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Payback time - a judge orders this man to stump up thousands of pounds

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Going to the polls - the people of Copeland

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in West Cumbria choose their next MP.

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Ten years on from the Grayrigg disaster - we return to the crash

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The incredible story of a legendary oarsman is told

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In sport, another major tournament announcement for the region's most

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finally subsided - what sort of challenge

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will the flying Falcons face in the West Country this weekend?

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First tonight, a court has heard how a man from County Durham -

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who operated two waste tips without a licence -

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made almost a million pounds from his illegal enterprise.

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Raymond Shepherd has already received an 18-month prison

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sentence, and is now living on benefits.

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Today, a judge at Teesside Crown Court ordered him to pay back just

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14,000 pounds in a proceeds of crime hearing.

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This warehouse was one of the two waste sites in Darlington where

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Raymond Shepherd ran his illegal business.

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He had no licence and no regard for health and safety.

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Today Teesside Crown Court heard how his

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operation had earned him almost ?1 million.

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The profit made by charging customers to remove their waste and

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He was making a lot of money from this.

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That meant that he disregarded the law.

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He disregarded the communities that were around his site

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Despite earning ?1 million from his illegal business,

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Raymond Shepherd was today ordered to pay back just ?14,000.

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After serving a prison sentence, the court

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heard he was now living on benefits and had no hidden assets.

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If his financial situation changes, the

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money he made me still have to be paid in full.

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Outside court, Mr Shepherd insisted he has done

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?14,000 is neither hear nor there but it is about

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being found guilty when I have done nothing wrong.

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When the local authority prosecuted, they

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We hope the judgment sends out the message that crime does not

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Mr Shepherd now has a debt for life, if he makes any money, we will

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Raymond Shepherd now has three months to pay back his proceeds of

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crime or face a further spell in prison.

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A coroner has ruled that a Darlington soldier who was suffering

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from post is -- took his own life. Last October, at the age of 26 he

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hanged himself. His family say he was suffering from PTSD and they are

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now raising money to help other soldiers. His stepfather said today

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His stepfather said today he was lovely, determined and loyal.

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The fiance of the Northumberland-born children's

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author, Helen Bailey, has been jailed for a minimum of 34

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Her body was found in a cesspit at the home

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The court was told 56-year-old Ian Stuart spent weeks

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poisoning her with prescription sedatives, before smothering her

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Storm Doris has brought chaos to large parts of the country today,

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with winds of more than 90 miles an hour in some areas.

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Our region escaped the worst of it - though some rail journeys

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were affected on both the East and West coast mainlines.

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But spare a thought for a group of schoolchildren

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who were on their way back from a trip to Iceland.

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The party, from Newcastle High School, was on board

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an Icelandair flight, which tried to land

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at Manchester Airport - but had to abort.

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It then attempted to put down at Liverpool -

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before returning to Manchester where it finally

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Some of those on board described the experience.

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It was a bit was like, when you go over a bump in the car and your

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tummy goes, it was just like that but a huge one.

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They tried to go to Liverpool and Leeds.

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Everyone around us had been sick and fainting.

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I literally thought I was going to die at one point.

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When you finally landed, how did it feel?

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Some people started crying because everybody

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thought something bad was going to happen.

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You really thought your number might be up?

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Voting is under way in the Copeland by-election, in west Cumbria.

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The election was called after the resignation

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Let's cross live to Whitehaven sports centre where the count

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Good evening. I am a bit lonely hearing the sports centre as you

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concede but in a few hours, this column will be school and all eyes

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will be focused on the counting tables behind me. The polls opened

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at seven o'clock and people ventured out in the rain and winds, thanks to

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Storm Doris, to cast their votes. The polling stations are open until

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ten o'clock. Many will close and accounting will start. The

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by-election was triggered after the resignation of Jamie Reed who

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resigned in December last year. In 2015, he had a majority of over 2500

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votes. Seven candidates competing for the seat tonight. We expect the

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result I read about four o'clock this -- four o'clock tomorrow

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morning. Updates on BBC website. Our political editor will give us an

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update after the polls close. Thank you for that.

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They cut the grass, look after bus shelters,

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run community centres and play parks - and do much much more besides.

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Town and Parish Councils are the bedrock of many communities -

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but they're also charging residents MORE for their services -

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Analysis by the BBC shows this lowest layer of local

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government has, in many cases, significantly increased its share

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of the council tax - known as the precept.

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Fergus Hewison has this exclusive report.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed, a place once used to strife.

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In recent years, it has been the town council that has

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Two official reports painted a picture

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Despite this the town council's precept went up by 35%

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There was no due diligence or risk assessment.

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Anyone who tried to ask any questions or scrutinise,

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which is what we are meant to do, was shut down.

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Berwick town council says that the issues raised by the report

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are being addressed and others agree that the council has changed.

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We have a set of accounts now that are transparent and clear.

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We don't have secret groups taking decisions about due process,

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-- without due process, we are on the mend.

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Despite this the town council's precept went up by 35%

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But, Berwick is not the only place where the precept has gone up.

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Over the last four years the largest increase by any town

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or Parish Council in Northumberland was in Cramlington.

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In County Durham, it was increased by 268% in this period.

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In North Yorkshire, the largest increase was...

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But, towns and Parish councils argued the increases

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England's 10,000 Parish councils are being asked to do a lot more,

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they are being asked to do a lot more by the residents,

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by government, and indeed by other larger councils that increasingly

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can't afford to run services that they previously provided.

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An example of that is West Bedlington in Northumberland where

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the parish precept has increased by 93% to be for much-needed services.

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We do the very local services, things like play areas, bus

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shelters, all that sort, the basic town infrastructure. We have tried

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to get them the best shape that we possibly can. The scope of town and

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parish councils has grown as has their budgets but with that has come

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even greater scrutiny. Fergus is with me now.

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Fergus, some really big rises there - what does

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As we've been hearing this week larger councils -

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county and district councils for instance - are capped -

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they can't put up council tax by more than 2 per cent

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UNLESS they hold a referendum and that referendum

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But Parish and Town councils aren't capped -

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so can put the precept up by what they choose to.

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The Government did consider capping parish and town

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councils but has decided not to - for now.

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It told us though it expects them to show "restraint" when they set

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People living in areas with parish and town councils will soon discover

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if the councils have heeded that call for restraint

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when council tax bills - with the precept on them -

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arrive through letter boxes in the weeks to come.

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Interesting, thank you very much. More news now.

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The parents of Bradley Lowry have revealed he's

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The five year-old Sunderland football fan, who has neuroblastoma,

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recently underwent further treatment in an effort to prolong his life.

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However, last night his devastated parents said scans showed a tumour

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had developed at the base of his back.

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Stockton Council's plans to borrow ?17 million for a new Riverside

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The Hampton-by-Hilton will be part of the North Shore

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The council says it'll be good for the town's prosperity.

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But those who opposed it say if the investment goes wrong,

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Former Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer

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is to present a BBC documentary, examining the link between

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The programme will be broadcast later this year.

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He says he's watched previous footballing "greats" succumb

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It's ten years today since the Grayrigg rail crash,

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when a Virgin Pendolino Train came off the West Coast Mainline

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in Cumbria, killing one person and injuring dozens more.

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To mark the anniversary, three people who were

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connected with the crash - the driver, the track

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maintenance manager, and the son of the woman who died -

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have all returned to the place where it happened for the first

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It was one of the most shocking disasters in Cumbria's history.

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The twisted wreckage of the train became one

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The investigation revealed that it was caused by points failure.

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The man whose job it was to inspect them had

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been openly critical of the state of the tracks for 18 months.

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Ironically, it was he who failed to inspect them just five

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days before the crash, although he was

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The impact of the accident on his life is clear to see.

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This is my first time back here in the ten years since the accident.

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This is where the rear of the train was, I walked up year and looked

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I vividly remember the helicopters circling above and landing

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I remember standing there thinking, "Heck!"

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You can't really imagine anything like it.

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Just to stand here, you have got a 300-odd ton train

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The driver of the train, Iain Black, was seriously injured and given

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For him keeping the memory of the crash alive is his way

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When I was in the field, I was just in

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the scene but now I can look down, I can take the whole aspect of where

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Like I say, I do not want to forget about it,

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so coming here today is again, helping me remember what happened

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to me and at the same time smooth my way on in life.

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Although 30 people were hurt, there was only one fatality.

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One too many but this surprised some people and was thought to be due

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to the structural integrity of the pendelino train.

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The woman who died was 84-year-old Margaret Masson and

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today her son said he did not believe all the lessons

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Whether they have implemented the changes or

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whether they are going to do it is pretty doubtful.

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As far as I am concerned, they have got the

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manpower but they will not spend the money to improve things.

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They say they have but I have not seen it.

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Network Rail was fined over ?5 million for failing to maintain

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The people affected have got on with their

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lives but one decade on it is clear the crash still casts a

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You're watching Thursday's Look North.

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Still to come: tonight's sports news with Mark Tulip.

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The incredible story of how legendary oarsman

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Harry Clasper rose to fame, is told in a new play

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Storm Doris is on her way, more wet and windy weather to come. Join me

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for the forecast. Around 500 teenage

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cadets, graduated - or passed out as it's known -

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from the army's only junior training The Army Foundation College

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is the only place in the country that trains 16 and 17-year-olds

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as members of the military. Now they've completed

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their training, the junior soldiers have committed to serving four years

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in the regular army. It has been a long time

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coming, 11 months. I have enjoyed my time here,

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a lot of great people, I am kind of We build up their

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leadership and initiative training, the education and sports

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and skills in addition to basic When they get to this point,

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they have developed as an individual It was a surprise TV hit on BBC Four

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last year: A two-hour journey on board the Dalesbus -

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shown in real-time. It was part of the channel's 'Slow

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TV' series, as a relaxed alternative At weekends the service can be

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the only way for many people from urban areas like Teesside

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to get to the Dales, Now passengers are

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helping to save it. Funding cuts mean real passengers

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are helping keep the service goal. We were amazed when BBC Four decided

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to make a documentary of the bus journeys. We listened because 1

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million people were watching it, we would get funding this year but when

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they approached the North Yorkshire Park authority, the Tilden was now

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way they could funded this year. The park authority initially suggested

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the crowdfunding campaign and said their aim is to help kick-start

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projects in the National Park. The national park authority is not in a

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position to fund transport projects on an ongoing basis. Many of its

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older passengers with free bus passes are even paying for the

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service when they do not have to. We have contributions from people who

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say they enjoy free travel but like to put something back so by donating

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to the just giving fund, it is helping or even expand one or two of

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the services. These are very difficult and tough times. The idea

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of coming on a bus, you don't have to worry about parking or cars. You

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can relax and enjoy the scenery and there is nothing like it anywhere

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else. It is wonderful. It is a lovely day out. Everything is lovely

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about it. BBC Four's programme proved as popular as the service

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itself. Now the crowdfunding site may be the only way to save it. It

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makes you think of postman Pat. Just ahead of the sports.

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The name Harry Clasper might not mean much to a lot of people.

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But the legendary oarsman invented the sport of rowing as we know it.

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He was such a hero in Victorian times, the Geordie anthem

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Blaydon Races was written for his testimonial!

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The incredible story of his rise to fame has

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been turned into a play, which opens at Newcastle Theatre

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Here's our arts reporter, Sharuna Sagar.

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Iliterate Durham miner turned world champion rower.

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Harry Clasper is a long lost sporting legend.

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But now his legacy's been brought back to life.

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by his great great nephew, Harry Clasper's place in Geordie

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history has been immortalised on the banks of the Tyne -

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When you went into the library to find a book about him, there wasn't

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anything so we decided to do the research ourselves. We spent many

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hours in the libraries, going back through the newspaper clippings and

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so we built up enough information to make a story but I think Harry was

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the first hero of the North. For me personally, he always will be the

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greatest hero of the North. Less than a mile away

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from the Newcastle quayside, Hadaway Harry - a play

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about his extraordinary life is being staged

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at the Theatre Royal. Working men will gamble on anything,

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I cannot say the attraction myself. Grown men.

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130,000 people lined the streets when he died. Why has he been

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forgotten? Because history is taught about kings and queens and working

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class people are airbrushed out of history. He is an incredible

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character and had an incredible life on and off the river. He had his

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fair share of success and failure is. He trained world champions, he

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was an internationally renowned referee and he invented the boats

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which are used in the Olympics and the Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

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Just imagine how big he would've been today, we are talking about the

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big world stars of football is, he is -- he was the Lionel Messi of his

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time. Time to take on the companies again, the Royal Regatta. We have to

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get there first. You can go straight down the river Tyne. What a great

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story. I have a copy of the book. Thank you very much indeed.

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One of the region's leading golf courses today announced another

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Close House and resident European Tour professional

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Lee Westwood have confirmed the Heddon-on-the-Wall complex

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will stage a Junior Masters on the 26th of September -

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just before the cream of European golf arrive to compete

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for the British Masters - the North East's first major

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Qualifying for the junior tournament will begin

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Now this season has been a refreshing change for supporters

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of our leading rugby union club, Newcastle Falcons.

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Since the days of Jonny Wilkinson, Jamie Noon and Tom May,

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the Falcons have for too long been looking nervously over

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their shoulders in a fight against relegation.

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But that 46 points to 31 victory over Northampton last weekend

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provided further evidence of a real renaissance.

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This try from hooker Kyle Cooper who has had injury problems since

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arriving on Tyneside in the summer was the Falcons's sixth out of seven

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in an amazing game which saw them recover from a terrible start.

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The task in hand, we are fighting for

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There has been one or two games which could have gone our way

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and we could've been in the top six already.

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It is definitely a goal for us and we're going to go forward and

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this week is a stepping stone to get there.

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The director of rugby is quietly satisfied with his team's

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Where we finished over the last few years probably hasn't

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reflected exactly where we are so bit by bit

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we have improved and start to overtake sides.

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Third placed Exeter continue to improve but while

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they have conceded 21 tries, they scored 30 for the other end.

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Their attacking is pretty good at the moment.

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We have to make sure of that this week.

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In that respect, our defence will be a priority this

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weekend because we know we can score the tries ourselves.

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Yes, it started today during training and made

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New for me, 60 kilometre winds and freezing rain.

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But we did our job and we will come back tomorrow, to do our job

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More on that in a moment. Tune in for our football preview weekends on

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look North. Middlesborough travelled to Palace at the Everton old boys

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reunion. Looking forward to it. Storm Doris, we had escaped the most

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of it? Yes, the North East

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