28/02/2017 Look North (North East and Cumbria)

Welcome to Tuesday's Look North. In tonight's headlines:

The Tunisian terror attacks. As the inquests conclude,

we hear from the friend of a Gateshead woman who was killed.

I just said, we have to get off here, we are being shot at. That was

the last time I saw. More than 30 years after Katrice's

disappearance, an e-fit

of a possible suspect is revealed. And tasty treats from the

past. Recipes from the Civil War are revived as a recipe book

reveals baking secrets. In football, a huge night ahead

for Newcastle United, as they take on the Championship

leaders on the south coast. And closer to home, we meet

the New Zealand netball star who's hoping her debut season isn't

over before it's begun. They were a group of old friends

enjoying a sunshine holiday but they ended up in a nightmare

situation. Lisa Burbidge and her companions

were shot at and ran for their lives Lisa, who was from Gateshead,

was killed along with 29 other British people

in the 2015 terror attack. Today, the inquests into their

deaths concluded in London. The judge ruled they

were unlawfully killed. Lisa's best friend Jen McDine

survived by locking herself in a toilet as the killer

roamed their hotel. She's been speaking to Peter Harris

about that terrible day. When the shooting started,

Lisa and her friend Jen And I just heard some gunfire

and I toppled my sunbed and hid behind it for some stupid reason

and then I looked up and I saw him in the distance

and I just said to Lisa, There was gunfire in the corridor

behind, that was shortly after getting into the toilets. Then it

went quite quiet for a while. And then somebody came in and tried to

get in, try to get in the door to try to open it, didn't say anything,

went out, and then there was no noise at all. We sat try to hide in

an office near the indoor pool and that was where she was cornered.

I think it was just luck for anybody who survived, really,

because he was firing indiscriminately across the whole

He back turned and actually went the same way we were running,

so it was just really luck, who survived and who didn't.

Jen had to then go to the mortuary to identify Lisa's body. We had to

try and ID her from photographs. Lisa Burbidge is remembered here in

Whickham. One of the issues in the inquest is whether the tourists were

given proper warning about the risks in Tunisia and her friend, Jen,

feels that they were not. The risk of terrorism, he didn't know. How do

you remember Lisa as a person? As a lovely, loyal friend. We had some

good times on holiday. She was just a genuine person.

Well, Lisa's inquest and that of the 29 other British victims

certainly helped to clarify many

of the horrific events in Sousse that day.

But legal questions about possible compensation still remain

Our reporter Jim Knight joins me in the studio now.

What do we know about that? Many other families were anxiously to

hear the coroner was like today with a view to taking some kind of legal

action to get compensation for the loss of their loved ones. Although

the judge Nicholas Loraine Smith concluded or 38 victims had been

unlawfully killed, he rejected any findings of neglect against the tour

companies although Dell. He was highly critical of the immediate

response of the Tunisian police which he described as at best

shambolic and that was cowardly, but he fell short of criticising the

tour companies and their hotel. We know that the law regarding neglect

can be applied to tourists, because they had voluntarily chosen to go on

holiday. The only thing he said that might have made any difference was

if the hotel guards had been armed, but given the gun law in Tunisia and

that was not a realistic option. Even so, 22 families have announced

their intention to take civil proceedings against a travel

company, TUI, and the family of Lisa Burbidge is one of those families

taking action. Police investigating

the disappearance of the Hartlepool toddler, Katrice Lee,

in Germany nearly 36 years ago, have released an e-fit of a possible

suspect. It's an impression of a man

who was seen carrying a child The case was featured on the BBC's

Crimewatch programme last night. Katrice Lee vanished from a

supermarket near the British Army base in pad born, Germany, where her

father was serving in November, 1981. It was her second birthday.

She hasn't been seen since. Despite the passage of time, her family hope

this apparent new lead might prompt someone to come forward. Thoughts

started going through my head, but I met so many people in the military,

not hundreds, but thousands. The royal nod to police, which has been

reinvestigating the case for the last five years, says the Crimewatch

programme last night has revealed some information which they are now

trying to verify. Last year, Mr Lee, who has been critical of efforts to

solve her disappearance, refused to accept a theory from a former

detective that Katrice might have been a victim of the child killer

Robert Black, who is now dead. I have always been positive and always

believed that we would get answers. I would like to think that this,

possibly, was a missing link in the chain and it could hopefully give us

a conclusion to our daughter's case. The military police say they want to

give the family some sort of resolution. Katrice Lee would now be

37 years old. A senior executive of Nissan says

the company may "adjust" its business in the UK,

depending on the outcome of Brexit. The car manufacturer announced

in October that it would build two new models at Sunderland

after receiving Government assurances that EU withdrawal

wouldn't affect Senior vice-president Colin Lawther

told MPs that decisions in the automotive industry

were constantly under review but he expected Nissan

to remain in the North East. We've just introduced a new press,

?37 million investment, a 25 year investment. From our point of view

we expect to be a 25 years' time because we are investing a lot of

money in replacing the kit that is now wearing out that we put in from

1985-1989, when we went from a one line plant delay cooling plant, so

the industrial investment is 25 years future but the model

allocation will be this far, plus six years.

A nine year old boy's in a crticial condition after he was hit

It happened on Marina Way at around a quarter to six and off-duty police

officers gave him first aid before ambulance crews arrived.

He was taken by air ambulance to James Cook Hospital

Police say they think he was with several other

It's the homeless charity once supported by Princess Diana

But CentrePoint says it'll have to close all its hostels on Wearside

because the local council's taking away its grant.

Sunderland Council plans to end the charity's ?900,000 grant

CentrePoint warns that will put hundreds of young people

Here's our News Correspondent Mark Denten.

Sunderland - City of Culture candidate for 2021 -

a place largely without the grim hallmark of other large cities -

But 600 young people were homeless and needed help here last year,

sleeping on friends' sofas, moving from house to house.

Night after night, they are hugely vulnerable.

And, until recently, Tom, who's just 17, was one of them.

You need to think, how am I going to keep myself safe? And that is

difficult, even for an adult, never mind us.

For the last two months Tom's been living at a hostel

famously supported by Princess Diana.

Prince William is now also a patron and visitedthe charity here in

It says it's dealing with a growing problem.

We're working with 180 people and that number is going up by the year.

By the end of this year there will be young people sleeping rough in

the streets of Sunderland. Across the city, as nine-month-old

Caden skillfully demolishes Look North's sound

equipment, his mum, Abby, who's

also been homeless, reflects how In all honesty, I would not have

Caden today. Previously to CentrePoint I just would drink all

the time, I just would not have been very nice.

But CentrePoint now faces losing all its council funding in Sunderland.

t'll mean all its centres in the city will close.

We're talking about the risk of sexual exploitation, the rest of

their physical health. People are being exploited in this city, as we

speak. It would likely be the streets, so it is an absolutely

terrifying thought. Sunderland Council, which

needs to save ?46 million from its

budget in the next financial year says it's setting up a new service

to help homeless people and stop issues escalating,

while moving away from towards getting people

back into their own accomodation. She was left paralysed after a

horse-riding accident in Egypt, but hoped to take part in the next

Paralympic Games. Now Olivia Fairclough's dreams have

been dashed after learning she has curvature

of the spine. to Middlesbrough's

James Cook hospital last year. Her travel insurance had lapsed

so a fundraising campaign was launched to get her back

home to Teesside. Arriving back on Deeside last year

after riding accident on expired travel insurance left Olivia

stranded in Egypt. After a ?30,000 fundraising campaign to get back and

months of intensive hospital recovery she still dreams of getting

back in the saddle, but she has been left deeply disappointed by a recent

discovery about her health. I have been flown back from Egypt and then

into James Cook where I was bed rested for about a month before my

rehabilitation started. I was going to be heading for the Paralympics in

dressage, but I have just found out I have got curvature of the Spain.

-- spine. My horse riding is on hold, but that is not going to stop

me. I will still be in divorce industry, no matter what. My friends

come round quite regularly and they help me in and out of my standing

frame. At the moment I'm still not strong enough to do it by myself.

When my friends are here, they help me get in and out of my frame and

help me stand up, really. Go on. And that is how it is done. So, now, all

my back muscles are getting a good stretch, my leg muscles are getting

a good stretch, as well. And it's just nice to stand up tall, for a

change. Olivia has warned other travellers not to let insurance

expired, like she did. She is planning a return trip to the

country where her accident happened. I can't feel anything from my waist

down, at all. I'm going back to Egypt for a weeks holiday. I'm going

to go back and see my friends and my Egyptian family. I'm not sure what

the future holds. Watch this space. I am hoping that I will go back to

college and start my teaching degree, and start teaching or maybe

even riding horses again. I'm not sure. Don't know what the future

holds, but wait and see. None of us will feel

the impact of Brexit Most need EU subsidies and free

trade with Europe to survive. You'd assume then they'd all be

dreading life Inside Out's Chris Jackson reports

on what's at stake Darlington farmers auction Mart. A

way of life carried on with a generation since it opened 130 years

ago. But changes in the air. They are bidding farewell to the European

Union. On average, 60% of farm earnings come from EU subsidies and

it is estimated, without them, 90% of farms would collapse. That would

have a catastrophic impact on jobs here in the north. Around 45,000

people work in agriculture, with tens of thousands more working in

the wider food industry. But, despite the uncertainty, many

farmers are looking forward to Brexit. The sooner we can get out

the better. Why? They have done nothing for a long time. I wanted to

come out. What motivated that? I thought that we would be able to run

our own industry more rather than being ruled by Brussels because it

is certainly not a level playing field. Not worried about subsidies

disappearing? I don't think I have had one that said they wanted to

stay, initially. A lot of them voted out. We produce the best of lamb,

beef, pork, whatever you want to talk about. There was another

threat, the loss of free trade with Europe. Only two months ago a

Parliamentary committee warned that outside the single market, Europe

could impose an import tax of more than 30% on lamb, and on beef, 50%.

And that matters at this livestock mart, as much as anywhere, because

half of its lamb ends up in Europe. Four out of ten lambs end up in that

market so it is important to still be able to go there but we want to

be able to take advantage of the new opportunities in markets around

world. That is a battle farmers here believe they will win. As long as

the Europeans want to sell decibels, cheese and champagne, lamb raised on

the hills of the North will still end up on French dinner plates.

And you can catch up with Inside Out on the BBC iPlayer.

They were last baked around 400 years ago

But today recipes from the Civil War were given a new lease of life by

The students have been given unique access

to the Special Collections Library at Newcastle University.

There, they found a recipe book from the 1680s

which they've taken to the kitchens.

Mingled with two spoonfulls of rose water.

We were making a cake bread. It was supposed to be fluffy, but we did

it. It is interesting to see what past generations have done. I have

never used any of these ingredients before. It was interesting and

unusual because we have never done anything like this.

The pupils are taking their instruction

from the handwritten recipe book of Jane Lorraine.

The recipes date back to the 17th century and we are interested in

recipe number 27, the cake bread which the children are busy baking.

These have sat in the archive, never being looked at and now they are

being looked at and people get the chance to taste what they make at

the end. It is great. More than 400

young people will take part across various university

departments, an insight into the past helping pupils

understand today. I want them to look around and see

that the foods we eat today were around on the 17th century and

earlier, but they are still accessible and relevant.

A history lesson with a tasty difference

and hopefully no soggy bottoms to take home after class.

And 17th-century clingfilm! Football news now.

The next week or so could have a huge bearing

on whether Newcastle United can hold on to

Second at the moment, the Magpies will go top this evening

if they beat Championship leaders Brighton, managed by the last man

to guide them to promotion, back in 2010.

By a week tonight they'll have faced three of the top five,

Newcastle and Brighton have been setting the pace at the top

You'd have to say the Seagulls are in better form currently

as they came back from two down to draw with struggling Bristol City.

That second half comeback did offer encouragement, though.

We have some players missing and injured and in the position they

play they are important for us but you still have two win games by

playing well. We played well in the second half. We have to do that for

90 minutes. The chances that we had, they prove that the team is still

there, we can get three points in every game, but we still have to

take our chances. The man plotting Newcastle was downfall is popular on

the south coast and the North East. I was there for three years, not all

that time as manager of the football club. A good period for me and one I

will not forget. Chris Hughton ensured that Newcastle only spent

one season in the championship seven years ago. Back in May, Brighton

were unlucky to miss out on promotion. He's doing a very good

job, a team that has been in the play-off three times in the last

four years. They have the team, the squad, and the players to be there.

And he is doing well with a very good group of players.

Radio commentary, as usual, on BBC Newcastle.

Well already there, on the south coast, for us

I spoke to him a few minutes ago, and asked him to sum up just how

big a game this is - for both clubs.

A very warm welcome from the South East to the North East and Cumbria,

for what is, no exaggeration to say, the crunch match of the season for

both teams, because it is such a momentum match. Maybe comparable,

and I hope Newcastle fans will forgive me, with that key match 21

years ago when Newcastle had the Premiership in their sights, and

Jesse United at their heels, they came to St James' Park and beat them

and then the nightmare scenario began for Kevin Keegan. Seagulls

fans tonight will be hoping that does not happen for them. Very well

aware of what Chris Hughton bid for Newcastle, and hoping that he can do

it for them, also. Also playing tonight,

in League Two, third-placed Carlisle can do themselves and third-bottom

Hartlepool a favour Pools host another

struggling side, in Crewe. Commentary on Radio Cumbria

and BBC Tees respectively. And it's top versus bottom

in the National League, with York going to the leaders,

Lincoln - a dress rehearsal Changing sports, the new Superleague

netball season is up and running, with Team Northumbria

about to play Based at Sport Central

in Newcastle, they've drafted

in a host of new talent. But already, they're up against it -

with their new captain awaiting a very important diagnosis,

as we speak. She travelled halfway

round the world to be here, leaving her two young children back

in New Zealand. But a knee injury, picked up

in her Team Northumbria debut, means Kiwi Katarina Cooper's career

on Tyneside could be paused, But whatever the outcome

of today's MRI scan, I'm not the time to go into

something and pull out halfway through. I will be supporting the

side as much as I can. But I am not ruling out that I'm going to be out

at this point but I will still be here for the girls. I want to make

sure that I fulfil that role and continue.

So on court - or on the sidelines -

Katarina is a key member of the Northumbria squad.

She has already been an inspiration to the players that are here. What

she brings, she brings that stability and confidence and

encouragement that will only enhance the team as a whole.

With a schools tournament taking place at Sport Central today,

it's clear there's an appetite for the sport.

It's something Northumbria - now in their 10th year of Superleague -

Netball is such a passionate game. I am passionate about it. The girls

love to get out there and be competitive about things. It is not

just men who can do that, women can do it also. It is great to see that

young girls are coming through. And Northumbria's first home game

is against the reigning champions, Surrey Storm, at at 6pm next

Saturday. Staying with women's sport,

and a real boost From next September, there'll be

a new domestic competition called Women's Super Rugby -

and Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, with England players

Katy McLean and Tamara Taylor - are one of only ten clubs

invited to take part. I can't make up my mind what it is

doing. Tomorrow is the first day of meteorological spring. The last day

of winter had a bit of variety about it, captured by our BBC weather

watchers. A lovely shot of Saltburn by the sea earlier today. And some

pictures of her kisses in the sunshine in Sunderland. But in parts

of the West, Trevor was trying to play golf in that lot earlier on

today. Tomorrow, there will be sunny spells and the winds will be fairly

light so quiet start of the month March. We have to get tonight out of

the way first. It is going to be chilly with one or two showers,

clearing away, leaving most places dry. Lengthy clear spells with

fairly light westerly winds and a touch of frost as we head through

the night. Temperatures down to round about raising, cold enough for

some icy patches are following those showers we had today. Some showers

getting into western parts of Cumbria by the end of the night.

Tomorrow, a chilly start, mostly dry and bright in the East. Showers in

the north and west, up over the Cumbrian Fells and the North

Pennines with some sleep in amongst them, especially posting. Most

places largely dry, with the best of the sunshine in eastern areas. --

some sleet amongst them first thing. The wins, fairly light tomorrow. A

fairly quiet start to the month. Then the weather becomes much more

changeable as we get through Thursday and into Friday and

Saturday, with those areas of rain and a little bit of hill snow in

amongst them and some gusty winds thrown into the mix, as we head

towards the weekend. For the next couple of days, fairly quiet. Most

places dry tomorrow. Reasonably bright. Similar story for Thursday,

before that rain comes up from the south through Friday and into the

weekend. Similar temperatures but it will feel colder with those wins by

the end of the beat. You can keep up-to-date on your BBC local radio

station. It really is strange weather at the moment. It is all

over the place. Thank you for making sense of it, Paul.

That's all from the team here for now.

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Another chance to see Peter Kay's BAFTA award-winning Car Share.

Or watch the full series now on BBC iPlayer.

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with a bit a reboot of the show. OK, cool.

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Apparently, the big thing this year is that it will actually be funny.