures will be down. For Saturday, cold and heavy rain but

through the afternoon it will start to dry up in places but a few

showers will be left behind. Brightness into east and Cumbria by

the afternoon but where we get the showers, it could be following as

sleet over the tops of the Pennines, temperatures across the northeast

around five or six Celsius so it will still feel cold but much less

cold than it has been today. As we head through Saturday night and into

Sunday, we'll have a frost once again. A few showers here and there

but by and large it's a dry night to come with dentures dropping down to

one or two Celsius -- temperatures. This weather front will bring

outbreaks of rain on Sunday. There is uncertainty as to how far north

as weather front is going to move and if it moves across as it will

bring rain. Our current thinking on Sunday, it starts off dry and

bright. Some lovely spells of sunshine through the morning but by

Sunday afternoon we think the cloud will move in and there will be

outbreaks of rain, temperatures at a high of five or six Celsius but

under the cloud and rain, part of Cumbria could get up to seven

Celsius. We will keep you updated over the next few days about exactly

how far that rain is going to come. As we head into the start of next

week, we continue to move into the milder air and it will be quite

unsettled so expect some cloud and rain at times and temperatures will

get up to 11 Celsius. Have a great weekend. We'll see you

on Monday.