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?9 million is to be spent on improving security

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at a Stockton Prison to try to stop any drugs getting in.

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Body scanners, extra staff and improved security

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are being installed at Holme House Prison.

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Many jails have a serious problem with drugs being smuggled in,

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including those formerly known as legal highs.

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Extra money will also be spent treating inmates

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with addictions, as Lee Johnson reports.

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Drugs have always been rife inside our prisons.

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These CCTV pictures show visitors bringing them to inmates.

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In recent years, new psychoactive substances, formerly

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known as legal highs, have become more popular

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I've seen a lot of people flopping about, in the three years.

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It happens on a day-to-day basis sometimes.

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Jails have been here a lot of years, and they've never stopped

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them in all them years, so how are they going to do it now?

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Staff at Holme House have described one drug, Spice -

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a synthetic cannabis - as the biggest threat

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It's a massive problem, and it's dangerous,

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because people under the influence of it are unpredictable.

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They seem to get superhuman strength as well.

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There's been a number of times staff of had to go off duty

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because they've inhaled the toxins that Spice has given off.

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The most common way drugs get into our prisons

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is through prisoners or visitors smuggling them in.

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Anyone coming here to Holme House has to go through a security system.

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But the prison's been given millions of pounds to invest in new,

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full-body scanners and other security measures to try and crack

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It's in the hope of making Holme House completely drug free.

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Earlier this year, the Government handed some prison governors

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Holme House is among the first in the scheme.

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The man running the jail has extra resources to try

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Over the course of three years, it'll be approaching

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That's going to be significant in terms of doing the best

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that we can to prevent drugs coming into the prison and help them get

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off drugs and lead drug-free lives when they leave prison.

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Do you think it's possible to make Holme House 100% drug-free?

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We're going to talk about people leading drug-free lives,

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and we're going to do whatever we possibly can to make

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that possible while they're in the prison.

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And we're going to do whatever we can tosupport them

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when they get out of prison at the end.

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We're going to make sure we use that public money as smartly and wisely

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The POA has welcomed this news, this extra funding means there'll be

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an extra 50 members of staff coming to work here at Holme House

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They'll be a mixture of officers and drug workers.

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There's going to be an emphasis on drug treatment here,

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for prisoners both inside and outside the jail.

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The POA says that's positive step, and says in the last three years

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it's lost a third of its workforce here,

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so any extra members of staff coming into the system,

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at a time when there's unrest in prisons across the country,

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Meanwhile, management say the new security should

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be here and in place by spring next year.

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Lee Johnson, BBC Look North, Stockton.

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The mother of a man whose body was found tied up in a house

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in County Durham says the family has been left distraught by his death.

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Mark Shaw was found on Saturday after a passing police officer

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became suspicious and forced their way

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into a house in Grange Villa, near Chester-le-Street.

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Two men are being held in custody on suspicion of murder,

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three people have been released on bail.

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29-year-old Mark Shaw had been subjected to a prolonged attack.

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Three days on, and forensic work is expected to carry on tomorrow.

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This afternoon, his mother, Valerie Watson, issued a statement.

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We spoke to a woman who lives next door to the crime scene.

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Quiet at times, apart from his music, but used to tell him

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about it and he was very apologetic and everything.

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As you can see, the investigation is still ongoing.

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The specialist search team are out here looking for evidence.

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There has been a huge amount of activity at the other end

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A search was happening on this land next to a golf course.

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Members of the public weren't allowed in.

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Tonight, this murder investigation in a small,

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A County Durham teenager's been sentenced to almost nine years

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in jail after admitting killing 32-year-old Dale Arnold

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Mr Arnold was stabbed to death in the main street

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Josh Johnson, who's 19 and from Ushaw Moor

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near Durham City, pleaded guilty to his manslaughter last month.

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At Teesside Crown Court today, he was jailed for

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Northumbria Police have expressed their sorrow

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at the terrorist attack on Berlin's Christmas Market.

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The force was criticised by some earlier this month for posting

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pictures on social media of armed officers at Newcastle's

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Christmas Market, posing with members of the public.

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The leader of Newcastle Council has also written to the mayor of Berlin

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to express Newcastle's condolences, and solidarity with the city.

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The Cumbrian business that makes the polymer films for the

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new ?5 pound note is to be sold to a Canadian packaging company.

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Innovia, which employs 750 people in Wigton,

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is being bought by Toronto based CCL for ?680 million.

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A spokesperson for the Innovia Group says CCL would be an excellent

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owner, and it expected the deal to be completed soon.

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Campaigners against fracking received a blow today.

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Protesters in North Yorkshire have lost a legal challenge against one

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of the first planning applications to carry out fracking in England.

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The High Court's dismissed an application for a judicial review

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of a decision to allow the company, Third Energy, to frack for shale gas

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The county council welcomed the decision,

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but campaigners said they were disappointed.

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We're not going to be changing our minds,

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The bottom line is, we're opposed to further

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We're looking to the future, which, unfortunately,

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The Newcastle United player, Jonjo Shelvey, has been

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banned for five matches and given a fine of ?100,000

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for a racist remark aimed at a Wolverhampton Wanderers player.

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The incident's alleged to have taken place during a Championship game

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Shelvey's remarks to the Wolves player, Romain Saiss,

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are said to have contained a reference to the Morroccan's

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Newcastle are considering whether to appeal the decision.

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A County Durham family say they've been given their best

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Christmas present ever, with their 15-month-old son home

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from hospital in time for the festivities.

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Lennox Knight, from County Durham, was born

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After surviving his first Christmas in Newcastle's Freeman hospital,

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his family have finally been allowed to take him home.

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Baby Lennox Knight and his family have faced an uphill struggle

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At just three days old, he had to undergo major surgery.

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He came back and just wasn't well at all.

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He went onto the highest form of life support for the first time,

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he had a really rough ride, and we finally got him off that.

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He came back from theatre for about an hour, and then

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he arrested, and the life just drained from his body.

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We could only put full trust in the team at the Freeman,

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their speed and dedication was the only thing

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The operation was followed by another 11 procedures, and Lennox

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All his parents could do was watch and hope.

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Just seemed to pull through, he got through Christmas,

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and then he got to February, and since then he's

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I thought he had problems with his airways, he went down again,

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needed a lot of reconstruction on his airway,

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Throughout his treatment, the Sick Children's Trust supported

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Lennox's family with free accommodation near

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But now, after 373 days in hospital, Lennox is back home with his

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mum and dad and his two brothers for their first family Christmas.

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Whatever happens in the future, we can always say we had them

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memories with all three of the boys together.

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What's it like having him back for Christmas for you?

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Is well now, a few days ago, we were still wondering about a white

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Christmas, now we're wandering about storms?

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Yes, the jet stream is driving Atlantic flows into our area. Some

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rain around just now, some heavy outbreaks of rain, briefly clearing

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through early hours of the morning. The winds ease, temperatures cold

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enough for a touch of ground frost at the tail end of the night. A dry,

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chilly started tomorrow, not for too long, a band of rain coming in from

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the less. Heavy at times, still missing through, many places drier

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by the afternoon. Temperatures peaking around eight Celsius. The

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wind brisk at times tomorrow. Keeping an eye on the pressure

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charts, lots of isobars, staying fairly windy throughout the week.

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You're looking up at this next deep Atlantic alone. The second named

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storm of the season, Storm Barbra set to bring wet and windy weather

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into Friday and Christmas Eve. Thursday a windy day, many eastern

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areas fairly dry and bright. Temperatures up to 8 degrees.

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Blustery in many areas. By Friday, the winds get their act together,

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dusting of 60mph in places. Heavy rain for a time, passing through

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very quickly. There is a yellow warning from the Met Office, we'll

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keep you updated on your making a journey elsewhere in the

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country it's worth knowing the national forecast. Over now to

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Tomasz. So, the weather's going to blow a

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few cobwebs away in the coming days and maybe a few other things, as

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well. How stormy is it going to get? For most of us probably not too

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terrible. It is, however, going to be very nasty across parts of

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Scotland on Friday. The clouds are racing across the Atlantic and we

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will see a storm by the time we get to around about Friday and then

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Friday night. At the moment we have a weather

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front crossing the country, we have had dreadful weather in the

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north-west, it was cold and raining in Northern Ireland and western

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Scotland. This band of rain will be somewhere here by the end of the

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night. Behind it a shot of cooler air, colder air and frequent

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showers. This is what Wednesday looks like. Lots of showers around

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across northern parts of the country, some of

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