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Payback time - a judge orders this man to stump up thousands of pounds | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Going to the polls - the people of Copeland | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
in West Cumbria choose their next MP. | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Ten years on from the Grayrigg disaster - we return to the crash | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
The incredible story of a legendary oarsman is told | :00:19. | :00:26. | |
In sport, another major tournament announcement for the region's most | :00:27. | :00:36. | |
finally subsided - what sort of challenge | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
will the flying Falcons face in the West Country this weekend? | :00:41. | :00:54. | |
First tonight, a court has heard how a man from County Durham - | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
who operated two waste tips without a licence - | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
made almost a million pounds from his illegal enterprise. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
Raymond Shepherd has already received an 18-month prison | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
sentence, and is now living on benefits. | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
Today, a judge at Teesside Crown Court ordered him to pay back just | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
14,000 pounds in a proceeds of crime hearing. | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
This warehouse was one of the two waste sites in Darlington where | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
Raymond Shepherd ran his illegal business. | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
He had no licence and no regard for health and safety. | :01:27. | :01:33. | |
Today Teesside Crown Court heard how his | :01:34. | :01:35. | |
operation had earned him almost ?1 million. | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
The profit made by charging customers to remove their waste and | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
He was making a lot of money from this. | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
That meant that he disregarded the law. | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
He disregarded the communities that were around his site | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
Despite earning ?1 million from his illegal business, | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
Raymond Shepherd was today ordered to pay back just ?14,000. | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
After serving a prison sentence, the court | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
heard he was now living on benefits and had no hidden assets. | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
If his financial situation changes, the | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
money he made me still have to be paid in full. | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
Outside court, Mr Shepherd insisted he has done | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
?14,000 is neither hear nor there but it is about | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
being found guilty when I have done nothing wrong. | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
When the local authority prosecuted, they | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
We hope the judgment sends out the message that crime does not | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
Mr Shepherd now has a debt for life, if he makes any money, we will | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
Raymond Shepherd now has three months to pay back his proceeds of | :02:52. | :03:02. | |
crime or face a further spell in prison. | :03:03. | :03:21. | |
A coroner has ruled that a Darlington soldier who was suffering | :03:22. | :03:33. | |
from post is -- took his own life. Last October, at the age of 26 he | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
hanged himself. His family say he was suffering from PTSD and they are | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
now raising money to help other soldiers. His stepfather said today | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
His stepfather said today he was lovely, determined and loyal. | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
The fiance of the Northumberland-born children's | :03:53. | :03:53. | |
author, Helen Bailey, has been jailed for a minimum of 34 | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Her body was found in a cesspit at the home | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
The court was told 56-year-old Ian Stuart spent weeks | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
poisoning her with prescription sedatives, before smothering her | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
Storm Doris has brought chaos to large parts of the country today, | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
with winds of more than 90 miles an hour in some areas. | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
Our region escaped the worst of it - though some rail journeys | :04:15. | :04:16. | |
were affected on both the East and West coast mainlines. | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
But spare a thought for a group of schoolchildren | :04:23. | :04:24. | |
who were on their way back from a trip to Iceland. | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
The party, from Newcastle High School, was on board | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
an Icelandair flight, which tried to land | :04:30. | :04:30. | |
at Manchester Airport - but had to abort. | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
It then attempted to put down at Liverpool - | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
before returning to Manchester where it finally | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
Some of those on board described the experience. | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
It was a bit was like, when you go over a bump in the car and your | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
tummy goes, it was just like that but a huge one. | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
They tried to go to Liverpool and Leeds. | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
Everyone around us had been sick and fainting. | :04:55. | :04:56. | |
I literally thought I was going to die at one point. | :04:57. | :05:03. | |
When you finally landed, how did it feel? | :05:04. | :05:11. | |
Some people started crying because everybody | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
thought something bad was going to happen. | :05:17. | :05:17. | |
You really thought your number might be up? | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
Voting is under way in the Copeland by-election, in west Cumbria. | :05:22. | :05:36. | |
The election was called after the resignation | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
Let's cross live to Whitehaven sports centre where the count | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
Good evening. I am a bit lonely hearing the sports centre as you | :05:42. | :05:53. | |
concede but in a few hours, this column will be school and all eyes | :05:54. | :05:58. | |
will be focused on the counting tables behind me. The polls opened | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
at seven o'clock and people ventured out in the rain and winds, thanks to | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
Storm Doris, to cast their votes. The polling stations are open until | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
ten o'clock. Many will close and accounting will start. The | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
by-election was triggered after the resignation of Jamie Reed who | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
resigned in December last year. In 2015, he had a majority of over 2500 | :06:25. | :06:32. | |
votes. Seven candidates competing for the seat tonight. We expect the | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
result I read about four o'clock this -- four o'clock tomorrow | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
morning. Updates on BBC website. Our political editor will give us an | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
update after the polls close. Thank you for that. | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
They cut the grass, look after bus shelters, | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
run community centres and play parks - and do much much more besides. | :06:53. | :06:55. | |
Town and Parish Councils are the bedrock of many communities - | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
but they're also charging residents MORE for their services - | :06:59. | :07:00. | |
Analysis by the BBC shows this lowest layer of local | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
government has, in many cases, significantly increased its share | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
of the council tax - known as the precept. | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
Fergus Hewison has this exclusive report. | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed, a place once used to strife. | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
In recent years, it has been the town council that has | :07:20. | :07:21. | |
Two official reports painted a picture | :07:22. | :07:30. | |
Despite this the town council's precept went up by 35% | :07:31. | :07:38. | |
There was no due diligence or risk assessment. | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
Anyone who tried to ask any questions or scrutinise, | :07:43. | :07:44. | |
which is what we are meant to do, was shut down. | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
Berwick town council says that the issues raised by the report | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
are being addressed and others agree that the council has changed. | :07:52. | :07:53. | |
We have a set of accounts now that are transparent and clear. | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
We don't have secret groups taking decisions about due process, | :07:58. | :08:07. | |
-- without due process, we are on the mend. | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
Despite this the town council's precept went up by 35% | :08:14. | :08:15. | |
But, Berwick is not the only place where the precept has gone up. | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
Over the last four years the largest increase by any town | :08:22. | :08:23. | |
or Parish Council in Northumberland was in Cramlington. | :08:24. | :08:25. | |
In County Durham, it was increased by 268% in this period. | :08:26. | :08:29. | |
In North Yorkshire, the largest increase was... | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
But, towns and Parish councils argued the increases | :08:35. | :08:49. | |
England's 10,000 Parish councils are being asked to do a lot more, | :08:50. | :08:58. | |
they are being asked to do a lot more by the residents, | :08:59. | :09:00. | |
by government, and indeed by other larger councils that increasingly | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
can't afford to run services that they previously provided. | :09:05. | :09:13. | |
An example of that is West Bedlington in Northumberland where | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
the parish precept has increased by 93% to be for much-needed services. | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
We do the very local services, things like play areas, bus | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
shelters, all that sort, the basic town infrastructure. We have tried | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
to get them the best shape that we possibly can. The scope of town and | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
parish councils has grown as has their budgets but with that has come | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
even greater scrutiny. Fergus is with me now. | :09:50. | :09:52. | |
Fergus, some really big rises there - what does | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
As we've been hearing this week larger councils - | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
county and district councils for instance - are capped - | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
they can't put up council tax by more than 2 per cent | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
UNLESS they hold a referendum and that referendum | :10:04. | :10:05. | |
But Parish and Town councils aren't capped - | :10:06. | :10:08. | |
so can put the precept up by what they choose to. | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
The Government did consider capping parish and town | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
councils but has decided not to - for now. | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
It told us though it expects them to show "restraint" when they set | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
People living in areas with parish and town councils will soon discover | :10:19. | :10:26. | |
if the councils have heeded that call for restraint | :10:27. | :10:28. | |
when council tax bills - with the precept on them - | :10:29. | :10:31. | |
arrive through letter boxes in the weeks to come. | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
Interesting, thank you very much. More news now. | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
The parents of Bradley Lowry have revealed he's | :10:41. | :10:44. | |
The five year-old Sunderland football fan, who has neuroblastoma, | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
recently underwent further treatment in an effort to prolong his life. | :10:48. | :10:50. | |
However, last night his devastated parents said scans showed a tumour | :10:51. | :10:53. | |
had developed at the base of his back. | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
Stockton Council's plans to borrow ?17 million for a new Riverside | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
The Hampton-by-Hilton will be part of the North Shore | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
The council says it'll be good for the town's prosperity. | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
But those who opposed it say if the investment goes wrong, | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
Former Newcastle United captain Alan Shearer | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
is to present a BBC documentary, examining the link between | :11:19. | :11:21. | |
The programme will be broadcast later this year. | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
He says he's watched previous footballing "greats" succumb | :11:26. | :11:27. | |
It's ten years today since the Grayrigg rail crash, | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
when a Virgin Pendolino Train came off the West Coast Mainline | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
in Cumbria, killing one person and injuring dozens more. | :11:38. | :11:40. | |
To mark the anniversary, three people who were | :11:41. | :11:42. | |
connected with the crash - the driver, the track | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
maintenance manager, and the son of the woman who died - | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
have all returned to the place where it happened for the first | :11:49. | :11:50. | |
It was one of the most shocking disasters in Cumbria's history. | :11:51. | :11:59. | |
The twisted wreckage of the train became one | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
The investigation revealed that it was caused by points failure. | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
The man whose job it was to inspect them had | :12:09. | :12:11. | |
been openly critical of the state of the tracks for 18 months. | :12:12. | :12:14. | |
Ironically, it was he who failed to inspect them just five | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
days before the crash, although he was | :12:18. | :12:20. | |
The impact of the accident on his life is clear to see. | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
This is my first time back here in the ten years since the accident. | :12:28. | :12:39. | |
This is where the rear of the train was, I walked up year and looked | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
I vividly remember the helicopters circling above and landing | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
I remember standing there thinking, "Heck!" | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
You can't really imagine anything like it. | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
Just to stand here, you have got a 300-odd ton train | :12:59. | :13:01. | |
The driver of the train, Iain Black, was seriously injured and given | :13:02. | :13:20. | |
For him keeping the memory of the crash alive is his way | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
When I was in the field, I was just in | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
the scene but now I can look down, I can take the whole aspect of where | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
Like I say, I do not want to forget about it, | :13:38. | :13:41. | |
so coming here today is again, helping me remember what happened | :13:42. | :13:44. | |
to me and at the same time smooth my way on in life. | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
Although 30 people were hurt, there was only one fatality. | :13:50. | :14:01. | |
One too many but this surprised some people and was thought to be due | :14:02. | :14:04. | |
to the structural integrity of the pendelino train. | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
The woman who died was 84-year-old Margaret Masson and | :14:11. | :14:12. | |
today her son said he did not believe all the lessons | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
Whether they have implemented the changes or | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
whether they are going to do it is pretty doubtful. | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
As far as I am concerned, they have got the | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
manpower but they will not spend the money to improve things. | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
They say they have but I have not seen it. | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
Network Rail was fined over ?5 million for failing to maintain | :14:36. | :14:38. | |
The people affected have got on with their | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
lives but one decade on it is clear the crash still casts a | :14:45. | :14:47. | |
You're watching Thursday's Look North. | :14:48. | :14:57. | |
Still to come: tonight's sports news with Mark Tulip. | :14:58. | :14:59. | |
The incredible story of how legendary oarsman | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
Harry Clasper rose to fame, is told in a new play | :15:03. | :15:05. | |
Storm Doris is on her way, more wet and windy weather to come. Join me | :15:06. | :15:16. | |
for the forecast. Around 500 teenage | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
cadets, graduated - or passed out as it's known - | :15:24. | :15:24. | |
from the army's only junior training The Army Foundation College | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
is the only place in the country that trains 16 and 17-year-olds | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
as members of the military. Now they've completed | :15:32. | :15:34. | |
their training, the junior soldiers have committed to serving four years | :15:35. | :15:36. | |
in the regular army. It has been a long time | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
coming, 11 months. I have enjoyed my time here, | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
a lot of great people, I am kind of We build up their | :15:47. | :15:55. | |
leadership and initiative training, the education and sports | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
and skills in addition to basic When they get to this point, | :16:02. | :16:04. | |
they have developed as an individual It was a surprise TV hit on BBC Four | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
last year: A two-hour journey on board the Dalesbus - | :16:09. | :16:20. | |
shown in real-time. It was part of the channel's 'Slow | :16:21. | :16:22. | |
TV' series, as a relaxed alternative At weekends the service can be | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
the only way for many people from urban areas like Teesside | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
to get to the Dales, Now passengers are | :16:32. | :16:33. | |
helping to save it. Funding cuts mean real passengers | :16:34. | :16:58. | |
are helping keep the service goal. We were amazed when BBC Four decided | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
to make a documentary of the bus journeys. We listened because 1 | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
million people were watching it, we would get funding this year but when | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
they approached the North Yorkshire Park authority, the Tilden was now | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
way they could funded this year. The park authority initially suggested | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
the crowdfunding campaign and said their aim is to help kick-start | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
projects in the National Park. The national park authority is not in a | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
position to fund transport projects on an ongoing basis. Many of its | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
older passengers with free bus passes are even paying for the | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
service when they do not have to. We have contributions from people who | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
say they enjoy free travel but like to put something back so by donating | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
to the just giving fund, it is helping or even expand one or two of | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
the services. These are very difficult and tough times. The idea | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
of coming on a bus, you don't have to worry about parking or cars. You | :18:06. | :18:10. | |
can relax and enjoy the scenery and there is nothing like it anywhere | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
else. It is wonderful. It is a lovely day out. Everything is lovely | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
about it. BBC Four's programme proved as popular as the service | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
itself. Now the crowdfunding site may be the only way to save it. It | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
makes you think of postman Pat. Just ahead of the sports. | :18:35. | :18:35. | |
The name Harry Clasper might not mean much to a lot of people. | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
But the legendary oarsman invented the sport of rowing as we know it. | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
He was such a hero in Victorian times, the Geordie anthem | :18:46. | :18:47. | |
Blaydon Races was written for his testimonial! | :18:48. | :18:49. | |
The incredible story of his rise to fame has | :18:50. | :18:51. | |
been turned into a play, which opens at Newcastle Theatre | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
Here's our arts reporter, Sharuna Sagar. | :18:55. | :18:57. | |
Iliterate Durham miner turned world champion rower. | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
Harry Clasper is a long lost sporting legend. | :19:05. | :19:05. | |
But now his legacy's been brought back to life. | :19:06. | :19:17. | |
by his great great nephew, Harry Clasper's place in Geordie | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
history has been immortalised on the banks of the Tyne - | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
When you went into the library to find a book about him, there wasn't | :19:26. | :19:48. | |
anything so we decided to do the research ourselves. We spent many | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
hours in the libraries, going back through the newspaper clippings and | :19:54. | :19:57. | |
so we built up enough information to make a story but I think Harry was | :19:58. | :20:03. | |
the first hero of the North. For me personally, he always will be the | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
greatest hero of the North. Less than a mile away | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
from the Newcastle quayside, Hadaway Harry - a play | :20:16. | :20:17. | |
about his extraordinary life is being staged | :20:18. | :20:19. | |
at the Theatre Royal. Working men will gamble on anything, | :20:20. | :20:30. | |
I cannot say the attraction myself. Grown men. | :20:31. | :20:39. | |
130,000 people lined the streets when he died. Why has he been | :20:40. | :20:54. | |
forgotten? Because history is taught about kings and queens and working | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
class people are airbrushed out of history. He is an incredible | :20:59. | :21:05. | |
character and had an incredible life on and off the river. He had his | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
fair share of success and failure is. He trained world champions, he | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
was an internationally renowned referee and he invented the boats | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
which are used in the Olympics and the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
Just imagine how big he would've been today, we are talking about the | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
big world stars of football is, he is -- he was the Lionel Messi of his | :21:34. | :21:41. | |
time. Time to take on the companies again, the Royal Regatta. We have to | :21:42. | :21:48. | |
get there first. You can go straight down the river Tyne. What a great | :21:49. | :21:56. | |
story. I have a copy of the book. Thank you very much indeed. | :21:57. | :22:04. | |
One of the region's leading golf courses today announced another | :22:05. | :22:07. | |
Close House and resident European Tour professional | :22:08. | :22:09. | |
Lee Westwood have confirmed the Heddon-on-the-Wall complex | :22:10. | :22:11. | |
will stage a Junior Masters on the 26th of September - | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
just before the cream of European golf arrive to compete | :22:15. | :22:16. | |
for the British Masters - the North East's first major | :22:17. | :22:19. | |
Qualifying for the junior tournament will begin | :22:20. | :22:21. | |
Now this season has been a refreshing change for supporters | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
of our leading rugby union club, Newcastle Falcons. | :22:27. | :22:28. | |
Since the days of Jonny Wilkinson, Jamie Noon and Tom May, | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
the Falcons have for too long been looking nervously over | :22:32. | :22:33. | |
their shoulders in a fight against relegation. | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
But that 46 points to 31 victory over Northampton last weekend | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
provided further evidence of a real renaissance. | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
This try from hooker Kyle Cooper who has had injury problems since | :22:46. | :22:51. | |
arriving on Tyneside in the summer was the Falcons's sixth out of seven | :22:52. | :22:54. | |
in an amazing game which saw them recover from a terrible start. | :22:55. | :22:57. | |
The task in hand, we are fighting for | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
There has been one or two games which could have gone our way | :23:03. | :23:11. | |
and we could've been in the top six already. | :23:12. | :23:13. | |
It is definitely a goal for us and we're going to go forward and | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
this week is a stepping stone to get there. | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
The director of rugby is quietly satisfied with his team's | :23:22. | :23:23. | |
Where we finished over the last few years probably hasn't | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
reflected exactly where we are so bit by bit | :23:29. | :23:32. | |
we have improved and start to overtake sides. | :23:33. | :23:35. | |
Third placed Exeter continue to improve but while | :23:36. | :23:41. | |
they have conceded 21 tries, they scored 30 for the other end. | :23:42. | :23:45. | |
Their attacking is pretty good at the moment. | :23:46. | :23:47. | |
We have to make sure of that this week. | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
In that respect, our defence will be a priority this | :23:54. | :23:56. | |
weekend because we know we can score the tries ourselves. | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
Yes, it started today during training and made | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
New for me, 60 kilometre winds and freezing rain. | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
But we did our job and we will come back tomorrow, to do our job | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
More on that in a moment. Tune in for our football preview weekends on | :24:15. | :24:34. | |
look North. Middlesborough travelled to Palace at the Everton old boys | :24:35. | :24:36. | |
reunion. Looking forward to it. Storm Doris, we had escaped the most | :24:37. | :24:39. | |
of it? Yes, the North East | :24:40. | :24:51. |